Sölk Pass (el. 1788 m.) is a high
mountain pass
A mountain pass is a navigable route through a mountain range or over a ridge. Since many of the world's mountain ranges have presented formidable barriers to travel, passes have played a key role in trade, war, and both Human migration, human a ...
in the
Austrian
Alps in the ''
Bundesland'' of
Styria
Styria (german: Steiermark ; Serbo-Croatian and sl, ; hu, Stájerország) is a state (''Bundesland'') in the southeast of Austria. With an area of , Styria is the second largest state of Austria, after Lower Austria. Styria is bordered to ...
.
It crosses the
Niedere Tauern and connects the
Mur River valley with the
Enns River valley.
The pass road is a secondary highway and is not cleared in winter. Nearby passes include
Radstädter Tauern Pass
Radstädter Tauern Pass (el. 1,738 m or 5,702 ft) is a high mountain pass in the Austrian state of Salzburg, connecting the town of Radstadt in the Pongau region with Mauterndorf in Lungau.
Geography
The pass separates the Radstadt Tauern ...
and the
Tauern Tunnel
The word ''Tauern'' () is German and originally meant 'high mountain pass' in the Austrian Central Alps, referring to the many bridleways and passes of the parallel side valleys of the River Salzach that cut into the mountain ranges. From the Mid ...
to the west and
Triebener Tauern Pass
Triebener Tauern Pass (el. 1274 m.) is a mountain pass in the Central Eastern Alps in Austria, in the '' Bundesland'' of Styria. It crosses the Niedere Tauern chain, connecting the city of Judenburg in the Mur valley in the south with Trieben in ...
to the east.
See also
*
List of highest paved roads in Europe
*
List of mountain passes
References
External links
Profile on climbbybike.com
Mountain passes of Styria
Mountain passes of the Alps
Schladming Tauern
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