Gerlos Pass

Gerlos Pass
Elevation	1,500 m (4,921 ft)
Traversed by	Federal Highway B 165
Location	Austria
Range	Alps
Coordinates	47°14′35″N 12°6′37″E
Gerlos Pass

Gerlos Pass (elevation 1,500 metres [4,921 ft]) is a mountain pass in the Austrian Alps between the Oberpinzgau region in the state of Salzburg and the Zillertal valley in Tyrol. The old road leads from Wald im Pinzgau to Gerlos in the Zillertal valley. It is closed to trucking and not always open in winter. A new toll road that is open all year was built in the 1960s from Krimml to Gerlos.^[1]

History

The first road across the Gerlos Pass was built in 1630. The Gerlosstraße road via Filzsteinalm pasture and the Gerlos plain was completed in 1962. The Durlaßboden reservoir and the Tauernkraftwerke power stations are situated on the western slope.^[1]

See also

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

References

1. "Gerlospass". AEIOU. Retrieved 6 January 2013.

External links

• Profile on climbbybike.com