High Tauern

 ( Mountain Ranges Of The Alps ) 

The High Tauern (plural; , ) 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 states of Salzburg, Carinthia and East Tyrol, with a small part in the southwest belongs to the Italy province of South Tyrol. The range includes Austria's highest mountain, the Grossglockner at above the Adriatic.

In the east, the range is adjoined by the Lower Tauern. For the etymology of the name, see Tauern.

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Geography According to the Alpine Club classification of the Eastern Alps, the range is bounded by the Salzach valley to the north (separating it from the Kitzbühel Alps), the Mur valley and the Murtörl Pass to the east (separating it from the Lower Tauern), the Drava valley to the south (separating it from the Southern Limestone Alps), and the Birnlücke Pass to the west (separating it from the Zillertal Alps).

Its most important subgroups along the Alpine crest are (from West to East):

• Venediger Group (including Grossvenediger, , and Lasörling, )
• Granatspitze Group (Großer Muntanitz, , and Granatspitze, )
• Glockner Group (Grossglockner, )
• Goldberg Group (Hoher Sonnblick, )
• Ankogel Group (Hochalmspitze, , Ankogel, ) and Reisseck Group (Reisseck, )

The eastern end of the High Tauern is formed by the Hafner massif of the Ankogel Group, which includes the easternmost three-thousander peaks in the Alpine chain.

Further parts of the High Tauern south of the main crest of the Alps are (from West to East):

• Rieserferner Group (Hochgall, )
• Villgraten Mountains (Weiße Spitze, )
• Schober Group (including the Petzeck, and Hochschober, )
• Kreuzeck Group (Mölltaler Polinik, )

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High Tauern National Park Along of the main chain stretches the High Tauern National Park ( Nationalpark Hohe Tauern), to which the Austrian Alpine Club as freeholder and the three states of Carinthia, Salzburg and Tyrol have contributed territory. With an area of about , it is by far the largest of Austria's seven national parks as well as the largest nature reserve in the Alps. The largest nature reserve of the Alps ... at http://www.hohetauern.at. Accessed on 10 Jul 2011. It is divided into a core zone of including the Grossglockner and Grossvenediger massifs, with complete prohibition of agricultural use, and a fringe zone of used for forestry and alpine-meadow farming. Five special nature sanctuaries are protected from any human disturbance.

The park of the IUCN II category comprises the Pasterze Glacier and numerous further , the Krimml Waterfalls, several glacial valleys and , as well as extended alpine tundra areas and forests. Among the flora of the Alps, especially grow along the tree line; above subshrub, mainly alpenrose but also the Endemism Saxifraga, up to nival level at about 2,800 m (9,200 ft). The fauna includes chamois, Alpine ibex and red deer, as well as griffon vulture and the golden eagle. The formerly extinct bearded vulture and the Alpine marmot have been successfully reintroduced.

The park was established according to a 1971 declaration signed by the participating states at Heiligenblut, it nevertheless took until 1981, when the first parts around Großglockner and Hochschober in Carinthia were put under protection. The adjacent finally joined in 1992. Tourism has become less harmful to the environment. A particular emphasis is put on the protection and maintenance of traditional ways of life in the Alps.

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Peaks The main peaks of the High Tauern are:

Großglockner	Glockner	3798	12,461	2423	7,949
Großvenediger	Venediger	3666	12,028	1199	3,934
Großes Wiesbachhorn	Glockner	3564	11,693	477	1,565
Dreiherrnspitze	Venediger	3499	11,480	591	1,939
Rötspitze	Venediger	3496	11,470	653	2,142
Johannisberg	Glockner	3453	11,329	277	909
Hochgall	Rieserferner	3436	11,273	1148	3,766
Hoher Eichham	Venediger	3371	11,060	325	1,066
Hoher Tenn	Glockner	3368	11,050	335	1,099
Malhamspitze	Venediger	3368	11,050	319	1,047
Hochalmspitze	Ankogel	3360	11,024	942	3,091
Großer Geiger	Venediger	3360	11,024	293	961
Schneebiger Nock	Rieserferner	3358	11,017	542	1,778
Fuscherkarkopf	Glockner	3331	10,928	489	1,604
Keeskogel	Venediger	3291	10,797	373	1,224
Schlieferspitze	Venediger	3290	10,794	513	1,683
Petzeck	Schober	3283	10,771	802	2,631
Roter Knopf	Schober	3281	10,764	556	1,824
Ankogel	Ankogel	3264	10,709	570	1,870
Hocharn	Goldberg	3254	10,676	678	2,224
Großer Hornkopf	Schober	3251	10,666	456	1,496
Hohe Fürlegg	Venediger	3243	10,640	385	1,263
Hochschober	Schober	3242	10,636	438	1,437
Großer Muntanitz	Granatspitze	3232	10,604	717	2,352
Hocheiser	Glockner	3206	10,518	577	1,893
Glödis	Schober	3206	10,518	370	1,214
Kitzsteinhorn	Glockner	3204	10,512	439	1,440
Durreck	Venediger	3135	10,285	626	2,054
Hoher Sonnblick	Goldberg	3106	10,196	271	889
Lasörling	Venediger	3098	10,164	490	1,608
Großer Hafner	Hafner	3068	10,066	868	2,848
Hoher Prijakt	Schober	3064	10,052	470	1,542
Weisse Spitze	Villgraten	2963	9,721	920	3,018
Mölltaler Polinik	Kreuzeck	2784	9,134	1580	5,184

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Tunnels and passes The High Tauern are crossed by three tunnels:

• Tauern Railway Tunnel between Bad Gastein and Mallnitz, finished in 1906
• Katschberg Pass Tunnel on A10 Tauern Autobahn (European route E55) leading from Sankt Michael im Lungau and the Tauern Road Tunnel to Rennweg
• Felbertauerntunnel on B108 Felbertauern Straße highway, between Mittersill and Matrei in Osttirol

The best-known mountain pass road of the High Tauern is the scenic Grossglockner High Alpine Road inaugurated in 1935, including a tunnel at an elevation of under the Hochtor Pass (). East of it, the Katschberg Pass () on B 99 Katschberg Straße highway parallel to the Katschberg Tunnel links Sankt Michael and Rennweg. Another road crosses the Staller Sattel between Sankt Jakob in Defereggen and Rasen-Antholz at .

Beside there are numerous bridle and footpaths, in part used since ancient times:

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See also

• Lärchwandschrägaufzug

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External links

• Hohe Tauern National Park
• High Tauern on Hike.uno

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