Bielerhöhe Pass
Silvretta reservoir on the Bielerhoehe, looking south
The Bielerhoehe connects the Vorarlberg Montafon with the tyrolean Alps. The pass is at 2037 m. A. just north of the Silvretta reservoir and entirely due to the Vorarlberg region. The Biel height is the highest point can be approached the Silvretta High Alpine Road, a toll road across the Bieler height that is closed due to its exposed location in the winter (November to April) for normal traffic. However, you will reach the summit of partenen (Vorarlberg ) via a cable car and a tunnel of Vorarlberg Illwerke AG and the last piece of the usual mountain pass under a taxi service.
- 2.1 Silvrettasee
- 2.2 pass the Silvretta High Alpine Road
- 2.3 ski area Silvretta Bielerhoehe
Geography
Location and landscape
The Bielerhoehe lies on the watershed between the Rhine and the Danube. The whole Talung both sides of the Bielerhoehe is called Vermunt, the Großvermunt and Schweizervermunt - at today's Vermuntsee - in Vorarlberg, the Kleinvermunt Tyrolean side. The former constitute the upper valley of the Ill ( the Rhine ), in the latter the Vermunthbach to Trisanna and the Inn flows to. The pass itself is located in Vorarlberg. The state border is further east and over the Zeinisjoch.
Dominating is located on the Bielerhoehe the Silvretta reservoir, in which the lower Ochsental which branches off to the south towards the Piz Buin out drowned. The lake was to control the water flow of the River Ill, pulled out of the Ochsental up to its summit. The lake is backed up in both directions with dams.
Under Bielerhoehe refers not only to the whole about two kilometers pass landscape and the small bump on the northern flank of the pass ( 2071.9 m above sea level. A.! 546.9197505510.0966115 ⊙ 46.9197510.0966111111112072 about them is a walking path ), as well as the saddle height the road itself ( 2037 m. A. ). The original Bieler Höhe (2021 m above sea level. A.! 546.9169175510.0995835 46.91691666666710.0995833333332021 ⊙ ) is also gone under the dam.
North of the Bielerhoehe is the Bieler peak ( 2545 m above sea level. A. ) the Vallülagruppe (North Silvretta ), the Southern High Wheel ( 2934 m above sea level. A. ) and the Lobspitzen ( Rear Lobspitze 2873 m above sea level. A. ), and between the two remote but dominating the Piz Buin - massif.
The settlement Bielerhoehe
In the area of the pass, there are inns and hotels, as well as with the Madlenerhaus also an aircraft of the German Alpine Club. Of architectural interest is the 1991/92 built from the base Illwerke AG Biel Height / Silvrettahaus, which is also used as a hotel. The mountain church Barbara chapel on the Bielerhoehe Illwerke comes from the power plant construction activities of the 1960s: It was built in the years 1965 to 1967 for the deceased builder of power stations, is the patron saint of mining engineers dedicated to, and constitutes the church of the settlement
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Development
Silvrettasee
Exactly at the pass of the Silvretta reservoir, the highest of the Ill - force work was made. The Ill rises south of the pass, near which they occasionally times changed its direction of flow, to flow out instead of heading west into the Rhine, sometimes eastward into the Inn. The reservoir thus made an end, he accumulated not only the Ill, his two dams now also regulate Illabfluss clearly.
Originally only built for the power plant, it has developed into a popular tourist destination. The seascape is also a fishing area today. ( No. 132). A special feature is a boat trip by motorboat Silvretta, Europe's only regular motorboat traffic in more than 2000 m above sea level. However, this feature can not be used at this time. The boat traffic was stopped in the 2011 season due to a technical fault and was not resumed since then.
Pass the Silvretta High Alpine Road
From the power plant construction was built the Silvretta High Alpine Road between 1953 and partenen Galtür. This leads to the actual summit high above this addition, because the dam blocks the same. Originally only construction road, it is now a toll part of the B / L 188 Paznauntalstraße / Montafonerstraße Pians - Bludenz. This one came after the sudden interest in the transit transport moderately insignificant, but popular as a tourist destination route.
On the west ramp, the road has only three kilometers in a straight line, overcome 700 meters towards the Vermunt. This was made possible in the stretched road via 25 hairpin bends to nine kilometers, the slope could also be stretched to a maximum. From the dam of Vermuntstausees the pass on a few turns is then relatively easy to reach. The eastern ramp could be built as opposed to the West ramp without bends and is therefore much easier to navigate.
Winter sports resort Silvretta Bielerhoehe
There is also a small winter sports area on the Bielerhoehe. It is set on relaxing holiday as a target group, has only a short practice lift (ski lift " Silvretta " until at 2042 m above sea level. A. ), and a few kilometers trail. Although imposed on the Silvretta road closed in winter, the ski area is accessible: Access is via the Vermuntbahn partenen " Tromenier " (1731 m above A.. ), And from there by shuttle bus on the old, through tunnels winter safe construction road and the Vermuntsee on the Bielerhoehe. This gives the area about two kilometers of pistes, because you can ski down to the bus route with return option. Illwerke tourism, the operating company of the Illwerke AG, offers both lifts and bus as experience Silvretta Bielerhoehe ticket. From Galtür Pistenbulli joering is possible on the level.
In addition, the whole area is the largest tour area in Vorarlberg, deep into the whole of Central and Northern Silvretta. The accommodation facilities are explicitly set on Schitourengeher, and offer not only accommodation also changing facilities and lockers for day trips ( mountain inn Piz Buin ). This is Austria's special in that tour -goers are usually welcome in ski resorts usually little: The Illwerke markets the area as a " cross-country and touring paradise. "
Gallery
The eastern shore of the lake with parts of the settlement " Bielerhoehe "
" Vermuntalm / Großvermunt ", drain the river Ill west to Obervermuntwerk