The Kitzbühel Alps (german: Kitzbüheler Alpen or ''Kitzbühler Alpen'') are a
mountain range
A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills arranged in a line and connected by high ground. A mountain system or mountain belt is a group of mountain ranges with similarity in form, structure, and alignment that have arise ...
of the
Central Eastern Alps
The Central Eastern Alps (german: Zentralalpen or Zentrale Ostalpen), also referred to as Austrian Central Alps (german: Österreichische Zentralalpen) or just Central Alps, comprise the main chain of the Eastern Alps in Austria and the adjacen ...
surrounding the
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
Tyrol
Tyrol (; historically the Tyrole; de-AT, Tirol ; it, Tirolo) is a historical region in the Alps - in Northern Italy and western Austria. The area was historically the core of the County of Tyrol, part of the Holy Roman Empire, Austrian Emp ...
,
Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...
. Geologically they are part of the western slate zone (
greywacke zone
The greywacke zone is a band of Paleozoic metamorphosed sedimentary rocks that forms an east-west band through the Austrian Alps.
The greywacke zone crops out between the Mesozoic rocks of the Northern Calcareous Alps and the Austroalpine and Pe ...
).
Location
Two-thirds of the Kitzbühel Alps lie within the Austrian province of Tyrol, the remaining third is in
Salzburg province
Salzburg (, ; bar, Soizbuag, label=Austro-Bavarian, also known as ''Salzburgerland''; it, Salisburghese) is an Austrian federal state. In German it is called a ''Bundesland'', a German-to-English dictionary translates that to ''federal state'' a ...
. They are about long from east to west and 25 to 35 km wide. They extend from the Ziller valley and
Tux Alps
The Tux Alps (german: Tuxer Alpen) or Tux Prealps (''Tuxer Voralpen'') are a sub-group of the Austrian Central Alps, which in turn form part of the Eastern Alps within Central Europe. They are located entirely within the Austrian federal state o ...
Zell am See
Zell am See is the administrative capital of the Zell am See District in the Austrian state of Salzburg. Located in the Kitzbühel Alps, the town is an important tourist destination due to its ski resorts and shoreline on Lake Zell. While Zell a ...
on
Lake Zell
Lake Zell (german: Zeller See; it, Lago di Zell) is a small freshwater lake in the Austrian Alps. It takes its name from the city of Zell am See, which is located on a small delta protruding into the lake. The lake is long and wide. It is up ...
(''Zellersee'') in the east. They are bordered to the south by the
Zillertal Alps
The Zillertal Alps ( it, Alpi Aurine; german: Zillertaler Alpen) are a mountain range of the Central Eastern Alps on the border of Austria and Italy.
Name
The range is named after the Zillertal (Ziller river valley) on its north.
Geography
The ...
and the
High Tauern
The High Tauern ( pl.; german: Hohe Tauern, it, Alti Tauri) are a mountain range on the main chain of the Central Eastern Alps, comprising the highest peaks east of the Brenner Pass. The crest forms the southern border of the Austrian states of ...
mountain range on the other side of the
Salzach
The Salzach (Austrian: ˆsaltsax ) is a river in Austria and Germany. It is in length and is a right tributary of the Inn, which eventually joins the Danube. Its drainage basin of comprises large parts of the Northern Limestone and Central ...
Northern Limestone Alps
The Northern Limestone Alps (german: Nördliche Kalkalpen), also called the Northern Calcareous Alps, are the ranges of the Eastern Alps north of the Central Eastern Alps located in Austria and the adjacent Bavarian lands of southeastern Germa ...
.
The boundary of the region runs along the Salzach valley via Zell am See, where the Salzach swings north, to
Saalfelden
Saalfelden am Steinernen Meer is a town in the district of Zell am See in the Austrian state of Salzburg. With approximately 16,000 inhabitants, Saalfelden is the district's largest town and the third of the federal state after Salzburg and Hallein ...
