Scharnitz Pass
| Scharnitz Pass Scharnitzpass / Scharnitzer Klause |
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The electrified Mittenwald Railway, completed ca. 1912, by the Isar crossing on the Scharnitz Pass
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| Elevation | 955 |
| Range | Alps |
| Coordinates | 47°23′52″N 11°16′02″E / 47.397884°N 11.267284°ECoordinates: 47°23′52″N 11°16′02″E / 47.397884°N 11.267284°E |
The Scharnitz Pass (German: Scharnitzpass or Scharnitzer Klause) is a narrow section of the upper Isar valley in the Northern Limestone Alps. It lies at a height of about 955 m on the Austro-German border between the states of Bavaria and Tyrol. Its name derives from the village of Scharnitz immediately to the south.
The Scharnitz Pass lies east of the Wetterstein Mountains and west of the Karwendel. It is located in the upper valley of the River Isar between Mittenwald (923 m; Bavaria) in the north and Scharnitz (964 m; Tyrol) in the south. The Isar valley floor narrows from about 900 metres to under 300 metres as a result of the eastern flank of the Arntalköpfle (1,529 m), a subpeak of the Arnspitze Group. East of the pass rises the Rotwandlspitze (2,192 m); to the southwest of which is the Brunnensteinspitze (2,179.8 m).
The German B 2 federal highway, which approaches from Mittenwald to the north, and the Austrian Seefelder Straße (B 177), which runs through Scharnitz and Seefeld (Tyrol) and continues over the Seefeld Saddle, meet at the Scharnitz Pass. Both roads are part of the E 333 European Road.
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