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St. Nikolai im Sölktal 1.126m |
Großer Knallstein 2.599m |
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16,9 |
Kilometer - KM |
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1493 |
Altimeter total |
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5+ |
Experience value (1-5) |
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5 |
Difficulty (1-5) |
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Webcams: Gröbming Donnersbachwald |
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For the Mountain tour to the summit "Großer Knallstein 2.599m" no climbing skills are required. On the demanding route 791 are no safety ropes and ladders, and requires no special fear of heights. In any case, you should be in good fitness, high slip resistance, have good hiking boots and a well-filled backpack. Since there is no managed pasture on the Mountain tour, you have to take along enough food. In addition, one should not forget your sunscreen on, wind jacket, cell phone and walking map. The whole walk should take about 9-10 hours. Starting point for the hike to the summit Großer Knallstein is the village St. Nikolai in Sölktal. A very beautiful idyllic village in the Alps. At both city limits there are sufficiently good parking. At the inn Gamsjäger and past the church you go first a few hundred meters through the village. Approximately one hundred meters after the music home you cross the small bridge straight over the brook Bräualmbach. Up to 2.2 km, follow the forest road and then take the very well-marked trail No. 791. Following the trail you must cross the forest road twice, in between where you just follow the forest road until it goes again on the trail. The last piece before the hut Kaltherbergalm consists of a narrow forest road. The hut Kaltherberghütte at 4.1 km and 1612m, is not managed, but in the fountain in the front almost always a couple of beers and soft drinks and there are also two benches and a table. Payment is with € 2 coins and 50 cent coins simply for the small spot near the front door. After crossing the 500m wide and only slightly sloping meadow the challenging ascent begins to the lake "Unterer Klaftersee" to 1.890m. This section of the first through the forest and then through pine fields is about 800m long and has an average gradient of 31%. Before the next 1.4 km of the lake "Oberer Klaftersee" past continues with 26% you can relax next to the "Unterer Klaftersee" 300m long nor short. After seven kilometers and a height of 2.260m you'll reach a small plateau with about 100m before it goes on the last leg to the summit of the "Großer Knallstein". At this level there is then no longer a pine fields more and you have a full view of the beautiful mountains of the Nature Park "Naturpark Sölktäler". The first 800m in the last section with about 38% are again very steeply before you hike the last 300m with only 10% to the peak cross on the summit of the mountain "Großer Knallstein" 2.599m. Besides the sky is clear at this level you have always to watch the clouds, it can happen very quickly that the summit will be wrapped entirely or partially in the clouds. Although the trail is marked all 10-20m very nice, but a beautiful summit is always without clouds. Who wait like me because of clouds floating by can still wants to go before the last leg of the 200m at 30 Hm deeper lake Weißensee. From the top of the Großer Knallstein you have a very good view, as this mountain is the greatest far and wide. Who is very quiet during the ascent can, for example next to the beautiful flowers with a little luck also see marmots or chamois. The descent from the summit Großer Knallstein at St. Nikolai in Sölktal back is on the same track Nr.791. |
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The Landscape "Naturpark Sölktäler" is in the Lower Tauern and includes some valleys south of the Enns and communities in the Mur valley. The park includes the municipalities Pichl-Preunegg, Rohrmoos, Schladming, Haus im Ennstal, Aich, Gössenberg, Stein an der Enns, St.Nikolai im Sölktal, Kleinsölk and in the Mur valley Schöder, Krakaudorf, Krakauschatten and Krakauhintermühlen. The area of the Naturpark Sölktäler includes large parts of the tourist region Dachstein Tauern. Dense woods, lush meadows, clear mountain lakes, clean air, rustic mountain pastures, typical alpine villages and quiet away from the stressful cities to ensure that it comes straight back with it and can fill up really good power. Many cultivated pastures entertain the guests with home-made, typical Styrian products, such as the Styrian cheese, butter, bread, buttermilk and farmer donuts. The traditional folklore events like Perchtenlauf, Glöcklerlauf, Krampuslauf, palm procession and marquee parties in the summer are a part of the alpine life style and are just like the sensitive nature and the products of the region "Naturpark Sölktäler". In addition to the typical recreational activities in the Alps, such as hiking, rock climbing, fishing, climbing, ski mountaineering, skiing, snowshoeing, ice skating, curling, tobogganing, cycling, mountain biking and cross country skiing, is in the tourist towns of the Dachstein Tauern region, including horseback riding, tennis, golf, squash , swimming, paragliding, sleigh rides, assault courses and much more offered. In winter the ski resorts Planai - Hochwurzen, Hauser Kaibling and Reiteralm very well known and popular ski resorts with an excellent range of ski lifts, restaurants, hotels and après ski cabins. In winter there are ski tourers and in the summer hikers and climbers prefer the quiet nature. In the castle Großsölk you can learn more about the history of the Alps and the "Naturpark Sölktäler". |
| The Ennsvalley is in the middle of Austria and was named after the largest river in the valley. The Enns is a 254 kilometers long tributary of the Danube. It rises in the province of Salzburg in the Radstätter Tauern. From Salzburg the Enns flows eastwards through Styria. Between Admont and Hieflau in Upper Styria, the Enns breaks through a Narrow valley - the Gesäuse in the Ennstal Alps before it flows north to Upper Austria. In the last section is the Enns, the boundary between Upper and Lower Austria. Between the villages of Mauthausen and Enns empties the Enns, as 100m wide river, into the Danube.
The Ennsvalley is one of the major valleys in Austria, and forms the geological boundary between the Northern Limestone Alps and the Central Alps south of the river Enns. The mountains of the northern Limestone Alps are often very steep and less forested than the south of the Central gentler mountains are more accessible for hikers. Where the mountains from east to west are becoming increasingly burdensome. The upper Ennsvalley at the border between the Austrian provinces of Salzburg and Styria, the Enns river flows south past the Dachstein glacier. The Dachstein 2.995m is the highest mountain in Styria. The people in the Ennsvalley live mainly from tourism and agriculture. The largest alpine winter sports region can be found around Schladming, Dachstein-Tauern-region. Who the mass tourism is not so wish, you can resort to the small ski areas further east, such as in Gröbming (Stoderzinken) Donnersbach (Planneralm Riesneralm) and Admont (Kaiserau). Beautiful country skiing areas are available in Ramsau am Dachstein, Tauplitzalm, Liezen / Pyhrn Admont / Kaiserau. This provides the upper and middle Ennstal for ski touring, snowshoe hiking, or simply seeking relaxation many wonderful tours and lonely remote valleys. In the spring, summer and autumn there are many hiking trails, bike trails and mountain bike tours in the Ennsvalley. The Ennsvalley is thus a wonderful holiday destination for skiers, snowboarders, ski mountaineers, skiers and those seeking relaxation in the winter, and many tourists come in summer, at the Enns valley to hiking, climbing, mountaineering, mountain biking and exploring by bicycle on one of the many cycling the beautiful Alpine area . The Gesäuse is popular with rafting and kayaking. In the Ennsvalley, many protected areas were created. Such as "Naturpark Sölktäler", Gesaeuse National Park and the Limestone Alps National Park. |
