20.6.2024 Tauplitzalm - Großsee roundwalk.
After ten times staying in Bad Aussee for holiday, we now for the first time visit the nearby Tauplitzalm.
After a short ascent from the car park the route goes down into a large hollow ...
... with a few accomodations for the skiers, the chair lift to the Schneiderkogel far right.
Full blossom for the flora, this is a spring gentian (Gentiana verna)
Globeflowers (Trollius europaeus)
Globeflowers (Trollius europaeus)
Globeflowers (Trollius europaeus)
Plantains and dandelion - a manured grassland.
King´s cups (Caltha palustris) in a wet place.
King´s cups (Caltha palustris)
Large areas with spring gentian (Gentiana verna)
Fairy primroses (Primula minima)
Zwerg-Alpenrose (Rhodothamnus chamaecistus)
First view to the Großsee from a small gap.
Ähren - Läusekraut (Pedicularis rostratospicata)
Clusius gentian (Gentiana clusii)
Ähren - Läusekraut (Pedicularis rostratospicata)
Ähren - Läusekraut (Pedicularis rostratospicata)
Mountain valerian (Valeriana montana)
Mountain valerian (Valeriana montana)
View to the Großsee, which we plan to circle now.
Großsee
Lots of Alpine kidneyvetch (Anthyllis vulneraria subsp. alpicola)
Alpine kidneyvetch (Anthyllis vulneraria subsp. alpicola)
Nacktstängelige Kugelblumen (Globularia nudicaulis)
Mountain avens (Dryas octopetala)
Bogbeans (Menyanthes trifoliata) at the shore; I would have to wade into the water for a closeup picture.
Broad-leaved marsh orchid (Dactylorhiza majalis) in a small well area.
Marsh valerian (Valeriana dioica) - thanks to Martin Prinz for identification!
View back to the Großsee, where we have walked along the Northern shore.
King´s cups (Caltha palustris) along this small beck
King´s cups (Caltha palustris) with the view to the Großsee.
King´s cups (Caltha palustris)
King´s cups (Caltha palustris)
King´s cups (Caltha palustris)
We are going to close the circle around the Großsee, by walking up to the Naturfreundehaus. This is another, nameless small lake.
Clusius gentian and globe flowers (see above)
View to the Totes Gebirge, you cannot see the Grundlsee in between in the valley.
Großsee, this time seen from south.
Globeflowers (Trollius europaeus) and Großsee.
Nearly back at the car park. Grimming in the background.
Bird's-foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus)