 The geological construction of the Turracher Höhe is characterised by various kinds of rock, as well as the effects of the tectonic movements, which became visible here and finally led to the formation of the Alps in the late Mesozoic era about 100 million years ago.The eastern Central Alps got their current structure at the end of the Tertiary Period.From the geological viewpoint, the Turracher Höhe and its further surroundings belong to the "Gurktal layer", whose Paleozoic rocks slid over the more recent rock layer of the so-called "Stangalm Triassic Period".