Pyhrn Pass
Encyclopedia
Pyhrn Pass is a high mountain pass
in the Austria
n Alps
between the Bundesländer
of Upper Austria
and Styria.
It connects Warscheneck and Bosruck. The pass road (B 138) has a maximum grade of 10 percent.
Since the middle of the 1980s, traffic on the pass has been reduced by the opening of the Bosruck Tunnel for the A 9 Autobahn. There has also been a railroad tunnel since the nineteenth century. Since the road tunnel was built, the road has not been cleared regularly in winter, and there is a weight limit for trucking.
On the Upper Austrian side west of the pass is the summer and ski resort
Wurzeralm, and east of the pass Bosruck, which is noted for hiking
and cross-country skiing
.
Because the pass is a relatively low one, it has been important regionally since the Stone Age
.
Mountain pass
A mountain pass is a route through a mountain range or over a ridge. If following the lowest possible route, a pass is locally the highest point on that route...
in the Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n Alps
Alps
The Alps is one of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretching from Austria and Slovenia in the east through Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany to France in the west....
between the Bundesländer
States of Austria
Austria is a federal republic made up of nine states, known in German as Länder . Since Land is also the German word for a country, the term Bundesländer is often used instead to avoid ambiguity. The Constitution of Austria uses both terms...
of Upper Austria
Upper Austria
Upper Austria is one of the nine states or Bundesländer of Austria. Its capital is Linz. Upper Austria borders on Germany and the Czech Republic, as well as on the other Austrian states of Lower Austria, Styria, and Salzburg...
and Styria.
It connects Warscheneck and Bosruck. The pass road (B 138) has a maximum grade of 10 percent.
Since the middle of the 1980s, traffic on the pass has been reduced by the opening of the Bosruck Tunnel for the A 9 Autobahn. There has also been a railroad tunnel since the nineteenth century. Since the road tunnel was built, the road has not been cleared regularly in winter, and there is a weight limit for trucking.
On the Upper Austrian side west of the pass is the summer and ski resort
Ski resort
A ski resort is a resort developed for skiing and other winter sports. In Europe a ski resort is a town or village in a ski area - a mountainous area, where there are ski trails and supporting services such as hotels and other accommodation, restaurants, equipment rental and a ski lift system...
Wurzeralm, and east of the pass Bosruck, which is noted for hiking
Hiking
Hiking is an outdoor activity which consists of walking in natural environments, often in mountainous or other scenic terrain. People often hike on hiking trails. It is such a popular activity that there are numerous hiking organizations worldwide. The health benefits of different types of hiking...
and cross-country skiing
Cross-country skiing
Cross-country skiing is a winter sport in which participants propel themselves across snow-covered terrain using skis and poles...
.
Because the pass is a relatively low one, it has been important regionally since the Stone Age
Stone Age
The Stone Age is a broad prehistoric period, lasting about 2.5 million years , during which humans and their predecessor species in the genus Homo, as well as the earlier partly contemporary genera Australopithecus and Paranthropus, widely used exclusively stone as their hard material in the...
.
See also
- List of highest paved roads in Europe
- List of mountain passes