Austria, Hohe Tauern
Grossglockner High Alpine Road
Distance
48 km
Time
1h 40m
Driving score
9.2
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Why drive it
A toll road built purely for the pleasure of the view, and it shows, every corner is engineered, every viewpoint deliberate.
- Difficulty
- Moderate
- Road width
- Wide, toll road
- Surface
- Excellent
- Best direction
- Bruck → Heiligenblut
- Best time of day
- Before 09:00
- Best season
- May to October
- Elevation
- 2,504 m
- Community rating
- 4.8 / 5
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The numbers
The journey
Route highlights
Start
Bruck an der Glocknerstraße
Toll booth and fuel
Viewpoint
Edelweißspitze
2,571 m cobbled spur
Photo Spot
Kaiser-Franz-Josefs-Höhe
Pasterze glacier
Finish
Heiligenblut
Gothic spire against the peaks
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