Mittersill Attractions
Mittersill (789m/2,589ft; pop. 5,000), chief town of the upper Pinzgau and a winter sports resort, lies in the Hohe Tauern national park. Notable are the two Baroque churches (c. 1750) and the castle (rebuilt in 1532 after being destroyed in 1525, during the peasant wars and now privately owned). To the east of the town stands the church of St Nicholas (1479; sculptures of c. 1500; Baroque high altar). The Felberturm houses a local museum of minerals. There are schools of mountaineering and cross country skiing, and a ski slope nearby with numerous lifts.
Felber-Tauern Road
The Felber-Tauern Road, constructed in the 1960s, runs 16km/10mi southward to the Felber-Tauern Tunnel (5.2km/3.25mi long; highest point 1,650m/5,415ft), which cuts through the Tauern massif. The road (toll payable) provides a route, open throughout the winter, into Eastern Tirol and Carinthia. From the far end of the tunnel it is 15km/9mi to Matrei.
