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The Radstadt Tauern () are a subrange of the Central Eastern Alps in
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. Together with the Schladming Tauern, the Rottenmann and Wölz Tauern and the Seckau Tauern the Radstadt Tauern form the major range of mountains known as the Low Tauern. The mountains are found in the southeast of the Austrian state of
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, between the upper reaches of the Enns and Mur rivers.


Geography


Location

The Radstadt Tauern form the westernmost part of the Low Tauern range. They are bounded to the southwest by the
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, to the northwest by the Salzburg
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region, and to the east by the Schladming Tauern. Their name is derived from the historic town of Radstadt in the Enns valley.


Neighbouring ranges

The Radstadt Tauern border on the following other mountain ranges of the Alps: * Schladming Tauern (to the east) * Nock Mountains ( Gurktal Alps; to the southeast) * Ankogel Group (
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; to the west) * Salzburg Slate Alps (to the north)


Boundary

According to the Alpine Club classification of the Eastern Alps (AVE), the mountains are bounded by the following line, in a clockwise direction: Wagrainer Bach from its confluence with the Salzach – Wagrainer Höhe – Litzlingbach to its confluence with the Enns – Enns to RadstadtNorthern Taurach valley – ObertauernSouthern Taurach valley – Mauterndorf – Neuseß – Mur – Murtörl Pass – Kreealpenbach – Großarlbach to its confluence with the Salzach – Salzach to its confluence with the Wagrainer Bach.


Communications

The eastern edge of the Radstadt Tauern is crossed by the Radstädter Tauern Pass () and, since 1975, by the Tauern Road Tunnel of the Tauern Autobahn (A10). In the north and south of the range, the Enns Valley and Mur Valley Railway lines, as well as parallel federal roads (''
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n'') run along the upper Enns and upper Mur valleys.


Peaks

Its highest summits are the Weißeck (), the Hochfeind () and the Mosermandl ().


Tourism


Alpine huts

* Südwiener Hut, 1,802 m * Franz Fischer Hut, 2,001 m * Stickler Hut, 1,752 m * Speiereck Hut, 2,074 m * Gnadenalm, 1,290 m * Tappenkarsee Hut, 1,820 m * Draugstein Hut, 1,714 m * Kleinarler Hut, 1,754 m


Ski regions

Skiing in the Radstadt Tauern is concentrated around the village of Obertauern and in the ski areas in the north and northwest, near Altenmarkt-Zauchensee or Flachau. The Radstadt Tauern are also well known for their ski touring terrain.


References


External links


Gnadenalm Obertauern
{{Authority control Mountain ranges of the Alps Mountain ranges of Salzburg (federal state)