the post-Variscan period, with its Rotliegendes (red slates), and thick sandstones from the Permoskyth. All these successive layers of the greywacke zone were probably - together with those of the Northern Limestone Alps - overturned to the northern edge of the Alps during the time of Alpine orogeny from a region of deposition far to the south. Sports Their mainly gently rolling nature makes the Kitzbühel Alps suitable for alpine farming, hiking and skiing. Tourism The Kitzbühel Alps are a very popular tourist destination. In addition to innumerable managed Alpine pastures and inns, there is also a large number of mountain huts belonging to the various Alpine clubs. Alpenrose Hut Neue Bamberger Hut Bochumer Hut Brechhornhaus (private) Bürgl Hut (private) Erich Sulke Hut Erla Hut (private) Fritz Hintermayr Hut (private) Hochhörndler Hut (private) Hochwildalm Hut Kobinger Hut (private) Oberland Hut Pinzgau Hut (Friends of Nature) Steinberghaus Inn (Gasthaus Steinberghaus) Wildkogelhaus (private) Wildseeloderhaus Wolkensteinhaus Highest peaks Their highest peaks are concentrated to the south-western corner and reach rather modest 2,500 m, the highest being the Kreuzjoch at 2,558 metres above sea level. Roughly in the centre of the range lies the famous ski resort of Kitzbühel, the venue of the Hahnenkamm race, one of the most spectacular and well-known ski races in the world. The highest summits in the range are (in order of height above the Adriatic): Kreuzjoch, 2,558 m. Torhelm, 2,494 m. Salzachgeier, 2,469 m. Aleitenspitze, 2,449 m. Schafsiedel, 2,447 m. Kröndlhorn, 2,444 m. Großer Galtenberg, 2,424 m. Geißstein, 2,366 m. Großer Rettenstein, 2,362 m. Großer Beil, 2,309 m. Sonnenjoch, 2,287 m. Wildkogel, 2,224 m. Kleiner Rettenstein, 2,216 m. Steinbergstein, 2,215 m. Gamshag, 2,178 m. Wiedersberger Horn, 2,127 m. Wildseeloder, 2,119 m. Schattberg, 2,097 m. Brechhorn, 2,032 m. Kitzbühler Horn, 1,996 m. Schmittenhöhe, 1,965 m. Wildkarspitze 1,961 m. Gratlspitze, 1,899 m. Schatzberg 1,898 m. Hohe Salve, 1,828 m. Roßkopf, 1,731 m Hahnenkamm, 1,712 m. Pölven, 1,595 m. Gallery See also Alps Bavaria Berchtesgaden Kitzbühel Salzburg Salzburg (state) Footnotes and references Sources Freytag-Berndt Kitzbüheler Alpen und Pinzgau. Hiking map 1:100.000 (Sheet 38) and hut guide, Geografa Vienna-Innsbruck-Munich-Bozen. R.Oberhauser (Hsg.): Der geologische Aufbau Österreichs, Chapters 3.6.5, 3.6.6 und 3.13. Geologische Bundesanstalt Vienna / Springer-Verlag Vienna/ New York 1980 External links Mountain ranges of the Alps Mountain ranges of Tyrol (state) Kitzbühel District Greywacke zone