. Its northern boundary runs from east to west from the Saalfelden basin along the valley of the
Leoganger Ache
The Leoganger Ache is a river of Salzburg (state), Salzburg, Austria, a left tributary of the Saalach.
The Leonganger Ache drains the valley of the same name, the Leoganger Tal. It originates near the border with state of Tyrol, Tyrol in Hütten, ...
to the
Grießen Pass
Grießen Pass (el. 975 m.) is a high mountain pass in the Austrian Alps between the ''federal states'' of Salzburg and Tyrol.
It connects the Kitzbühel Alps and the Leogang Steinberge.
The road over the pass leads from Hochfilzen in Tyrol to ...
and from there through the
Pillersee
Pillersee is a lake in the Northern Limestone Alps in Tyrol, Austria.
The Pillersee is in the Pillerseevalley near the village of Sankt Ulrich am Pillersee at 835 m above sea level. It occupies an area of . Inflows are several streams that origin ...
valley,
Leukental
The Leukental is a valley in North Tyrol in the district of Kitzbühel in Austria. The Leukental runs north to south from the Thurn Pass to the Bavarian border, but is not just defined as the main valley but includes several smaller side valleys. T ...
and
Sölllandl
Sölllandl (also Söllandl or Sölland) is a valley and geographical region located in Tyrol, Austria that covers the villages of Söll (Tirol), Scheffau am Wilden Kaiser, Ellmau, and Going am Wilden Kaiser in the Tyrolean Unterland between Wör ...
to
Wörgl
Wörgl () is a city in the Austrian state of Tyrol, in the Kufstein district. It is from the international border with Bavaria, Germany.
Population
Transport
Wörgl is an important railway junction between the line from Innsbruck to Munich, an ...
and
Kufstein
Kufstein (; Central Bavarian: ''Kufstoa'') is a town in the Austrian state of Tyrol, the administrative seat of Kufstein District. With a population of about 19,600 it is the second largest Tyrolean town after the state capital Innsbruck. The grea ...
. Its northwestern boundary is formed by the valley of the Inn between Wörgl and
Jenbach
Jenbach is a municipality in the district of Schwaz in the Austrian state of Tyrol.
Etymology
Many inhabitants of Jenbach believe that the name "Jenbach" is derived from "Jenseits des Baches", which means "Beyond the brook", however earlier ve ...
.
The Kitzbühel Alps are divided by the Kitzbüheler Ache into the Glemmtal Alps in the east (Salzburg) and the Kelchsau Alps in the west. The highest summit in the Kitzbühel Alps is the
Kreuzjoch
Kreuzjoch (German: ''cross col'') is the name of many summits and several mountain passes, predominantly in the Eastern Alps.
Summits:
* Hohes Kreuzjoch, 2992 m, in the southern Ötztal Alps in South Tyrol
* Kreuzjochkogel, 2746 m, between the S ...
in the southwest of the mountain range northwest of
Gerlos
Gerlos is a municipality with 793 inhabitants (as of Jan. 2019) in Schwaz district of the Austrian state of Tyrol. The village is popular with skiing tourists, mainly families, as there is easy access to Zillertal Arena Centre on Isskogel. The v ...
at 2558 metres above sea level.Not to be confused with the nearby mountain of the same name (2071 m) north-northwest of Gerlos. The general height of the peaks descends gradually from around 2500 m in the west to around 2000 m in the east. Other important summits are the Western Salzachgeier (2,469 m), the
Kröndlhorn
The Kröndlhorn is a high mountain in the Kitzbühel Alps in Austria. It is one of the highest mountains on the main crest of the Kitzbühel Alps. The state border between Tyrol and Salzburger Land runs over its summit.
Location
The Kröndlho ...
(2,444 m), the
Großer Rettenstein
The Großer Rettenstein is a mountain with multiple peaks in the Kitzbühel Alps in Austria. The main summit reaches a height of
Although not the highest mountain in the Kitzbühel Alps (that honour goes to the Kreuzjoch at ), the Großer Retten ...
