Ellmauer Tor

The Ellmauer Tor is a 2,000-metre high rock saddle in the middle of the Kaisergebirge in the Austrian state of Tyrol. It is the deepest saddle on the main ridge of the Wilder Kaiser between the Ostkaiser's Ackerlspitze in the East Kaiser and the Ellmauer Halt in the Central Kaiser mountains.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Fleischbank and Predigtstuhl.

Fleischbank

Peak

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The Fleischbank is a 2,187-metre-high mountain in the Wilder Kaiser range in the Northern Limestone Alps in Austria, east of Kufstein in the Tyrol. The mountain is one of the well-known climbs in the Northern Limestone Alps.

Predigtstuhl

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Photo: Stefan.straub, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Predigtstuhl is a 2,116-metre high mountain in the Wilder Kaiser range in the Northern Limestone Alps in Austria, east of Kufstein in the Tyrol. The mountain is one of the well-known climbing mountains in the Northern Limestone Alps.

Ellmauer Halt

Peak

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The Ellmauer Halt is the highest peak in the mountain massif of the Wilder Kaiser in the Kaiser range in the Austrian state of Tyrol. To the east is the summit of the Kapuzenturm, a striking and isolated rock pinnacle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ellmau.

Ellmau

Photo: Wilder Kaiser, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Ellmau is a small village in the heart of the Wilder Kaiser mountains in Northeast Tyrol. Visitors can travel to the top of Hartkaiser mountain via the Hartkaiserbahn funicular, the only of its type in the Ski Welt.

Ellmauer Tor

Type: Mountain saddle with an elevation of 1,980 metres
Description: Saddle in the Kaiser Mountains in Tyrol, Austria
Category: landform
Location: Kirchdorf in Tirol, Kitzbühel District, Tyrol, Austria, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

47.5659° or 47° 33′ 57″ north

Longitude

12.3208° or 12° 19′ 15″ east

Elevation

1,980 metres (6,496 feet)

Open location code

8FVJH88C+98

OpenStreetMap ID

node 472461080

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=saddle

Wikidata ID

Q1332505

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German: “Ellmauer Tor”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Abseilpiste and Steinerne Rinne.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Christascharte and Goinger Halt.

Tyrol: Must-Visit Destinations

Worth a closer look: Innsbruck and Kufstein.

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