Seefeld Saddle

Seefeld Saddle (Seefelder Sattel)
View from the northwest of the Seefeld Saddle and the Wildsee lake. Behind: the Kalkkögel
Elevation	1185 mAT
Traversed by	(Seefelder Straße)
Location	Tyrol (Austria)
Range	Karwendel
Coordinates	47°19′05″N 11°11′50″E / 47.318083°N 11.197085°E / 47.318083; 11.197085Coordinates: 47°19′05″N 11°11′50″E / 47.318083°N 11.197085°E / 47.318083; 11.197085

The Seefeld Saddle (German: Seefelder Sattel) is a saddle and mountain pass, 1,185 m (AA), in the Northern Limestone Alps in the Austrian federal state of Tyrol. Two major transport routes run over it: the Seefelder Straße (B 177) and the Mittenwald Railway. On the Seefeld Plateau north of the saddle lies the village and ski resort of Seefeld in Tirol (1,180 m (AA)).

The Seefeld Saddle lies west of the Erlspitze Group (max. 2,405 m (AA)), a sub-range of the Karwendel Alps, and east of the Mieminger Range (max. 2,768 m (AA)). To the south the terrain descends via the Zirler Berg down to the Inn valley, to the north of the plateau lie the Wetterstein Mountains (max. 2,962 m (AA)) and the Arnspitze Group (max. 2,196 m (AA)). The actual pass height is next to the municipal boundary between Seefeld and Reith to the south in the subdistrict of Auland on agricultural land southeast of the Wildsee lake and north-northwest of the junction of the Landesstraße 36 and the Seefelder Straße (B 177). East of the saddle rise the Reither Spitze (2,374 m (AA)) and the Seefeld Spitze (2,221 m (AA)) to its north. To the west is the Gschwandtkopf (1,495 m (AA)).