(2,366 m), the
Geißstein
The Geißstein, sometimes also called the Gaisstein, is a mountain in the Kitzbühel Alps with a height of that straddles the border between the federal Austrian states of Tyrol and Salzburg
The Geißstein lies about seven kilometres southeast ...
Großer Beil
The Großer Beil, is a high mountain at the head of the Wildschönau valley in the Austrian state of Tyrol. It belongs to the Kitzbühel Alps and is the highest summit on the ridge that separates the Wildschönau from the neighbouring valley of t ...
Hohe Salve
The Hohe Salve is a well-known mountain located between Kufstein, Wörgl and Kitzbühel in the Austrian state of Tyrol. It is part of the Kitzbühel Alps and is also nicknamed ''the Rigi of the Tyrol''. Its summit is high,Hahnenkamm (1,712 m) and the
Schmittenhöhe
The Schmittenhöhe is a mountain, high, on the eastern edge of the Kitzbühel Alps. It is the local mountain of the district capital of Zell am See, from where a cable car was built in 1927 by Adolf Bleichert & Co. that runs to the summit. The c ...
(1,965 m). Popular mountain destinations on the edge of the Inn valley are the
Pölven
The Pölven is a mountain in the Kitzbühel Alps in the Lower Inn valley in the Austrian state of Tyrol.
The mountain actually consists of a ridge with two peaks: the Großer ("Great") and Kleiner ("Small") Pölven, the Großer Pölven (also cal ...
(1,595 m) and the
Gratlspitz
The GratlspitzeBundesamt für Eich- und Vermessungswesen: Austrian map series 1:50.000AMAP Online accessed on 18 January 2011Alpenvereinskarte 34/1 Kitzbüheler Alpen, West, 2003. or Gratlspitz, is a mountain in the Austrian state of Tyrol in the ...
Pillerseetal
The Pillersee Valley (german: Pillerseetal) is a valley in the district of Kitzbühel District, Kitzbühel in the Austrian state of Tirol (Bundesland), Tyrol, on the border with Salzburg (Bundesland), Salzburg state.
Location and landscape
The ...
,
Brixental
The Brixental ("Brixen Valley") is a southeastern side valley of the Tyrolean Lower Inn Valley in Austria with a length of about 30 km (18.6 mi). Near Wörgl (513 m AMSL; 318 mi) the Brixental and Inn valleys meet. The Brixen ...
,
Wildschönau
Wildschönau is a municipality within the district of Kufstein in the state of Tyrol 6 km south of Wörgl.
The 24 km long high valley near Wörgl is one of the district's tourist centers. Besides a few hamlets, the municipality consists ...
and Alpbach.
The Kitzbühel Alps Tourist Region only covers part of the geographical Kitzbühel Alps.
The Kitzbühel Alps have relatively few rugged mountain tops and are well suited to walking and skiing. There are several large ski resorts in the area both in the Tyrolean and Salzburg regions. The Dienten Mountains are a geologically-related extension of the mountains to the east. The
Pinzgau Ridgeway The Pinzgau Ridgeway (german: Pinzgauer Spaziergang or ''Pinzgauer Höhenweg'') is a roughly 25 kilometre long ridgeway in the Kitzbühel Alps in the Austrian federal state of Salzburg.
Location and route
The ridgeway runs parallel to the S ...
(''Pinzgauer Höhenweg'') runs through both ranges in an east-west direction. Many ski route and the
Saalach Valley Ridgeway
The Saalach Valley Ridgeway (german: Saalachtaler Höhenweg) is a roughly five-hour long ridgeway trail in the Salzburg part of the Kitzbühel Alps between Leogang and Saalfelden.
The way runs along the mountain chain that separates the valley of ...
(''Saalachtaler Höhenweg'') run through the Kitzbühel Alps.
