The Kerschbaum Saddle is a high mountain pass

Mountain pass

A mountain pass is a route through a mountain range or over a ridge. If following the lowest possible route, a pass is locally the highest point on that route...

 between Alpbachtal

Alpbachtal

The Alpbachtal is a valley in Tyrol, Austria. It is a side valley of the Inn valley.The Alpbachtal takes its name from the Alpbach stream, which flows through the entire valley. The entrance to the valley is the municipality of Brixlegg. A road from Brixlegg runs through the valley to the parish of...

 and Zillertal

Zillertal

The Zillertal is the biggest valley branching off the Inn valley in Tyrol, Austria drained by the river Ziller. It is surrounded by the strongly glaciated Zillertal Alps to the south and east, the lower grass peaks of the Kitzbühel Alps to the east and Tux Alps to the west...

 in the Austrian federal state of Tyrol.

Location and area

The pass road runs from Reith im Alpbachtal

Reith im Alpbachtal

Reith im Alpbachtal is an Austrian municipality in the Kufstein district and is located in the Alpbachtal valley, 28.55 km southwest of Kufstein, 17 km west of Wörgl as well as 8 km east of Jenbach at the southern side of the Inn River....

 (near the Inntal) over the top of the pass near Hart im Zillertal

Hart im Zillertal

Hart im Zillertal is a municipality in the Schwaz district of Tyrol, Austria....

. The narrow, tarmac road is a local route; through traffic uses the B169 / B171 (and A12) through the Ziller and Inn valleys further to the west.

See also

• List of highest paved roads in Europe
• List of mountain passes

External links

• Kerschbaum Saddle at quaeldich.de
• Kerschbaum Saddle at alpenrouten.de