Grossglockner High Alpine Road

Austria'S Most Famous Alpine Road, Opened In 1935, 48 Km Long With 36 Hairpin Bends, Climbing To 2,504 M In Hohe Tauern National Park. The Kaiser Franz Josefs Hohe Viewpoint Looks At The Grossglockner (3,798 M, Austria'S Highest Peak) And The Pasterze Glacier. Open Roughly May To Early November. · Fusch an der Grossglocknerstrasse, Salzburg

The Grossglockner High Alpine Road is a 48 km toll road across the Hohe Tauern National Park, linking Bruck an der Grossglocknerstrasse in Salzburg state with Heiligenblut in Carinthia. It rises through 36 hairpin bends to the Hochtor tunnel at 2,504 m, with a side road to the Edelweissspitze viewpoint at 2,571 m. The star stop is Kaiser-Franz-Josefs-Hohe, at 2,369 m, where a terrace looks across to the Grossglockner, Austria's highest peak at 3,798 m, and down to the Pasterze, the country's largest glacier, which has lost kilometres of length since the 1850s and keeps shrinking. Marmots and ibex live by the road. The honest picture is a long day of driving in thin air. July and August bring tour buses, motorbikes and toll queues, fog and rain are common, snow can fall in summer, and the road is closed at night and from about November to May. Check the webcams, bring warm clothes and fuel up beforehand, because there is no petrol on the road and the top is cold even in July.

48 km toll road between Bruck in Salzburg and Heiligenblut in Carinthia, crossing the Hochtor pass at 2,504 m beneath Austria's highest mountain, with the Kaiser-Franz-Josefs-Hohe viewpoint and the Pasterze glacier, Fusch an der Grossglocknerstrasse, Salzburg, Austria

The road is open roughly May to early November, but dates change with snow and avalanche risk, and some sections may CLOSE at short notice. It is CLOSED at night, with gate times set by the operator, so check the day before you drive. The Gletscherbahn and visitor centres run in season only.

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