Neighbouring ranges
The mountain ranges that surround the Kitzbühel Alps are:
*
Kaiser Mountains
The Kaiser Mountains (german: Kaisergebirge, meaning ''Emperor Mountains'') are a mountain range in the Northern Limestone Alps and Eastern Alps. Its main ridges – are the Zahmer Kaiser and south of it the Wilder Kaiser. The mountains are s ...
*
Lofer Mountains
The Lofer Mountains or Loferer MountainsHeuss, Theodor (1955). ''Preludes to life: early memoirs'', University of Michigan, p. 143. (german: Loferer Steinberge, lit. "Lofer Rock Mountains") are a mountain range in the Northern Limestone Alps in th ...
*
Leogang Mountains
The Leogang MountainsLichtenberger, Elisabeth (2000). ''Austria: society and regions'', Austrian Academy of Sciences, p. 173. . (german: Leoganger Steinberge, lit. "Leogang Rock Mountains") are a mountain range in Austria in the state of Salzbu ...
*
Salzburg Slate Alps
The Salzburg Slate Alps (german: Salzburger Schieferalpen) are a mountain range of the Eastern Alps, in the Austrian state of Salzburg. Situated within the greywacke zone, they could be regarded either as part of the Northern Limestone Alps or of ...
*
Glockner Group
The Glockner Group Reynolds, Kev (2005). ''Walking in the Alps'', 2nd ed., Cicerone, Singapore, p.409, . (german: Glocknergruppe) is a sub-group of the Austrian Central Alps in the Eastern Alps, and is located in the centre section of the High ...
*
Granatspitze Group
The Granatspitze Group (german: Granatspitzgruppe), sometimes also the Granatspitz Group, is a sub-group of the Central Alps within the Eastern Alps. Together with the Ankogel Group, the Goldberg Group, the Glockner Group, the Schober Group, ...
*
Venediger Group
The Venediger Group (german: Venedigergruppe) is a mountain range of the Central Eastern Alps. Together with the Granatspitze Group, the Glockner Group, the Goldberg Group, and the Ankogel Group, it forms the main ridge of the High Tauern. The hi ...
*
Zillertal Alps
The Zillertal Alps ( it, Alpi Aurine; german: Zillertaler Alpen) are a mountain range of the Central Eastern Alps on the border of Austria and Italy.
Name
The range is named after the Zillertal (Ziller river valley) on its north.
Geography
The ...
*
Tux Alps
The Tux Alps (german: Tuxer Alpen) or Tux Prealps (''Tuxer Voralpen'') are a sub-group of the Austrian Central Alps, which in turn form part of the Eastern Alps within Central Europe. They are located entirely within the Austrian federal state o ...
*
Brandenberg Alps
The Brandenberg Alps (german: Brandenberger Alpen) are a sub-group of the Northern Limestone Alps, that run in front of the Eastern Alps for their whole length. They lie entirely in Austria between Achensee in Tyrol, the Inn Valley and the Bavar ...
Geology
The Kitzbühel Alps belong to the
greywacke zone
The greywacke zone is a band of Paleozoic metamorphosed sedimentary rocks that forms an east-west band through the Austrian Alps.
The greywacke zone crops out between the Mesozoic rocks of the Northern Calcareous Alps and the Austroalpine and Pe ...
phyllite
Phyllite ( ) is a type of foliated metamorphic rock created from slate that is further metamorphosed so that very fine grained white mica achieves a preferred orientation.Stephen Marshak ''Essentials of Geology'', 3rd ed. It is primarily compo ...
s. The mountain top profiles and the
cirques
A (; from the Latin word ') is an amphitheatre-like valley formed by glacial erosion. Alternative names for this landform are corrie (from Scottish Gaelic , meaning a pot or cauldron) and (; ). A cirque may also be a similarly shaped landform ...
are relatively smooth; their slopes mostly green with numerous alpine meadows (''Almwiesen''). Nevertheless,
rock formation
A rock formation is an isolated, scenic, or spectacular surface rock outcrop. Rock formations are usually the result of weathering and erosion sculpting the existing rock. The term ''rock formation'' can also refer to specific sediment ...
