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Austria 2012

Today we drove up the Malta valley - toll road as well - to visit the highest reservoir in the Alps: the K”lnbreit Reservoir. The water level was way below normal, due to very little snow in winter for a few years in succession. We walked around in the area, and had an excursion into the interior of the dam.

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The drive (black, both directions) and the walks around... Mapsource.jpg 2230x1690 (704kB)	The drive on Google Earth, with the location of the images Google.jpg 1908x1260 (462kB)	The walks near the reservoir; the car was parked aside... Mapsource-2.jpg 1486x762 (215kB)	The walks projected on Google Earth - showing where the... Google-2.jpg 2420x1064 (460kB)	The full profile of the drive: It's all uphill (or... Profile-Car.jpg 1391x504 (103kB)	Around the reservoir it was more up and down Profile.jpg 1391x302 (81kB)
The road takes turns to get around the rocks. 01-MountainRoad.jpg 4717x3517 (3.3MB)	Part is single track - just one direction at a time. So... 02-SingleTrack.jpg 4000x3000 (1.9MB)	On the left side - the southern wall of the valley... 03-BareStone.jpg 4000x3000 (2.1MB)	... the Reutnerbach waterfall ...l 04-Falls.jpg 3000x4000 (1.8MB)	...and the wet rocks aside the road. 05-WetRock.jpg 2592x3872 (1.9MB)	Even further on the road, the Mitterkant tunnel is... 06-MitterkantTunnel.jpg 4000x3000 (1.2MB)
looking West - the Southern border of the Kólnbreit... 07-West.jpg 3993x2352 (1.0MB)	First view of the reservoir, from the parking. 08-FirstView.jpg 8072x2134 (2.4MB)	The walls of the reservoir - and the Malta valley. 09-ValleyWalls.jpg 9310x2093 (1.9MB)	Both lakes and both valleys in one image 10-TwoLakes.jpg 15796x3377 (5.4MB)	The reservoir is filled by streams from the snow-filled... 11-Supplier.jpg 2592x3872 (738kB)	There is sufficient snow available. 12-Supplies.jpg 3872x2592 (706kB)

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Hohe Tauern - Maltatal