Kühtai (-sattel) |
 |
Height |
Climbing height |
2017m
Sign 2020m |
1205m (Oetz); 1491m (Haiming via Silzersattel)
1407m (Kematen); 1109m (Sellrain) |
| Difficulty |
Beauty |
| 4 (5) |
2-3 (5) |
| How to get there |
From the west it is a long and changing climb from Oetz (812m). It is a few short steep sections (one is up to something like 17%). The possibly hardest approach would be to take a small road from Haiming (678m) in the north via Silzersattel/Sattele (1690m) to Wald (1538m) and then up to the pass. The eastern climb is quite steep above Sellrain and for longer stretches than on the west side. The climb starts in Kematen (610m) or in Sellrain (908m) if you come via Axams here (recommended road). |
| Other comments |
The nicest parts of the pass road is just before the pass on the west side and the part above Sellrain on the east side. Going down the east side you could gain some real speed and it may well be the passroad in the Alps where you could gain the highest speed. I had without any effort 91 km/h and could easily have gone faster (I'm just not used to that high speeds) I believe they typically go above 100 km/h down here in competitions. The road is good. There are restaurants and hotels at the resort at the pass but it all looked rather gloomy and mostly closed down when I was there in the Summer.
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