Verwall Alps

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Malfontal with surrounding mountains Verwall by the High riffler from

The Verwallgruppe ( ancient Ferwall, Vervall - and the like. ) Is a subgroup of the Central Eastern Alps in Austria. It is located in the provinces of Vorarlberg and Tyrol, between Bludenz and Landeck. The Tyrolean proportion is only slightly larger than the proportion of Vorarlberg.

The Verwall is an excellently suitable for the average hikers and climbers Mountains. In contrast to neighboring Silvretta the Verwallgruppe is glaciated low. A network of high-level trails allows multi-day tours from hut to hut. Several peaks tower over the three- thousand -meter limit. Many of the peaks have distinctive shapes. Especially the location in Vorarlberg part with its nature reserves is characterized by substantial originality and loneliness. The Tyrolean part has so far received no protection status and is threatened by development projects.

Geologically, the Verwallgruppe the Austroalpine crystalline zone, the outermost north-western part of the Northern Limestone Alps.

Adjacent Mountain Ranges

The Verwallgruppe bordered to the northwest by the Lechquellengebirge, on the northeast by the Lech Valley Alps, on the southeast by the Samnaun, Silvretta in the south and the Rätikon in the West.

Boundary

In the north, the Kloster forms the border of Bludenz to Stuben am Arlberg. From there it goes through the Arlberg pass to the punch valley to mountain meadow. There rivers meet Rosanna and Trisanna each other. The boundary to the south-east is the Paznaun of Wiesberg up to Galtür. In the south the Verwall is limited by the line between Galtür, the Zeinisjoch and partenen. In the southwest, the border runs along the Montafon between partenen and Bludenz.

The Arlberg Pass connects the Verwallgruppe with the Lech Valley Alps. The Zeinisjoch provides the connection to the Silvretta.

Adjacent valleys with valley villages selected:

  • Montafon Schruns, Sankt Gallen Kirch, gas churn with partenen
  • Paznaun: Galtür, Ischgl, Ischgl, Kappl, See
  • Kloster: Langen am Arlberg, Stuben am Arlberg, Klösterle, Wald am Arlberg, Dalaas
  • Punch Valley: Sankt Anton am Arlberg Sankt Anton am Arlberg, Schnann, Flirsch, austerities

Subgroups

The border between the two approximately equal-sized subgroups runs north- south through the eponymous Verwalltal the valley of the upper Rosanna, the group quite characteristic of the north, from Ostanstieg to the Arlberg, entirely through cuts ( Rosannaschlucht - Schönverwall - Ochsental ) on the Muttenjoch in the upper Paznaun. So you divide the triangle of Verwallgruppe in two more triangles.

The Western Verwallgruppe ( Westverwall ), mostly in Vorarlberg, with the main ridge north-south along the Verwalltales, and western grazing addition to combing against the Montafon, comprising roughly from northwest to southeast:

  • Itonskopfgruppe
  • Iron Taler Group
  • Cold Mountain Group
  • Drosberggruppe
  • Hochjochstock
  • Madererkamm
  • Valschavielkamm
  • Fluhgruppe

The Eastern Verwallgruppe ( Ostverwall ), entirely in Tyrol, with the main ridge along the Paznaun and the North grazing addition to combing against the Kloster, includes, primarily from west to east:

  • Fasulkamm
  • Karkopfgruppe
  • Faselfadgruppe
  • Cake Spitz group
  • Antitrust group
  • Seßladgruppe
  • Catfish Kogel group
  • Rifflergruppe
  • Rendlgruppe

The border runs along the main ridge of the western ridge of Verwalltales, the eastern slopes of the group is Tirolisch.

Summit

  • High riffler, 3168 m above sea level. A.
  • Kuchenspitze, 3148 m above sea level. A.
  • Küchl peak, 3147 m above sea level. A.
  • Blank Maple, 3129 m above sea level. A.
  • Seeköpfe, Northern 3061 meters above sea level. A. Southern and approximately 3053 m
  • Patteriol, 3056 m above sea level. A.
  • Saumspitze, 3039 m above sea level. A.
  • Small riffler, 3014 m above sea level. A.

In Verwall there are over 220 named and provided with spot elevation summit. Among the best known are (in order of height):

  • Fatlarspitze, 2986 m above sea level. A.
  • Scheibler, 2978 m above sea level. A.
  • Pflunspitze, 2,912 meters above sea level. A.
  • Cold Mountain, 2896 m above sea level. A.
  • Rugglespitze, 2809 m above sea level. A.
  • Fädnerspitze, 2788 m above sea level. A.
  • Gaisspitze, 2779 m above sea level. A.
  • Valschavieler Hochmaderer 2769 m above sea level. A.
  • Beilstein, 2749 m above sea level. A.
  • Reutlinger Tower, 2606 m above sea level. A.
  • Hochjoch, 2520 m above sea level. A.
  • Itonskopf, 2089 m above sea level. A.

Passes and transitions

Except as set forth passes that connect the Verwallgruppe with neighboring groups, there is no motorable by car transfer within the Verwallgruppe.

