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Location Stamp Site Rotmoosferner with audio guide

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The “eternal” ice of the Alps

 
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The high alpine landscape of Upper Ötztal is a special world of glaciers. The Ötztal Alps are the most glaciated mountain range in Austria. Around 213 glaciers cover an area of approximately 170 km2. Glaciers, also known as Ferner or Kees in Austria, are masses of ice that have emerged from snow. Due to their own weight and the resulting pressure, they flow slowly but steadily downhill. In order for glaciers to form, precipitation must fall in solid form, for instance as snow, and remain there all year round. Over a longer period of time, large masses of snow accumulate, which are gradually transformed into corn snow (firn) and later glacier ice.

Glaciers are divided into two areas: in the upper part there is an accumulation area, the nutrient area. Ice is formed there. In the lower area of a glacier lies the ablation zone. The ice that has formed melts there. Depending on the prevailing climatic conditions, glaciers grow or melt. Since the last long cold period with the highest glacier level between 1830 and 1860, the earth's atmosphere has warmed by about 0.5 to 0.8 degrees Celsius. The glaciers in the Alps are constantly retreating and are already disappearing in some places.

 
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46.820661, 11.053673
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46°49'14.4"N 11°03'13.2"E
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32T 656651 5187282
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Location Stamp Site Rotmoosferner with audio guide


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Das „ewige“ Eis der Alpen

 

Die hochalpine Landschaft des hinteren Ötztals ist eine besondere Welt der Gletscher. Die Ötztaler Alpen sind österreichweit die am stärksten vergletscherte Gebirgsgruppe. Etwa 213 Gletscher bedecken eine Fläche von rund 170 km2 .

 

Gletscher, in Österreich auch Ferner oder Kees genannt, sind aus Schnee hervorgegangene Eismassen. Aufgrund ihres Eigengewichtes und dem daraus resultierenden Druck fließen sie langsam, aber stetig bergabwärts. Damit Gletscher entstehen können, muss der Niederschlag in fester Form, also als Schnee, fallen und das ganze Jahr über liegen bleiben. Über einen längeren Zeitraum sammeln sich so größere Schneemassen an, die allmählich in Firn und später Gletschereis umgewandelt werden.

 

Gletscher werden in zwei Bereiche unterteilt: Im oberen Teil befindet sich eine Akkumulationsfläche, das Nährgebiet. Dort wird Eis gebildet. Im unteren Bereich eines Gletschers liegt die Ablationsfläche, das Zehrgebiet. Dort schmilzt das gebildete Eis ab. Je nach dem, welche klimatischen Bedingungen herrschen, wachsen oder schmelzen Gletscher. Seit der letzten längeren Kälteperiode mit dem höchsten Gletscherstand zwischen 1830 bis 1860 hat sich die Atmosphäre der Erde um etwa 0,5 bis 0,8 Grad Celsius erwärmt. Die Gletscher in den Alpen ziehen sich immer mehr zurück und verschwinden bereits mancherorts.

 
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recommended route Difficulty I difficult
Distance 16.1 km
Duration 11:00 h
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Duration 4:00 h
Ascent 915 m
Descent 893 m

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from Roland Grüner,   Ötztal
recommended route Difficulty Stage 1
Distance 15.7 km
Duration 7:28 h
Ascent 1,145 m
Descent 617 m

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