Schattberg, Mountain summit in Kitzbühel Alps, Austria.
Schattberg is a 2,097 m mountain in the Kitzbühel Alps, not the Tauern, with three peaks: West (2,096 m), Middle (2,097 m) and East (2,018 m). The Middle peak is reached by marked trails from the northwest and northeast; the West and East peaks are served by gondolas from Saalbach and Hinterglemm and by gravelled tracks.
The Schattbergbahn, built in 1960, ran from Saalbach to the East Schattberg summit. After a 1973 upgrade it carried 100 people per cabin, the largest cable car of its kind in Austria, on a 63 mm haul rope, then the strongest in the world. It was replaced by the Schattberg X-Press, erected in 2002 according to the German source and 2003 according to the English one.
Several alm huts stand around the Schattberg, and the mountain is the local peak of the Pinzgau parish of Saalbach-Hinterglemm, about 3 km to the north. The ridge it ends runs from the 2,249 m Hochkogel over the 2,092 m Saalbachkogel and the 2,123 m Stemmerkogel.
The West and East peaks are reached by gondolas from Saalbach and Hinterglemm, while the main Middle peak has no lift and is climbed on marked paths from the northwest or northeast. Gravelled tracks serve the west and east summits and are used by mountain bikers. A signed path and a ski route lead south to the Pinzgau Ridgeway; snowshoes also work.
The 1960 Schattbergbahn, upgraded in 1973, carried 100 people per cabin and had the world's strongest standing cable at 63 mm. It ran from Saalbach to the East Schattberg (2,018 m) until the Schattberg X-Press replaced it.
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