Katschberg Pass

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Katschberg Pass
Elevation	1641 m.
Location	Austria
Range	Central Eastern Alps
Coordinates	47°50′N, 15°18′E
Traversed by	Federal Highway B 99

Katschberg Pass (el. 1641 m.) is a high mountain pass in the Austrian Alps in the Bundesland of Kärnten (or Carinthia).

It connects the Katsch River valley in Kärnten near Rennweg am Katschberg with the Lungau in the state of Salzburg and the Hohe Tauern in the west with the Gurk River Alps in the east.

The pass was probably used by the Romans, and mail was first sent over the pass in 1764.

In 1929, the first restaurant was opened on the pass. It later became a four-star hotel.

In 1957, Matthias Bogensperger built the first ski lift on the Tschaneck. It became one of the largest private ski resorts, with 10 lifts by 1997. Today, the Katschberg-Aineck resort counts 16 lifts and 60 km of trails from the Tschaneck to the Aineck and over to St. Margareten im Lungau.

Besides the Katschbergstraße (B 99), which is now only a regional highway, the Tauernautobahn (A 10) crosses through the Katschberg Tunnel.