Gerlospass#

Gerlos Pass (also Pinzgauer Hoeh´), provinces of Salzburg/Tyrol, alt. 1,509 m, mountain pass at Krimml in the upper Pinzgau valley, links the valleys Zillertal (Tyrol) and Salzachtal (Pinzgau, province of Salzburg) via the Gerlos valley, serves as connection between Zell am Ziller and Krimml and separates the Zillertal Alps from the Kitzbuehel Alps. First road built 1630, the Gerlosstrasse road via Filzsteinalm pasture and Gerlos plain completed 1962. Durlassboden reservoir of the Tauernkraftwerke power stations on the west slope.