Kellerjoch

Kellerjoch
Cross yoke from the cow knife
height	2344  m above sea level A.
location	Tyrol , Austria
Mountains	Tux Alps
Dominance	5.6 km →  Gilfert
Notch height	669 m ↓  Loassattel
Coordinates	47 ° 19 '8 "  N , 11 ° 46' 15"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 19 '8 "  N , 11 ° 46' 15"  E
rock	Gneiss and Phyllite
particularities	Kreuzjoch Chapel
The Kellerjoch from the south, on the left the Kellerjochhütte, in the middle the Kreuzjoch, on the right the cow knife

The Kellerjoch is 2344  m above sea level. A. high mountain in the Tux Alps in Tyrol . The much-visited panoramic mountain is the local mountain of Schwaz in the Lower Inn Valley .

The Kellerjoch forms the northernmost outpost of the cross-shaped eastern massif of the Tux Alps, consisting of Rastkogel , Pangert and Gilfert . Topographically, it is a double to triple summit , the ridge of which stretches from the eastern Metzenjoch ( 2313  m ), interspersed with rocks, over the Kreuzjoch (main summit with mountain chapel at 2344  m ) to the Kuhmesser ( 2264  m ). The Kreuzjoch chapel can be reached from the ("new") Kellerjochhütte at 2237  m above sea level on a path that is secured with wire rope in places .

There are several routes for the ascent from the Inn Valley, mainly from Schwaz . For Berggasthof Hecherhaus ( 1887  m ) located on a foothill called Arbeserkogl ( 2,026  m ) is located, leads from Grafenast ( 1,330  m ), an existing three sections chairlift, from where summer is just the last section into operation.

In the past, the Alte Kellerjochhütte , which is around of the way on one of the footpaths from Schwaz, was accessible via a road in summer.

photos

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  Atlas Tirolensis 1774 (Kellerjoch bottom right)

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  The Kellerjoch from the west, the Kreuzjoch on the left, the Kuhmöser on the right

Web links

Commons : Kellerjoch  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• tiris: official map series
• Kellerjochbahn (with operating times )