Großer Priel

Großer Priel with South-east from Prielschutzhaus

East side of the Great Priels (right ) next to the Spitzmauer (left)

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The Great Tide Pool (also High Tide Pool, Greatest Mountain ) with a height of 2515 m above sea level. A. the highest mountain of the Dead Mountains in Upper Austria Traun district and is among the 25 most prominent mountain in the Alps. It forms the north-eastern cornerstone of the vast karst plateau of the Dead Mountains and falls on all sides into steep walls of Dachstein Limestone. Through its far advanced location on the northern edge of the Alps the Great Tide Pool holds a dominant position over the foothills of the Alps.

Name

The name Priel is the first time in 1584 " genent the Hochgepürg the Pruell " in the land register of the rule Scharstein with the words mentioned. In the first accurate map of Upper Austria by Georg Matthäus Vischer ( 1669) the tidal creek is called due to its dominant position as " Priel mons altissimus Totius provintzia ", ie the highest mountain in the country. This corresponds to the previously used in Almtal name "Greatest Mountain".

The name " Tide " was interpreted initially by Konrad Schiffmann Slavic origin and attributed to prědělъ ( watershed boundary). This interpretation is rejected by Karl Finsterwalder, including name because as far remote peaks typically do not reach back to such an old language layers. Finsterwalder derives the name of the German word " Tide " (water collection, water point ), where the name is moved from the mountain pastures up to the summit. A Aufwandern the name of our house " Prieler " in Stodertal is conceivable.

Location and construction

The Great Tide Pool rises on the municipalities of Grünau ( Gmunden ) and Hinterstoder ( district of Kirchdorf an der Krems ). The base of the mountain is composed of weather stone dolomite. A narrow, mostly open-minded stripes Lunzer layers mediates the transition to powerful unit of banked Dachsteinkalks, which forms the entire superstructure. The Great Tide Pool is often referred to as the highest mountain, the fully located on the Upper Austrian soil, since all higher pure - Upper Austrian summit in Dachsteinmassiv have only relatively low saddle heights below 300 meters.

The Great Tide Pool is connected through its west ridge with the karst plateau of the Dead Mountains. This lowers until the meat Bank saddle ( 2123 m), where the Schermberg ( 2396m ) followed. On its east side, enclose four, each in rock walls sloping ridges three major Kare: Kirtagkar, Goldkar and Kühkar ( from north to south ). In Kühkar thereby is the northernmost permanent snowfield in the Alps. In a large-scale melting of the firn and snow edition 2011, thin gravel pad pointing to a larger body of ice with melting hoppers as the last remnants of the former glacier. The north ridge descends to the Arzlochscharte (1985 m) and connects to the long-drawn, from west to east trending ridge of Devil's Wall ( 2185 m) and the Little Priel ( 2126 m) dar.

Touristic development

The first mention of climbing the Great Priels of Archduke Johann in his travel diaries in the context of a multi-day hike on the high plateau of the Dead Mountains 1810:

"From the valley snow on bare rock can be ob der Enns takes 2 hours without danger to the summit of the high -Priel in the country; Wildschützen boarded him already. It is the highest of the whole area; ... "

The first documented tourist ascent succeeded on August 29, 1817 Franz Sigmund Graf from Englewood to Wagrain and Seisenburg guided by the hunter Hans, Anton, Engelbert and Ferdinand Riedler. They were followed on August 14, 1819, Archduke Louis of Austria in great company.

In 1870 the initiative was built by Innerstoder priest Dominik Kastner and Camillo Starhemberg an eight-meter high, 2240 kg heavy, highly visible summit cross of iron. After it on the evening of June 25, 2008 a severe thunderstorm, fell victim to a replica on 17 August 2009 was erected on the summit. Until 1872 and the rising of the bread case lip to the summit was completed sets. The Vienna Hofwappenmaler Karl Krahl was then a natural cave below the bread case lip near the summit enlarged by blasting, provided with a casing including door and benches and mattresses. The work was carried out by the Austrian Tourist Club. On September 6, 1875, the accommodation facility could be opened. However, since the humidity inside the cave proved to be problematic to build a deeper refuge was soon envisaged. On 18 August 1884 eventually became the Carl Krahli house opened on the Upper Polsteralm.

Increases

The ascent is by Hinterstoder about the Prielschutzhaus or from the Almtal about the Almtalerhaus and the Welser and cabin is possible as a transition from the Pühringerhütte.

Rise variants from Prielschutzhaus

• Normal on the bread case with single -lip, newly renovated cable Insurance
• Erected in 1994 Bert Rinesch - climbing is a popular via ferrata (difficulty CD).
• South ridge. Alpine climbing route ( IV , III, A0)

Rise variants of the Wels hut

• Normal over the meat Bank saddle
• Northwest ridge: alpine climbing route (III )

The transition from the Pühringerhütte also leads over the meat Bank saddle. A rarely committed and protracted transition, the so-called tidal creek exceeded, leads the Little Priel ( 2134 m) over the black mountain ( 2091 m), the Angel Wall ( 2102 m), the Devil's Wall ( 2187 m) and the Kirtag wall ( 2144 m) to Arzlochscharte and thence via the north ridge to the summit Priel the Great Tide Pool. This is exceeded, a ridge hike with many but short climbs up to the difficulty level II ( UIAA ) was first performed in 1904 by O. Gruber and H. Schmid. Due to the length of the tour and not to be underestimated the rise and decline is expected to bivouac.