Stubaier Alpen#

Stubai Alps, Tirol, highly glaciated massif of the Central Alps between the Inntal, Wipptal and Oetztal valleys, with the Zuckerhuetl (3,507 m) and Schrankogel (3,497 m) mountains. Numerous valleys ( Stubai Valley, Gschnitz Valley, Oberbergtal valley, Sellrain Valley) divide the Stubai Alps into mountain ranges (Alpeinergruppe, Hochstubai, Kalkkoegel Mountains). The Stubai Alps consist mainly of old crystalline slates; only the Kalkkoegel Mountains and the Serles mountain (2,718 m) contain younger Mesozoic limestone; the Blaser mountain (2,241 m) and the Kesselspitze mountain (2,728 m) contain remains of the Northern Limestone Alps that originally covered them. Mountain refuges: Bremer Huette (alt. 2,411 m), Winnebachseehuette (alt. 2,361 m), Pforzheimer Huette (Witzenmannhaus, alt. 2,310 m), Dresdner Huette (alt. 2,308 m), Nuernberger Huette (alt. 2,278 m). Mountain railways around Kuehtai, Axamer Lizum, Fulpmes, Unterbergtal (glacial skiing area). Sellrain-Silz power stations (operated by the TIWAG Tyrolean power services) in the north-western part of the Stubai Alps (1981). The Stubai valley railway runs from Innsbruck to Fulpmes (since 1904).