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Suldener Gletscherbaum

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by Clownfisch     Italy > Provincia Autonoma Bolzano/Bozen [3] > Bolzano-Bozen

N 46° 30.129' E 010° 35.710' (WGS84)

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Status: Available
 Time required: 1:30 h   Route: 3.0 km
 Hidden on: 30 August 2014
 Published on: 05 September 2014
 Last update: 08 September 2014
 Listing: https://opencaching.de/OC113F0

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The Upper “Sulden“ valley is an area with a great number of glaciers. 14 of them cover an area of about 11.3 square kilometres. The by far largest of them is the „Suldenferner“ with an area of almost 6.5 square kilometres. The extent of each of the other glaciers is distinctly below 1 square kilometre. The masses of ice on the western side of the valley are outstanding, even within all the glaciers of the eastern part of the Alps. They are glacier tongues of the „Suldenferner“, of the „End-of-the-World“ glacier as well as of the Lower and Upper „Maritferner“, their lowest part being covered with a thick layer of detritus.

This detritus, which prevents ice from melting, stems from the huge rock faces of the „Ortler“, the „Zebru“ and the „Königspitze“, mountains which date from the Mesozoic era. Therefore these glacier tongues reach further down (below 2,500 metres) than those of the other glaciers (at best 2,800 metres). These deviations are reflected in the height of the ridges on both sides of the valley, with those on the western side being about 300 to 400 metres higher.

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In the past the „Sudengletscher“ changed its size several times. In 1818 it even moved so far down that parts of Sulden had to be evacuated. The last advance of the glacier came to a stop in 1987. Since then it has been withdrawing slowly.

The larch exhibited here was discovered in 1996. By means of radiocarbon analyse its precise age could be determined and it was found out that more than 1,000 years ago it was kind of „run over“. To be allowed to log this cache, please send me the answers to the following three questions, whose answers can be found in the charts on the spot.

1. When was the tree „run over“?
2. Who determined the age of the tree?
3. How many cold periods could be detected?

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Log entries for Suldener Gletscherbaum    Found 2x Not found 0x Note 0x

Found 14 July 2022, 12:38 DikkeBiggie found the geocache

Hier bin ich von der Hintergrathütte über die Gletscherstraße zurück nach Sölden gefahren. 🚶‍♀️Ich habe die Antworten für den Cache gemailt. 😊TFTC👍🏻

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Found The geocache is in good or acceptable condition. 28 August 2020, 11:00 lucky-k found the geocache

Da der Wetterbericht für heute ab mittags zunehmenden Regen vorhergesagt hat und es auch morgens schon recht wolkig war, beschloss ich, eine recht kurze Tour über die Hängebrücke zur "überfahrenen Lärche" und dann zurück zur Mittelstation der Seilbahn zu unternehmen.
Nach diversen Hindernissen, zum Beispiel grasenden Yaks und wackeligen Brücken, stand ich endlich vor dem fraglichen Baum.

Danke fürs herführen, ohne den Cache vor Ort wäre ich hier wohl nicht hergekommen.