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See the detailed description in: http://www.emmerich-j.de/FGFS/Alp-flying.pdf | See the detailed description in: http://www.emmerich-j.de/FGFS/Alp-flying.pdf | ||
*February 2011 by [[User:Jomo|Jomo]]. | *February 2011 by [[User:Jomo|Jomo]]. | ||
== Salzburg to Zell am See via Hallstatt == | |||
This flight will bring you around a very scenic region of the austrian alps. | |||
[[File:LOWS-LOGO-LOWZ.jpg|thumb|The route for Salzburg to Zell am See via Hallstatt]] | |||
* [https://skyvector.com/?ll=47.5666119817603,13.107925427128999&chart=301&zoom=3&fpl=N0100A040%20LOWS%204735N01311E%204736N01339E%204733N01340E%204733N01343E%204735N01343E%204738N01355E%204727N01357E%20LOWZ SkyVector route] | |||
* Suggested plane: C172 or C182 | |||
* This is VFR only, so pick suitable weather. There are no usable navaids for this trip. | |||
* Trip takes around 1 hr. air time at 120 KTAS. | |||
* Fly at an altitude of about 4000ft or so (the entire trip can be done at that altitude safely). | |||
* Start ''Salzburg (LOWS)''; follow the Autobahn in the valley to the southeast until you reach the fork at ''Golling''. To the south you see the Mountains of the ''Tennengebirge''. | |||
* Alternatively (and I recommned that), you can also deviate sothwest around ''Mt. Untersberg'' (1972m, hosting germanys longest and deepest cave, the ''Riesending'') to visit lake ''Königsee'' and watch the peaks of the ''Steinernes Meer'' (the dominant and very famous ''Mt. Watzmann'', 2713m!) and north side of the ''Mt. Hochkönig''. You need to climb to at least 6200ft to cross the final ridge at the end of the lake valley. After crossing, descend to 4000ft, follow the valley and fly north at the next valley to rejoin the route. | |||
* Turn east and follow the valley and hills, aim for a prominent V-shaped incision at the end. Fly through there and you suddenly break out at the lake ''Hallstätter See'', a fjord-like lake 125m deep. | |||
* Follow the ''Hallstätter See'' to the south, on its western shore is the famous town of ''Hallstatt''. At the mountain to your right (north of Hallstatt) is a very old settlement dating back to the late bronce age (Hallstattzeit, c. 800–450 BC) and there was a very important Salt mine dating back to that time and important archeological grave findings. | |||
Looking south you can see the ''Dachstein'' (2995 m), a high peak hosting the ''Hirlatzhöhle'', with 120km the twentiest longest and with 1560m sixth deepest cave of planet earth. | |||
* Follow the valley east bend to ''Obertraun'', and then north over the ''Koppenpass'' and the town of ''Bad Aussee''. | |||
* From ''Bad Aussee'', fly straight to the lakes ''Grundlsee'' and ''Toplitzsee'' (you can't see the latter yet). | |||
* Between the two, turn southwards and aim for the reservoir lake ''Salza'' which is in the sharp incision you can see to the south. | |||
* After passing the reservoir, you may try to get down to ''Niederoblarn'' (LOGO) to the southeast, it's a short airfield. | |||
* From there, follow the railway in the valley of Enns westwards, LOWZ is about 20 minutes away. On your right side watch out for the other side of the ''Dachstein'' and the town of ''Schladming'', which lies down in the valley next the rocky hills with the river flowing trough. Look for the railway and the river Enns. | |||
* Behind ''Schladming'' (south of Mt. ''Dachstein'', approximately halfway of the distance LOGO/LOWZ) the valley will widen a bit again, featuring a rocky mountain in the middle of the valley. Continue to follow the railway and river bending nortwest arond the small mountain. | |||
* Near the bigger town of ''Radstadt'' the valley will open significantly. Follow west, heading for the next town ''Altenmark'' at the end of the opening. | |||
* The railway will bend north at ''Altenmark'' and soon join the Autobahn A10/E55. This is the point we need to go southwest and follow the next valley. | |||
* The valley leads us westward to the Town of ''St. Johann/Pongau''. probably around the middle of the valley you can spot the prominent ''Mt. Hochkönig'' (2941m) northwest of ''St. Johann'' and the ''Tennengebirge'' to its right. | |||
* Once reaching ''St. Johann'', continue to follow the next big valley west-southwest. | |||
* After about 16 miles you will reach ''Zell am See'' (LOWZ) where we will land after around one hour flight time in total. Beware this is a short field. | |||
==Grenoble Le-Versoud== | ==Grenoble Le-Versoud== | ||