Besler (mountain)
Beslergruppe, lr: Besler ( main peak ), Beslergrat, Beslerkopf, Sheepshead
The Besler is a 1,679 meter high mountain in the Allgäu Alps.
Location
The Besler is located on the southern side of the reed mountain pass, a mountain pass in the Upper Allgäu, the Obermaiselstein with Balderschwang and further connects with the Austrian Vorarlberg. The mountain lies between the valleys of Loch Bach in the south and in the north Oh Schönberger.
The Besler, in addition to the main or eastern summit still referred to as a means Beslerkopf summit ( 1655 m above sea level. NN ) and a western summit, the sheep's head (1602 m above sea level. NN ). In addition, an inconspicuous elevation between Besler and Beslerkopf is referred to (1668 m above sea level. NN ) as Beslergrat.
Geology
The rocky summit of the mountain stands out ( " like a wall " ) from the surrounding mountain meadows in a characteristic manner. It consists of the on the surface of the Allgäu Alps, less widely sedimentary rocks of the Helvetic chalk. For this rock also High Ifen, parts of the Gruenten, the Diedamskopf in the Bregenz Forest of Santis Mountain in Eastern Switzerland are constructed, for example. There is a karst landscape on the south side Besler.
Naming
The name Besler should go back to a man from Basel. This had once created several Alps on this mountain.
Ascent
Possible starting points for a hike on the Besler are Obermaiselstein ( 859 m above sea level. NN ), Tiefenbach ( 880 m above sea level. NN ), pipe moss (1070 m above sea level. NN ) or Grasgehren (1450 m above sea level. NN ) on the Riedbergpass road.
The Tour from Obermaiselstein leads past the located near Sturmannshöhle to which a detour is possible. On the Royal Road, one after King Maximilian II of Bavaria designated hunting climbing, you reach the Black Mountain cabin. From there, the trail continues through the Upper Gundalpe a short via ferrata (difficulty A / B) to the summit. Are required for this purpose about three hours.
Around the same time you need out of Oberstdorf district Tiefenbach. Here the path crosses the Lochbachtal for Besler. Von Rohr moss you have a higher starting point, but first needs to change to the adjacent running Lochbachtal from Starzlachtal. The time required for the rise is to be set here with a total of about two and a half hours.
From Riedbergpass must first be relegated to the located at the northern Beslerhang Schoenberg Alpe ( 1345 m above sea level. NN ). The time required to summit a whole is about one and a half hours.
The Besler can be with regard to ice and snow conditions well mounted as early as mid to late May, with the south-facing variant is favored by Lochbachtal ago. In the early summer blooms on the mountain a variety of species of mountain flowers such as White Mountain Avens, gentian and Auricula.