According to the
Alpine Club classification of the Eastern Alps, the Salzkammergut Mountains (AVE 17a) lie to the east of the
Berchtesgaden Alps and the city of
Salzburg. To the north the Austrian
Alpine Foreland is the boundary, between the points where the rivers
Salzach and
Traun spill out into the Foreland near Salzburg and
Gmunden respectively. To the east the boundary with the
Upper Austrian Prealps is formed by the Traun between the lakes of
Traunsee and, further downstream, with the
Totes Gebirge by the
Lake Hallstatt on the foot of the
Dachstein Mountains. To the south the border runs from Lake Hallstatt up the
Gosau Valley to
Gschütt Pass, and from there downhill along the
Rußbach Valley, separating the Salzkammergut Mountains from the
Tennengebirge in the southwest, and the
Lammer creek to its confluence with the Salzach near
Golling. To the west the boundary runs along the River Salzach from where it is joined by the Lammer down to the city of Salzburg. The highest peak with an elevation of is Mt. Gamsfeld near Gschütt Pass in the south, the only
two-thousander of the range. The best-known mountain however is the prominent
Schafberg on
Wolfgangsee, with access to the summit provided by the
Schafberg Railway. ==See also==