Dachstein Glacier
Encyclopedia
Dachstein Glacier is a glacier
located above the town of Ramsau am Dachstein
in Austria
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, as well as a cable car
to take people to the glacier.
has been named Austria's National Ski Tour.
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Glacier
A glacier is a large persistent body of ice that forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. At least 0.1 km² in area and 50 m thick, but often much larger, a glacier slowly deforms and flows due to stresses induced by its weight...
located above the town of Ramsau am Dachstein
Ramsau am Dachstein
Ramsau am Dachstein is a municipality in the district of Liezen, state of Styria, Austria. It is also the name of the elevated plateau between the Dachstein range and the Enns valley on which this municipality is located....
in Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
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Skiing
The Dachstein is a popular ski area that remains snow-covered for much of the year. It has one T-Bar Lift and one two-seater chairliftChairlift
An elevated passenger ropeway, or chairlift, is a type of aerial lift, which consists of a continuously circulating steel cable loop strung between two end terminals and usually over intermediate towers, carrying a series of chairs...
, as well as a cable car
Cable car
A cable car is any of a variety of transportation systems relying on cables to pull vehicles along or lower them at a steady rate, or a vehicle on these systems.-Aerial lift:Aerial lifts where the vehicle is suspended in the air from a cable:...
to take people to the glacier.
Ski Tours
The Glacier hosts a number of ski tours. The tour that crosses over the mountain into ObertraunObertraun
Obertraun, Upper Austria is a village in the Salzkammergut, a region in Austria. It is located near the Hallstätter See and Hoher Dachstein. Obertraun is a great place to go on holiday. There are many thing to do there. In the winter you can go skiing or snowboarding and in the summer you can go...
has been named Austria's National Ski Tour.
Attractions
The mountain station of the cable car has an observation platform and a glacier experience attraction named Icepalace.External links
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