!!!Kitzsteinhorn

Kitzsteinhorn Mountain, province of Salzburg, 3,203 m, glaciated 
mountain in the Hohen Tauern Mountains lying between the Kaprun and 
Stubach Valleys. The Kaprun II funicular railway (length: 
3,800 m, of which 3200 m in a tunnel) runs from the Kapruner 
Thoerl pass in the Kaprun Valley to the alpine centre Kaprun. The 
Kaprun I cableway runs via the Salzburg Huette refuge 
(1,860 m) and the alpine centre of Kaprun (a winter sports 
facility, 2,446 m) up to the glaciated Kitzsteinhorn mountain. 
The cableway features the highest supporting pylon in the world (113 m 
high), at the upper station, "panorama tunnel" in the Schmiedinger 
Gletscher glacier, with superb panoramic view.


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