s of
limestone
Limestone ( calcium carbonate ) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of . Limestone forms whe ...
and
dolomite Dolomite may refer to:
*Dolomite (mineral), a carbonate mineral
*Dolomite (rock), also known as dolostone, a sedimentary carbonate rock
*Dolomite, Alabama, United States, an unincorporated community
*Dolomite, California, United States, an unincor ...
do occur e.g. on the
Großer Rettenstein
The Großer Rettenstein is a mountain with multiple peaks in the Kitzbühel Alps in Austria. The main summit reaches a height of
Although not the highest mountain in the Kitzbühel Alps (that honour goes to the Kreuzjoch at ), the Großer Retten ...
.
n the western part of the Kitzbühel Alps most of the valleys run in a north-south direction; in the east they are predominantly oriented east-west. The Alpine geographical reason for this is the striking longitudinal trench of the river
Salzach
The Salzach (Austrian: ˆsaltsax ) is a river in Austria and Germany. It is in length and is a right tributary of the Inn, which eventually joins the Danube. Its drainage basin of comprises large parts of the Northern Limestone and Central ...
. This so-called Tauern Northern Edge Fault (''Tauernnordrand-Störung'') played an important role during Alpine folding and even today forms a distinct landscape and geological boundary with the ''three-thousanders'' of the
High Tauern
The High Tauern ( pl.; german: Hohe Tauern, it, Alti Tauri) are a mountain range on the main chain of the Central Eastern Alps, comprising the highest peaks east of the Brenner Pass. The crest forms the southern border of the Austrian states of ...
.
The western border of the mountain range is,
petrographic
Petrography is a branch of petrology that focuses on detailed descriptions of rocks. Someone who studies petrography is called a petrographer. The mineral content and the textural relationships within the rock are described in detail. The class ...
ally, less clear because here its transition to the ''Innsbruck'' quartz phyllites is not clear-cut. By contrast, in the northwest and north (Inn valley near
Schwaz
Schwaz () is a city in the Austrian state of Tyrol. It is the administrative center of the Schwaz district. Schwaz is located in the lower Inn valley.
Location
Schwaz lies in the middle of the Lower Inn Valley at the foot of the Kellerjoch a ...
,
Brixental
The Brixental ("Brixen Valley") is a southeastern side valley of the Tyrolean Lower Inn Valley in Austria with a length of about 30 km (18.6 mi). Near Wörgl (513 m AMSL; 318 mi) the Brixental and Inn valleys meet. The Brixen ...
and the
Steinernes Meer
The Steinernes Meer (literally "Rocky Sea") is a high karst plateau in the Northern Limestone Alps. As one of the nine sub-ranges of the Berchtesgaden Alps the Steinernes Meer belongs partly to Bavaria and partly to Salzburg.
Location
To the no ...
) the difference between the gently folded slate and the limestone and dolomite rock of the Limestone Alps hits the observer in the eye.
The major rocks of the Kitzbühel Alps divide into two groups by age, the older rocks probably dating to the
Ordovician
The Ordovician ( ) is a geologic period and system, the second of six periods of the Paleozoic Era. The Ordovician spans 41.6 million years from the end of the Cambrian Period million years ago (Mya) to the start of the Silurian Period Mya.
T ...
period. For example, the deep underground complex of
Wildschönau
Wildschönau is a municipality within the district of Kufstein in the state of Tyrol 6 km south of Wörgl.
The 24 km long high valley near Wörgl is one of the district's tourist centers. Besides a few hamlets, the municipality consists ...
slate is quite uniform and has no fossils at all, just volcanic deposits. Above it lies weakly metamorphosed
volcanic rock
Volcanic rock (often shortened to volcanics in scientific contexts) is a rock formed from lava erupted from a volcano. In other words, it differs from other igneous rock by being of volcanic origin. Like all rock types, the concept of volcanic ...
