Kellerjoch, Mountain summit in Schwaz, Austria

Kellerjoch is a mountain summit in the Tux Alps in Tyrol, Austria, sitting at 2,344 meters (7,690 ft). Its slopes shift from forested lower sections to open alpine meadows as you move upward.

The Kellerjoch is the northernmost outpost of the Tux Alps' eastern massif, whose ridge runs from the Metzenjoch (2,313 m) over the Kreuzjoch main summit (2,344 m) with its mountain chapel to the Kuhmesser (2,264 m). The chapel is reached by a partly cable-secured path from the Kellerjochhütte at 2,237 m. On 21 November 1990 a Beechcraft King Air 200 of GSW Charterflug, flying from Trieste to Innsbruck, struck the mountain; both crew members and the German steel industrialist Willy Korf died.

The name Kellerjoch appears on old maps and in local tradition, and is part of the spoken heritage of Tyrolean mountain farmers. On the high pastures around the summit, cows still graze in summer, showing that mountain farming here is still very much alive.

The ascent from the Inntal starts mostly at Schwaz; from Grafenast (1,330 m) a three-section chairlift runs up to the Hecherhaus (1,887 m) on the Arbeserkogl, with only the last section operating in summer. From the Kellerjochhütte (2,237 m) a path secured in places with wire ropes leads to the Kreuzjochkapelle on the main summit.

The Kellerjoch is a double to triple summit: the ridge runs from the rocky Metzenjoch (2,313 m) over the Kreuzjoch, the main summit at 2,344 m with its small mountain chapel, to the Kuhmesser (2,264 m). The chapel is reached by a path from the Kellerjochhütte at 2,237 m, secured with wire ropes in places.