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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <title>DCP: (visit #6)</title> <meta HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta name="latitude" content="47"> <meta name="longitude" content="13"> </head> <body bgcolor="#EEEEEE" text="#000000" link="#0000CC">  <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr> <td width=200 valign=top>   <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr> <td><center><font size="-2"><b><a href="/confluence.php?lat=47&lon=12">W</a></b></font></center></td> <td> <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr> <td><center><font size="-2"><b><a href="/confluence.php?lat=48&lon=12">NW</a></b></font></center></td> <td><center> <font size="-2"><b><a href="/confluence.php?lat=48&lon=13">N</a></b></font><br> <img src="/graphics/arrow-n.gif" width=20 height=20 alt="N" title="N"></center></td> <td><center><font size="-2"><b><a 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href="/country.php?id=36">Austria</a></h3> <h3>6.9 km (4.3 miles) ENE of Zirknitz, Kärnten, Austria<br> <font size="-1"> Approx. altitude: 2728 m (8950 ft)<br> (<a href="/maphelp.php#ConfMaps">[?]</a> maps: <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=47,13&ie=UTF8&ll=47,13&spn=0.029221,0.11673&t=h&z=13&iwloc=addr" class="maps">Google</a> <a href="http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=47&longitude=13" class="maps">MapQuest</a> <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=47&mlon=13#map=15/47/13&layers=C" class="maps">OpenStreetMap</a> <a href="/showworld.php?lat=47&lon=13" class="maps">ConfluenceNavigator</a>) <br>Antipode: <a href="confluence.php?lat=-47&lon=-167" TITLE="The confluence opposite this confluence on the globe">47°S 167°W</a> </font></h3> <h5>Accuracy: 5 m (16 ft)</h5> <h5>Quality: good</h5><br> <h5>Click on any of the images for the full-sized picture.</h5>  <p> <a href="/photo.php?visitid=19302&pic=2"><img src="/at/all/n47e013v6/thumb2.jpg" alt="#2: View to the South" title="#2: View to the South" align="top" hspace="5" vspace="5" border="0" width="120" height="90"></a> <a href="/photo.php?visitid=19302&pic=3"><img src="/at/all/n47e013v6/thumb3.jpg" alt="#3: View to the West" title="#3: View to the West" align="top" hspace="5" vspace="5" border="0" width="120" height="90"></a> <a href="/photo.php?visitid=19302&pic=4"><img src="/at/all/n47e013v6/thumb4.jpg" alt="#4: View to the North" title="#4: View to the North" align="top" hspace="5" vspace="5" border="0" width="120" height="90"></a> <a href="/photo.php?visitid=19302&pic=5"><img src="/at/all/n47e013v6/thumb5.jpg" alt="#5: View to the East" title="#5: View to the East" align="top" hspace="5" vspace="5" border="0" width="120" height="90"></a> <a href="/photo.php?visitid=19302&pic=6"><img src="/at/all/n47e013v6/thumb6.jpg" alt="#6: GPS Reading" title="#6: GPS Reading" align="top" hspace="5" vspace="5" border="0" width="127" height="84"></a> <a href="/photo.php?visitid=19302&pic=7"><img src="/at/all/n47e013v6/thumb7.jpg" alt="#7: Ground Zero" title="#7: Ground Zero" align="top" hspace="5" vspace="5" border="0" width="120" height="90"></a> <a href="/photo.php?visitid=19302&pic=8"><img src="/at/all/n47e013v6/thumb8.jpg" alt="#8: The Confluence Hunter" title="#8: The Confluence Hunter" align="top" hspace="5" vspace="5" border="0" width="120" height="90"></a> <a href="/photo.php?visitid=19302&pic=9"><img src="/at/all/n47e013v6/thumb9.jpg" alt="#9: Cairn at the Confluence" title="#9: Cairn at the Confluence" align="top" hspace="5" vspace="5" border="0" width="120" height="90"></a> <a href="/photo.php?visitid=19302&pic=10"><img src="/at/all/n47e013v6/thumb10.jpg" alt="#10: The Village Döllach" title="#10: The Village Döllach" align="top" hspace="5" vspace="5" border="0" width="120" height="90"></a> <a href="/photo.php?visitid=19302&pic=11"><img src="/at/all/n47e013v6/thumb11.jpg" alt="#11: 270 Degree Panoramic View at the Confluence" title="#11: 270 Degree Panoramic View at the