Obere Gundalp, 1490 m

In the realm of the Helveticum A walk through the Lochbach Valley in the south-eastern corner of the Nagelfluhkette Nature Park takes us into the Helveticum, which extends from Vorarlberg to the Allgäu Alps. The name of this geological formation refers to the term Helvetia. In purely geological terms, we are therefore in the Western Alps. The building blocks are predominantly relatively resistant limestones and soft marl layers as well as quartz sandstones. The different resistance of the individual components results in a great variety of shapes. The Schrattenkalk, which is conspicuous from afar and was formed over 100 million years ago in the Cretaceous sea, is the main representative of the Allgäu Helveticum. The Besler is one of the most striking features of this layer of earth, which was previously deposited further south. At its foot, the Obere Gundalp offers a relatively easy tour destination for winter hikers. However, it is better to postpone a climb of the cold-staring, bold rock pillar until summer.(Automatically translated by DeepL)