, up to 600 metres thick, made up of quartz porphyroids and
tuff
Tuff is a type of rock made of volcanic ash ejected from a vent during a volcanic eruption. Following ejection and deposition, the ash is lithified into a solid rock. Rock that contains greater than 75% ash is considered tuff, while rock ...
, mainly in the west (
Hohe Salve
The Hohe Salve is a well-known mountain located between Kufstein, Wörgl and Kitzbühel in the Austrian state of Tyrol. It is part of the Kitzbühel Alps and is also nicknamed ''the Rigi of the Tyrol''. Its summit is high,Hahnenkamm and Wildseeloder).
Over the porphyroids lie various horizontal beds of slate from the Silurian period that are often clayey-sandy on top. In the vicinity of Kitzbühel itself, Silurian limestones may also be found and, to the west, the grey, coarse-grained Schwaz dolomite which transitions towards the east, near Leogang, into Spielberg dolomite. Also represented is the post- Variscan period, with its
Rotliegendes
The Rotliegend, Rotliegend Group or Rotliegendes (german: the underlying red) is a lithostratigraphic unit (a sequence of rock strata) of latest Carboniferous to Guadalupian (middle Permian) age that is found in the subsurface of large areas in wes ...
(red slates), and thick
sandstones
Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate grains. Sandstones comprise about 20–25% of all sedimentary rocks.
Most sandstone is composed of quartz or feldspar (both silicates) b ...
from the ''Permoskyth''. All these successive layers of the greywacke zone were probably - together with those of the
Northern Limestone Alps
The Northern Limestone Alps (german: Nördliche Kalkalpen), also called the Northern Calcareous Alps, are the ranges of the Eastern Alps north of the Central Eastern Alps located in Austria and the adjacent Bavarian lands of southeastern Germa ...
- overturned to the northern edge of the Alps during the time of Alpine orogeny from a region of deposition far to the south.
Sports
Their mainly gently rolling nature makes the Kitzbühel Alps suitable for alpine farming,
hiking
Hiking is a long, vigorous walk, usually on trails or footpaths in the countryside. Walking for pleasure developed in Europe during the eighteenth century.AMATO, JOSEPH A. "Mind over Foot: Romantic Walking and Rambling." In ''On Foot: A Histor ...
and
skiing
Skiing is the use of skis to glide on snow. Variations of purpose include basic transport, a recreational activity, or a competitive winter sport. Many types of competitive skiing events are recognized by the International Olympic Committee ( ...
Bochumer Hut
The Bochumer Hut (german: Bochumer Hütte, ), also called Kelchalm or Kelchalpe, is an Alpine club hut in the Kitzbühel Alps in the Austrian state of Tyrol. It is owned by the Bochum Section of the German Alpine Club. Today the hut is a popular ...
* Brechhornhaus (private)
*
Bürgl Hut
The Bürgl Hut (german: Bürglhütte) is a private mountain hut at in the Kitzbühel Alps in the Austrian federal state of Salzburg.
The formerly self-catering hut is today partially managed (ca. 20 beds and 25 mattress places) and is found on th ...
(private)
* Erich Sulke Hut
* Erla Hut (private)
* Fritz Hintermayr Hut (private)
* Hochhörndler Hut (private)
* Hochwildalm Hut
* Kobinger Hut (private)
* Oberland Hut
* Pinzgau Hut (Friends of Nature)
* Steinberghaus Inn (''Gasthaus Steinberghaus'')
* Wildkogelhaus (private)
* Wildseeloderhaus
* Wolkensteinhaus
Highest peaks
Their highest
peaks Peak or The Peak may refer to:
Basic meanings Geology
* Mountain peak
** Pyramidal peak, a mountaintop that has been sculpted by erosion to form a point Mathematics
* Peak hour or rush hour, in traffic congestion
* Peak (geometry), an (''n''-3)-d ...
are concentrated to the south-western corner and reach rather modest 2,500 m, the highest being the
Kreuzjoch
Kreuzjoch (German: ''cross col'') is the name of many summits and several mountain passes, predominantly in the Eastern Alps.
