The pass separates the
Radstadt Tauern in the west and the
Schladming Tauern in the east, both part of the
Niedere Tauern mountain range in the
Central Eastern Alps. It is crossed by the
Katschberg Straße (B 99) road, which runs from
Bischofshofen on the
Salzach River via Radtstadt in the
Enns Valley to
Sankt Michael im Lungau on the
Mur River. From Sankt Michael it leads further southwards across the
Katschberg Pass to
Spittal an der Drau in
Carinthia. A little to the west and about lower, the parallel
Tauern Autobahn (A 10) crosses the Radstadt Tauern in the
Tauern Road Tunnel. The road probably was already used by the Celtic
Taurisci tribe. It was rebuilt as a
Roman road during the rule of Emperor
Septimius Severus from 193 onwards, leading from
Iuvavum (Salzburg) in the
Noricum province across the
main chain of the Alps to
Aquileia in
Italy. At the pass is the
Obertauern ski resort. ==See also==