Confluence" align="top" hspace="5" vspace="5" border="0" width="194" height="47"></a> </p> </td> <td width=15> </td> <td width=535 valign=top>  <font face="helvetica,arial" size="-1"><b> { <a href="/index.php">Main</a> | <a href="/search.php">Search</a> | <a href="/country.php">Countries</a> | <a href="/information.php">Information</a> | <a href="/member.php">Member Page</a> | <a href="/random.php">Random</a> }</b></font><br><br>  <table border=0 cellpadding=1 cellspacing=0> <tr> <td align=left bgcolor="#000070" width=234> <font face="helvetica,arial" size="+1" color="#FFFFFF">  <b>47°N 13°E (visit #6)</b> </font> </td> <td align=right bgcolor="#000070" width=300> <font face="helvetica,arial" size="-1" color="#FFFFFF"> <b></b>  </font> </td> </tr> </table>  <table border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td width=130> <div align=center> <a href="/confluence.php?visitid=9362"> <img src="/at/all/n47e013v5/preview.jpg" width=120 height=80 alt="Visit #5: [12-Sep-04]" title="Visit #5: [12-Sep-04]" hspace="1" vspace="1" border="0"><br> <font size=-1>#5: [12-Sep-04] </font> </a> </div> </td><td width=130> <div align=center> <a href="/confluence.php?visitid=4026"> <img src="/at/all/n47e013v4/preview.jpg" width=120 height=80 alt="Visit #4: [29-Jul-01]" title="Visit #4: [29-Jul-01]" hspace="1" vspace="1" border="0"><br> <font size=-1>#4: [29-Jul-01] </font> </a> </div> </td><td width=130> <div align=center> <a href="/confluence.php?visitid=3726"> <img src="/at/all/n47e013v3/preview.jpg" width=120 height=80 alt="Visit #3: [14-Jun-01]" title="Visit #3: [14-Jun-01]" hspace="1" vspace="1" border="0"><br> <font size=-1>#3: [14-Jun-01] </font> </a> </div> </td><td width=130> <div align=center> <a href="/confluence.php?visitid=20906"> <img src="/at/all/n47e013v7/preview.jpg" width=120 height=80 alt="Visit #7: [17-Aug-16]" title="Visit #7: [17-Aug-16]" hspace="1" vspace="1" border="0"><br> <font size=-1>#7: [17-Aug-16] (incomplete)</font> </a> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width=130> <div align=center> <a href="/confluence.php?visitid=3697"> <img src="/at/all/n47e013v2/preview.jpg" width=120 height=80 alt="Visit #2: [09-Jun-01]" title="Visit #2: [09-Jun-01]" hspace="1" vspace="1" border="0"><br> <font size=-1>#2: [09-Jun-01] (incomplete)</font> </a> </div> </td><td width=130> <div align=center> <a href="/confluence.php?visitid=3523"> <img src="/at/all/n47e013/preview.jpg" width=120 height=80 alt="Visit #1: [24-May-01]" title="Visit #1: [24-May-01]" hspace="1" vspace="1" border="0"><br> <font size=-1>#1: [24-May-01] (incomplete)</font> </a> </div> </td> </tr> </table>  <table border=0 cellpadding=1 cellspacing=0> <tr> <td> <br> <a href="/photo.php?visitid=19302&pic=1"><img src="/at/all/n47e013v6/thumb1.jpg" alt="#1: The Confluence from 25 m distance" title="#1: The Confluence from 25 m distance" align="left" hspace="5" vspace="5" border="0" width="320" height="240"></a> <p> <font face="arial,helvetica" size="-1"> <em>(visited by <a href="/visitor.php?id=5887">Rainer Mautz</a>)</em> </font> </p> <div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: smaller;"><p><b>14-Sep-2013 -- </b>This confluence visit is the first out of 3 visits that I made during a tough cycling week-end in Austria’s and Italy’s Alpine mountains.</p> <p>After work on Friday, I left Zurich by night train arriving in Mallnitz (Austria’s State Carinthia) at 8 AM after a 10-hour train ride (spending two unpleasant night-hours at the train station in Salzburg). I started cycling right away along the Mölltal on a very pleasant bicycle-trail until I reached the village <a href="/photo.php?visitid=19302&pic=10">Döllach</a> after cycling 66 km.