Summits:
* Hohes Kreuzjoch, 2992 m, in the southern Ötztal Alps in South Tyrol
* Kreuzjochkogel, 2746 m, between the S ...
at 2,558 metres above sea level. Roughly in the centre of the range lies the famous
ski resort
A ski resort is a resort developed for skiing, snowboarding, and other winter sports. In Europe, most ski resorts are towns or villages in or adjacent to a ski area – a mountainous area with pistes (ski trails) and a ski lift system. In Nort ...
of Kitzbühel, the venue of the Hahnenkamm race, one of the most spectacular and well-known
ski
A ski is a narrow strip of semi-rigid material worn underfoot to glide over snow. Substantially longer than wide and characteristically employed in pairs, skis are attached to ski boots with ski bindings, with either a free, lockable, or partia ...
races in the world.
The highest summits in the range are (in order of height above the Adriatic):
*
Kreuzjoch
Kreuzjoch (German: ''cross col'') is the name of many summits and several mountain passes, predominantly in the Eastern Alps.
Summits:
* Hohes Kreuzjoch, 2992 m, in the southern Ötztal Alps in South Tyrol
* Kreuzjochkogel, 2746 m, between the S ...
Salzachgeier
The Salzachgeier () is a rugged peak on the edge of the Kitzbühel Alps on the border of the Austrian states of Salzburg and Tyrol. In the cirques and high alpine meadows (''Hochalmen'') of its eastern slopes and the two neighbouring peaks of ''F ...
, 2,469 m.
*
Aleitenspitze
The Aleitenspitze is a mountain, , in the Kitzbühel Alps in Austria. It is one of the highest peaks on the main crest of the Kitzbühel Alps. It is usually climbed as part of an ascent of the nearby Schafsiedel (2,447 m) from the New Bamberg Hut, ...
, 2,449 m.
*
Schafsiedel
The Schafsiedel is a high mountain in the Kitzbühel Alps in Austria. It is one of the highest peaks on the main crest of the Kitzbühel Alps. It also the summit most frequently climbed from the New Bamberg Hut, not least because of the 3 mountai ...
, 2,447 m.
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Kröndlhorn
The Kröndlhorn is a high mountain in the Kitzbühel Alps in Austria. It is one of the highest mountains on the main crest of the Kitzbühel Alps. The state border between Tyrol and Salzburger Land runs over its summit.
Location
The Kröndlho ...
Geißstein
The Geißstein, sometimes also called the Gaisstein, is a mountain in the Kitzbühel Alps with a height of that straddles the border between the federal Austrian states of Tyrol and Salzburg
The Geißstein lies about seven kilometres southeast ...
, 2,366 m.
*
Großer Rettenstein
The Großer Rettenstein is a mountain with multiple peaks in the Kitzbühel Alps in Austria. The main summit reaches a height of
Although not the highest mountain in the Kitzbühel Alps (that honour goes to the Kreuzjoch at ), the Großer Retten ...
, 2,362 m.
*
Großer Beil
The Großer Beil, is a high mountain at the head of the Wildschönau valley in the Austrian state of Tyrol. It belongs to the Kitzbühel Alps and is the highest summit on the ridge that separates the Wildschönau from the neighbouring valley of t ...
Kleiner Rettenstein
The Kleiner Rettenstein is a mountain in the Austrian state of Tyrol. It lies in the Kitzbühel Alps, roughly east of its larger brother, the Großer Rettenstein
The Großer Rettenstein is a mountain with multiple peaks in the Kitzbühel Alps i ...
, 2,216 m.
*
Steinbergstein
The Steinbergstein is a mountain, ({{convert, 2215, m, ft, disp=output only, abbr=on) high, in the Kitzbühel Alps in Austria.
