17.3.3023: Riedingtal, Schliereralmsee
We drive to Zederhaus and up the Rieding valley till the Schliereralm, where we walk along the wonderful little reservoir.
We park shortly before the Schliereralm. Get the bikes and the supporter ready, ride around one corner - and face a barrier which only can be circumvented by a stile. So, back to the car and get out the walking sticks.
After a few minutes walk we reach the dam abnd get the view to the Schliereralm - lake. In the background, the prominent peak of the Riedingspitze (2.266 m).
In this area, rests of original limestone covering the central Alpine ridge of the Tauern are preserved, so the summits are much more steep and craggy. To the left side, the slope goes up to the Weißeck ("white peak") which got its name from the white limestone forming its summit rocks.
Schliereralmsee and Riedingspitze.
Panorama of the Schliereralmsee. On the other side is the Schliereralm (with an inn) and the dam is far right. Click here or into the picture for a larger display.
On the slope above the gravel road hundreds of yellow flowering buckler mustard (Biscutella laevigata), the alpine subspecies (subsp. laevigata), which is described as calciphile - the area fits to the limestone scree beneath the limestone summit of the Weißeck. The plant can enrich Thallium and could be use for phytoremediation.
Schliereralm reservoir.
Schliereralm reservoir.
Schliereralm reservoir, view downstream.
Schliereralm reservoir, view downstream.
Schliereralm reservoir, view downstream.
Schliereralm reservoir, view downstream.
Schliereralm reservoir, view downstream.
At the head of the lake, the hinterer Riedingbach flows into the lake.
Panorama of the Schliereralm reservoir. The dam is to the right in the background. Click here or into the picture for a larger display.
Vorderer Riedingbach also flowing into the lake
Today, this nearby chapel is decorated for a mountain wedding (Photo: Susanne Hudler).
Bird's-eye primrose (primula farinosa) in the grass near the chapel.
Common spotted orchid (Dactylorhiza fuchsii) - here only in the beginning of the flower period.
Schliereralm reservoir, view upstream into the Hinteres Riedingtal. Left in fron the Riedingspitze, in the distance the Wildkarkopf (2.379 m). The chapel in front of the Riedingspitze.
Schliereralm reservoir, view upstream into the Hinteres Riedingtal. Left in fron the Riedingspitze, in the distance the Wildkarkopf (2.379 m). The chapel in front of the Riedingspitze.
Schliereralmsee, Blick vom Zufluss talauswärts.
Schliereralmsee and the small chapel.
Schliereralmsee, complete panorama. Click here or into the picture for a larger display.
View over the Schliereralm reservoir into the Hinteres Riedingtal and to the Wildkarkopf (2.379 m)
Schliereralmsee with Riedingspitze and Wildkarkopf.
Back at the buckler mustard (Biscutella laevigata), the dam isn´t so far now.
Buckler mustard (Biscutella laevigata) and the view over the Schliereralm reservoir.
Nearly back at the carpark, Rieding beck beneath the dam. Only little water, the main amount is led through a tunnel to a water power plant near Gries in the Zederhaus valley.