</p> <p> Döllach is at 1000 m altitude, so there are another 1700 m to climb to the confluence point. There is a small asphalted road to a water reservoir (Großsee) at 2400 m altitude. This road was very steep, but bikeable. After 3 hours uphill riding I reached the dam at Lake Großsee. From there, it was 2.0 km beeline to the confluence point. I preferred to start the hike from the dam, because the height difference was only 300 m. But I should have abandoned my bicycle earlier at a bend of the road at an altitude of 2300 m and a distance of 1.4 km. The reason is that the hike was very difficult. I approached the confluence from the north, such that I had to climb over a mountain and then drop down to the confluence point. At a distance of 200 m, the terrain got dangerously steep and soon I found myself climbing steep rocks. After the dangerous <a href="/confluence.php?visitid=14035">climb in 2007</a> I had promised myself not to risk my life again for a confluence point. So I climbed back down a bit and looked for another route. And indeed, there was a less dangerous alternative that allowed me to reach the point without real danger. </p> <p>The confluence has been marked my previous visitors with a huge <a href="/photo.php?visitid=19302&pic=9">cairn</a>. The point is well above the tree line covered with loose rocks. It must have snowed a couple of days ago, since there were some patches of snow left. The incline is very steep, such that prospective confluence visitors should bring some alpine hiking experience. It started raining a bit, so I pulled over my raincoat and started climbing down, always following the gradient. This was much easier compared to the way I came. After hiking 1.5 hours I was back at the above mentioned bend in the road. Now it was already 7 PM: I hiked the road upwards to get to my bike and used the last daylight to coast down to Döllach. There, I stayed in a very nice guesthouse managed by the extremely hospitable 70 year old Gertrude Kahn. </p> <p>CP Visit Details: <ul> <li>Distance to an asphalt road: 1.4 km</li> <li>Distance to a track: 1.4 km</li> <li>Distance of bicycle parking: 2 km</li> <li>Time to reach CP from bicycle parking: 2 hours</li> <li>Time at CP: 5:12 PM</li> <li>Measured height: 2705 m</li> <li>Minimal distance according to GPS: 0 m</li> <li>Position accuracy: 5 m</li> <li>Topography: extremely steep grades. High alpine terrain.</li> <li>Vegetation: some moss, grass and white flowers in-between the otherwise surface consisting of bare rocks.</li> <li>Weather: upcoming storm, 10° C (felt temperature)</li> <li>Given Name: Gertrude’s Steep Confluence</li> </ul></p> <p>The story continues is at <a href="/confluence.php?visitid=19303">47°N 12°E</a>. </p></div><br clear=left> </td> </tr> <tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#000070" width="535"><font face="helvetica,arial" size="-1" color="#FFFFFF"> <b>All pictures</b></font></td></tr> <tr><td><font face="helvetica,arial" size="-1"><a href="/photo.php?visitid=19302&pic=1">#1: The Confluence from 25 m distance</a><br> <a href="/photo.php?visitid=19302&pic=2">#2: View to the South</a><br> <a href="/photo.php?visitid=19302&pic=3">#3: View to the West</a><br> <a href="/photo.php?visitid=19302&pic=4">#4: View to the North</a><br> <a href="/photo.php?visitid=19302&pic=5">#5: View to the East</a><br> <a href="/photo.php?visitid=19302&pic=6">#6: GPS Reading</a><br> <a href="/photo.php?visitid=19302&pic=7">#7: Ground Zero</a><br> <a href="/photo.php?visitid=19302&pic=8">#8: The Confluence Hunter</a><br> <a href="/photo.php?visitid=19302&pic=9">#9: Cairn at the Confluence</a><br> <a href="/photo.php?visitid=19302&pic=10">#10: The Village Döllach</a><br> <a href="/photo.php?visitid=19302&pic=11">#11: 270 Degree Panoramic View at the Confluence</a><br> <a href="/photo.php?visitid=19302&pic=ALL">ALL: All pictures on one page</a></font></td></tr> <tr> <td height="15"></td> </tr> <tr> <td align=left bgcolor="#000070" width=535> <font face="helvetica,arial" size="-1" color="#FFFFFF">  <b>Notes</b> </font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: smaller;">This is the third highest Confluence in Europe (extending unto the Ural Mountains, von Strahlenberg definition) (Source: SRTM 90m digital elevation data).</div> </td> </tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> </body> </html>