Location
The Steinbergstein rises between the valleys of the Windauer Ache and the ''Kelchsauer Ache''. The cirque ...
, 2,215 m.
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Gamshag
The Gamshag is a mountain in the Kitzbühel Alps in the Austrian state of Tyrol whose summit reaches a height of .
The Gamshag is located northwest of the ''Torsee'' lake, the source of the River Saalach. The prominent peak of the ''Tristkogel'' ...
, 2,178 m.
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Wiedersberger Horn
The Wiedersberger Horn is a mountain in the Alpbachtal valley in Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federat ...
Brechhorn
The Brechhorn is a high mountain in the Kitzbühel Alps in Austria. It lies between the valleys of the ''Aschauer Ache'' and the Windau.Austrian Map Series (''Österreichische Karte'') 1:50.000 (ÖK 50) - seAMAP Online
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The upper slopes of ...
Schmittenhöhe
The Schmittenhöhe is a mountain, high, on the eastern edge of the Kitzbühel Alps. It is the local mountain of the district capital of Zell am See, from where a cable car was built in 1927 by Adolf Bleichert & Co. that runs to the summit. The c ...
Hohe Salve
The Hohe Salve is a well-known mountain located between Kufstein, Wörgl and Kitzbühel in the Austrian state of Tyrol. It is part of the Kitzbühel Alps and is also nicknamed ''the Rigi of the Tyrol''. Its summit is high,Roßkopf, 1,731 m
* Hahnenkamm, 1,712 m.
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Pölven
The Pölven is a mountain in the Kitzbühel Alps in the Lower Inn valley in the Austrian state of Tyrol.
The mountain actually consists of a ridge with two peaks: the Großer ("Great") and Kleiner ("Small") Pölven, the Großer Pölven (also cal ...
, 1,595 m.
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File:Salzachgeier.jpg, The
Salzachgeier
The Salzachgeier () is a rugged peak on the edge of the Kitzbühel Alps on the border of the Austrian states of Salzburg and Tyrol. In the cirques and high alpine meadows (''Hochalmen'') of its eastern slopes and the two neighbouring peaks of ''F ...
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File:Kitzbüheler Alpen 17310050.jpg, View from the Salzachgeier over the Kelchsau Alps
File:Kitzbühler-Horn.jpg, The
Kitzbüheler Horn
The Kitzbüheler Horn (also spelt Kitzbühler Horn) is a mountain in the Kitzbühel Alps in Tyrol, Austria, whose western flank lies near the smart ski resort of Kitzbühel. With a height of it only just misses being a 'two-thousander'.
At the ...
File:Spielberghorn.jpg, The Spielberghorn from the east
See also
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Alps
The Alps () ; german: Alpen ; it, Alpi ; rm, Alps ; sl, Alpe . are the highest and most extensive mountain range system that lies entirely in Europe, stretching approximately across seven Alpine countries (from west to east): France, Sw ...
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Bavaria
Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total lan ...
Salzburg
Salzburg (, ; literally "Salt-Castle"; bar, Soizbuag, label=Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian) is the List of cities and towns in Austria, fourth-largest city in Austria. In 2020, it had a population of 156,872.
The town is on the site of the ...
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Salzburg (state)
Salzburg (, ; bar, Soizbuag, label=Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian) (also known as ''Salzburgerland'') is a States of Austria, state (''Land'') of the modern Republic of Austria. It is officially named ''Land Salzburg'' to distinguish it from i ...
Footnotes and references
Sources
* Freytag-Berndt ''Kitzbüheler Alpen und Pinzgau''. Hiking map 1:100.000 (Sheet 38) and hut guide, Geografa Vienna-Innsbruck-Munich-Bozen.
* R.Oberhauser (Hsg.): ''Der geologische Aufbau Österreichs'', Chapters 3.6.5, 3.6.6 und 3.13. Geologische Bundesanstalt Vienna / Springer-Verlag Vienna/ New York 1980