!!!Karwendel
Karwendel Mountains, mountain range in the North Tirolean Limestone
Alps to the north of the Inn Valley between the Seefeld Saddle in the
west and Lake Achensee in the east; the Karwendel Mountains are made
up of 4 parallel limestone chains: the southernmost chain is the
Solsteinkette, also called Innsbrucker Nordkette Mountains rising to
the north of Innsbruck directly above the Inn Valley with its highest
peak, Grosser Solstein (2,541 m). The second chain to the north
is the Bettelwurfkette or Gleirsch-Halltal-Kette with notable peaks
(Grosser Bettelwurf (2,726 m), Hoher Gleirsch (2,492 m),
Praxmarerkarspitze (2,638 m), Grosser Lafatscher (2,696 m)
and Speckkarspitze (2,621 m)). The Hintere Karwendel-Kette or
Vomper-Kette forms the third chain and its highest peaks are:
Birkkarspitze (2,749 m), Oedkarspitze (2,745 m), Laliderer
Spitze (2,588 m), Lamsenspitze (2,508 m) and Spritzkarspitze
(2,606 m). The Vordere Karwendelkette (also called the Karwendel
Mountains) is the fourth and northernmost chain (highest peak:
Karwendelspitze (2,385 m); it forms the border between Austria
and Germany; the Gleirsch, Hinterau and Karwendel valleys separate the
limestone chains from each other. The Grosse and Kleine Ahornboden
Mountains at the far reaches of the Rissbach and Johannesbach valleys
are regions with some very old maple trees. The Karwendel Mountains
are a nature reserve; there is a funicular railway from Seefeld
in Tirol up to the Rosshuette (mountain refuge in 1,751 m)
and there are several cabin railways and skilifts. The Hafelekar Peak
can be reached by the Nordketten cable railway; mountain torrents:
Obere Isar to Scharnitz and Rissbach, mountain refuges: Karwendelhaus
(1,771 m), Bettelwurfhuette (2,079 m), Lamsenjochhuette
(1,953 m), Noerdlinger Huette (2,239 m).
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