!!!Kaisergebirge

Kaisergebirge Mountains, mountain range in the North- Tyrolean 
Limestone Alps between the Inn and Grosse Ache rivers, to the east of 
Kufstein; several magnificent peaks: the rugged, jagged Wilder Kaiser 
(Vorderer Kaiser), a 22 km long limestone range (Ellmauer Halt 
2,344 m) to the south and the lower Zahmer Kaiser (Hinterer 
Kaiser) with the Pyramidenspitze (1,997 m) to the north, which 
are separated from each other by the Kaiser valley and the 
Stripsenjoch pass (1,577 m). A special limestone,  Wetterstein 
Limestone, is the predominant rock of the Kaisergebirge. Names such as 
"Teufelswurzgarten" (devil´s herb garden) and "Teufelskraxe" 
(devil´s climb) serve as reminders of the search for legendary 
treasure inside the mountains. Rock climbing on Fleischbank 
(2,186 m), Totenkirchl (2,190 m), Predigtstuhl 
(2,116 m). At the southern foot of the Wilder Kaiser lies Lake 
Hintersteiner See and to the north of the Zahmer Kaiser, Lake 
Walchsee. The Steinbergalm to the northwest of the Wilder Kaiser can 
be reached by chair-lift from Kufstein. Mountain refuges: 
Stripsenjochhaus, Vorderkaiserfeldenhuette (1388 m), 
Gruttenhuette (1,620 m), Gaudeamushuette (1,263 m).


%%language
[Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Kaisergebirge|class='wikipage austrian']
%%

[{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}]
[{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]