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Karneid - Cornedo All'Isarco

Earth Pyramids of Steinegg

Natural Monuments

Karneid - Cornedo All'Isarco

Earth Pyramids of Steinegg

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Earth Pyramids of Steinegg

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Location: Karneid - Cornedo All'Isarco, South Tyrol, Italy

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1. Earth Pyramids of Steinegg Loop with Dolomites Views

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Forest loop to towering limestone earth pyramids with Dolomites views in South Tyrol.

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2. Earth Pyramids of Steinegg – View of the Sciliar loop from Breien - Briè

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Intermediate hike. Great for any fitness level. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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3. View of the Sciliar – Earth Pyramids of Steinegg loop from Steinegg - Collepietra

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Frank

September 25, 2021

Prerequisites for the formation of earth pyramids are certain properties of the material (relative fine-grainedness, low but not too low consolidation), the climate (regular rainfall), a wind-protected location and the occurrence of larger stones or boulders made of erosion-resistant solid rock (e.g. magmatic rock). or gneiss) in the fine-grained material. In many cases, the source rock is therefore Pleistocene boulder clay or boulder clay.

The formation proceeds as follows:

The starting point for the formation of earth pyramids is the exposure of a body of sediment with corresponding properties on a relatively steep slope.
Rainwater running off the surface cuts deep furrows (flushing grooves that widen into gullies) in the slope or the sediment body. Individual blocks of solid rock, naturally occurring in the eroding body of sediment, protect the underlying fine-grained material. As a result, this erodes significantly more slowly than unprotected material. More or less high columns of fine-grained sediment remain below such a stone, partly because the wind-protected location ensures that rain can only attack directly from above.
If a pillar loses its capstone, it then erodes relatively quickly. She takes on the form of Sugar Loaf and gets smaller and smaller until she finally disappears altogether. Meanwhile, further up the slope, new cones of earth are forming (retrogressive erosion).
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Petra 🌞💐🥳🥾🚴

September 24, 2022

Nix Sage, natural event from Ice Age ground moraines.
If you are in the Eggtal, you should not miss it. The Pyramidenweg Steinegg is wonderfully signposted.

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R.Bungartz

August 26, 2022

Great highlight! Here you can see the earth pyramids up close.

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Earth Pyramids of Steinegg

1. Earth Pyramids of Steinegg Loop with Dolomites Views

2. Earth Pyramids of Steinegg – View of the Sciliar loop from Breien - Briè

3. View of the Sciliar – Earth Pyramids of Steinegg loop from Steinegg - Collepietra

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