Tourist significant transitions are, inter alia,

  • Verbellner Winterjöchl ( location of the Heilbronnerhütte, 2308 m above sea level. A. ). This crossing is often carried out with mountain biking, the wheels must only be worn for a short distance the ball rise at the end of Schönverwalltals.
  • Silbertaler Winterjöchl (1945 m above sea level. A., transition from Schönverwalltal the Silber )
  • Schafbichljoch (. A. 2636 m above, the transition from Fasultal into Paznauntal, connecting Constance Cottage - Friedrichshafen hut)
  • Kuchenjoch or Kuchenjöchli ( 2730 m above A., transition from Schönverwalltal into Moostal, connecting Constance Cottage -. Darmstädterhütte, Apothekerweg )
  • Double Seescharte ( 2786 m above sea level. A., transition from Moostal into Paznauntal Advokatenweg )

Conservation: bird sanctuary Verwall

The Verwall is a Natura 2000 site ( AT3412000 ). The area that was nominated as the European bird sanctuary, comprises about 120 square kilometers ( 12,057 ha) in units of the municipalities Klösterle, Silbertal, St. Gallen Kirch and gas churn. The Natura 2000 area was the occasion of a mediation process - has been limited 1995-2004 declared a nature reserve ( Law Gazette 47/99 ), before it was converted into a European nature reserve - with the exception of the municipal district of Silbertal.

The Natura 2000 area Verwall extends between about 1,500 and 2,900 m. The according to the Birds Directive Annex 1 found there worth protecting species are ptarmigan, capercaillie, black grouse, hazel grouse, Black Woodpecker, Three -toed Woodpecker, Grey-headed Woodpecker, golden eagle, peregrine falcon, eagle owl, boreal owl, pygmy owl and red-backed shrike - which almost half of domestic in Vorarlberg species covered by Directive Europe fall protection, can be found there.

Within the bird sanctuary Verwall is the area Wiegensee, designated under the Fauna-Flora -Habitat Directive ( AT3413000, 65 ha). Southwest to Verwall and Wiegensee adjacent is another European nature reserve, the FFH area swards Tafamunt ( AT3422000, 68 ha). Both form the southwest slopes of the Versalspitze.

Tourism

In winter, the Verwallgruppe lies in the tension of the top destinations SchrunsTschagguns in Montafon, St. Anton am Arlberg and Ischgl in Paznaun and the skiing and off-piste skiers cavort in the Verwall. In summer, tranquility reigns in the high alpine region between Arlberg and Silvretta - the Verwallgruppe heard to hikers and climbers. Ten mountain huts offer accommodation and the high alpine hiker will find a dense network of well-maintained and marked trails height.

In the Verwallgruppe are 10 huts of the Alpine Club. The highest hut, a bivouac for four people, the Kiel weather shelter at 2809 m above sea level. A. The highest farmed hut is the Darmstädterhütte to 2384 m above sea level. A. The largest hut with about 140 beds and is the Heilbronnerhütte. It is noteworthy that eight of the ten huts at a height of over 2,300 meters above sea level. A., which is significantly above the tree line lie!

  • Darmstädterhütte, 2384 m above sea level. A. (DAV)
  • Edmund -Graf Hut, 2375 m above sea level. A. (PES)
  • Friedrichshafen hut, 2138 m above sea level. A. (DAV)
  • Heilbronner Hütte, 2320m above sea level. A. (DAV)
  • Cold mountain hut, 2089 m above sea level. A. (DAV)
  • Kiel weather shelter, 2809 m above sea level. A., bothy (DAV)
  • Constance hut, 1708 m above sea level. A. (DAV)
  • Niederelbehütte, 2310 m above sea level. A. (DAV)
  • Reutlinger hut, 2395 m above sea level. A., self-catering cottage (DAV)
  • Wormser Hut, 2305 m above sea level. A. (DAV)
  • Alpine inn Dias, 1863 m above sea level. A. (private)

Most of these mountain huts (seven) are the base huts Verwallgruppe round.

Höhenwege

The level paths allow a crossing of the Verwallgruppe having to descend into the valley without. The sometimes quite sophisticated ways, probably among the most beautiful in the whole Alps, keep mostly below the summit Massive and offer (emergency) for emergency descents in several places in the valley.

  • Peter Bruckmann way: Constance Cottage - Heilbronnerhütte
  • Friedrichshafen way: Heilbronnerhütte - Friedrichshafen hut
  • Georg Prasser - way: Loop Trail in the area of ​​Friedrichshafen hut
  • Hoppe- Seyler - way: Darmstädterhütte - Niederelbehütte
  • Kiel way and Rifflerweg: Niederelbehütte - Edmund -Graf Hut
  • Ludwig Dürr path: Friedrichshafen hut - Darmstädterhütte
  • Reutlinger way: cold mountain hut - hut Constance
  • Sepp Jöchler way: Darmstädterhütte - Niederelbehütte
  • Stubener way: cold mountain hut - hut Reutlinger
  • Wormser way: Wormser Hütte - Heilbronnerhütte

Origin of the name

The name comes from the Latin " Val bel", which means something like beautiful valley. In the course of some phonetic transformations, the present name was it.

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