Kitzbühel Alps

Kitzbühel Alps
Hahnenkamm (1,712m/5,616ft) above Kitzbühel
Highest point
Peak	Kreuzjoch
Elevation	2,558 m (8,392 ft)
Coordinates	47°15′6″N 11°58′57″E / 47.25167°N 11.98250°E / 47.25167; 11.98250
Geography
Country	Austria
States	Salzburg and Tyrol
Range coordinates	47°20′N 12°20′E / 47.333°N 12.333°E / 47.333; 12.333Coordinates: 47°20′N 12°20′E / 47.333°N 12.333°E / 47.333; 12.333
Parent range	Central Eastern Alps

The Kitzbühel Alps (German: Kitzbüheler Alpen or Kitzbühler Alpen) are a mountain range of the Central Eastern Alps surrounding the town of Kitzbühel in Tyrol, Austria. Geologically they are part of the western slate zone (greywacke zone).

Two-thirds of the Kitzbühel Alps lie within the Austrian province of Tyrol, the remaining third is in Salzburg province. They are about 80 kilometres (50 mi) long from east to west and 25 to 35 km wide. They extend from the Ziller valley and Tux Alps in the west to the Saalach river and Zell am See on Lake Zell (Zellersee) in the east. They are bordered to the south by the Zillertal Alps and the High Tauern mountain range on the other side of the Salzach River, on the north by the Inn River and the Northern Limestone Alps.

The boundary of the region runs along the Salzach valley via Zell am See, where the Salzach swings north, to Saalfelden. Its northern boundary runs from east to west from the Saalfelden basin along the valley of the Leoganger Ache to the Grießen Pass and from there through the Pillersee valley, Leukental and Sölllandl to Wörgl and Kufstein. Its northwestern boundary is formed by the valley of the Inn between Wörgl and Jenbach.