Niederalpl | 1221 METER | Wegscheid 8634 Mürzsteg

The Niederalpl (pass summit 1221 metres) is a road pass and locality in the Mürzsteger Alps in Styria. The Landesstraße 113 Niederalplstraße connects Mürzsteg via the Dobrein (municipality of Mürzsteg) with the locality of Wegscheid via Aschbach (both in the municipality of Gußwerk), and thus Mürztal and Salzatal and Mariazell. Until 2012, the top of the pass was the border between the districts of Mürzzuschlag and Bruck an der Mur. The pass connects the Veitschalpe in the south with the Tonionalpe in the north. Niederalpl is a locality in the municipality of Mürzsteg in the district of Bruck-Mürzzuschlag and a district of Aschbach in the municipality of Gußwerk in the same district. The Mürzsteg part lies as a hamlet at 921 m above sea level on the eastern ramp of the pass, and also includes the houses at the top of the pass and the Wetterinalm. To the west, a few scattered houses lie along the old pass road (Alte Niederalplstraße) and in the Dürrwaldgraben at 961 m above sea level. There are three restaurants at the top of the pass, two of which are open all year round.