Reiter Alpe

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Reiter Alm from the east of Ramsau

The Reiter Alm, also Reiteralpe, Austrian also Reither Stone Mountain, named after the place Riding, is a to 2286 m above sea level. NN high table mountains of Berchtesgaden Alps in the states of Bavaria ( Germany ) and Salzburg ( Austria ). The Reiter Alm is the western boundary of the Berchtesgaden valley floor rises due east of Saalachtal bei Lofer and toads.

Geographical location

The Reiter Alm comprises about 10 km ² area, which extends on both sides of the German -Austrian border. The Bavarian part is located in the municipalities of Ramsau and Schneizlreuth (district of Berchtesgaden ), the location in Salzburg part belongs to the municipality toads (Pinzgau ), which includes the eponymous district of Reit belongs, and the market town of Lofer and the town of Sankt Martin bei Lofer ( south-western spurs of the mountain stick ). To the west the terrain falls to the Saalachstrasse from which, if a southwestern tributary of the Salzach. Just east below the Reiter Alm are the Hintersee and Taubensee.

Adjacent mountain ranges are hochkalter floor in the East, Lattengebirge in the northeast, Chiemgau Alps in the northwest, the Lofer Steinberg mountains in the southwest, the Leogang Mountains in the south and the western foothills of the stone sea in the southeast.

Landscape

The Reiter Alm crashes at their edges everywhere from steep. Their high surface is particularly the northern part covered with alpine meadows and pastures, and old pine forests. In the middle of the plateau, the Reitertrett lies with the only source, in turn, are to find the old and the new Traunstein hut near them. The eastern region of the Reiter Alm, whose territory lies mostly in Berchtesgaden Biosphere Reserve, is part of the National Park Berchtesgaden, whose area is congruent with the southern part of the biosphere reserve.

The northern half of the German territory is a training ground in the Mountain, the "little mountain training area Reiteralpe ". Thither operates the Bundeswehr Oberjettenberg from the cable car Reiteralpe. The trail over the saddle shock leads straight through the practice course.

Geology

Together with Lattengebirge, Muellner Horn, Unterberg and parts of watzmann ( greenstone and Schapbachriedel ) forms the Reiter Alm the Reiteralmdecke or Berchtesgaden unit. This basically consists of Dachstein limestone, which forms the striking cliffs of the rim crashes and the plateau and a base of Ramsau. They are based on the Werfen beds, which is the Gleithorizont same time, with the Reiteralmdecke was pushed to the Jurassic Neocomian pad of the Tyrolean subsoil. In the area of ​​Reitertrett remains of the Cretaceous Gosau are obtained which form the background of the green pastures. In Dolomitwerk Oberjettenberg Ramsau is degraded.

Flora and Fauna

On the plateau huge mountain pines dominate. The previously existing forest there was the wood needs of Reichenhaller Saline victim. 1829, the Reiter Alm was excluded from the Saline contract because not enough wood was available. In the northern part are still some old Zirbenbestände receive. On the meadows of Reitertrett grow among other arnica, columbine, alpine roses, bergamot star, edelweiss, gentian, valerian and stone diamond. In the northern part there is Germany's highest high moor. There live some grouse. Another rare species is the mountain hare, red deer and chamois hand, often are.

Alpinism

Important peaks in the Reiter Alm are the Great Häuselhorn ( 2284 m), the Wagendrischelhorn ( 2251 m), the Stadelhorn ( 2286 m), the Schottmalhorn ( 2045 m) and the Edelweißlahnerkopf (1953 m ) and the local mountains Traunstein hut, the Great Wide chart head (1979 m) and Big Brother (1864 m). On all of these peaks of marked walkways.

The walls of the southern summit between Häuselhorn and the fundamental evil horns offer climbing trips for all levels. Classics are the South Rim of the Grand fundamental evil horn ( Feichtner, long Thaler 1913, V-), the Direct South Rim of the Grand Mühlsturzhorn ( Toni Kurz, Andreas Hinterstoisser, 1936, VIII or VI, A1 -A2 ) and the straight line south wall of the Great Häuselhorns ( Kadner, 1920, V).

In the north faces are some of the most difficult alpine sport climbing in Germany. The most famous climbing mountains here are the Wartstein wall, the rear Feuerhörndl and Hirscheck - and more recently by modern popular routes the Alpawand, the Übeleck and the alphorn.

To the south is located below the Stadel horn of the Hirschbichl comb, existing from Ramsau ridge from.

Stadelhorn, Wagendrischelhorn, Gr. Häuselhorn from the north ( Schottmalhorn )

Wide Chart head of the East

Stadelhorn from Wagendrischelhorn

Trails

The easiest increases lead over the fright saddle of Oberjettenberg on the west side, through the Alpatal of riding in the southwest and on the Wachterlsteig of the Schwarzbachwacht on the east side of the rider Alm also marked but sure-footed require the Böselsteig of Hintersee ( Ramsau ) and of climb on the Mayrberg Charter of Hintersee or riding.

In winter, the Reiter Alm is usually achieved through the shock saddle increase. On January 2, 2006, there was a little off this increase in a steep gully to an avalanche with three fatalities. Skigipfel are the great wide chart head, Wagendrischelhorn and the eastern edge of the summit plateau. In very good conditions, the Häuselhörner can be achieved.