The Grossglockner High Alpine Road

Kitz.LiveWeather weather forecast

today 35°

Dry and bright with plenty of sunshine, clouds will be rare
tomorrow 34°

Dry and bright with plenty of sunshine, clouds will be rare

click

Approx. 50 million people have visited the Grossglockner High Alpine Road since 1935 and had an incomparable experience.

The most famous alpine road is at the end of the Hohe Tauern National Park on the highest mountain and the largest glacier in Austria. the Grossglockner (3,798 m) and the Pasterze( a glacier).

Along the way, you can experience what would be similar to a 4000-mile journey to the Arctic. You pass through on the rise from 1500 m to the Kaiser-Franz-Josef Hoehe all the vegetation zones from cornfields to the eternal ice.

The Grossglockner High Alpine Road has maintained its leading position in being second only to the Schönbrunn Palace in terms of the number of visitors, almost 900,000 visitors in 2004, a clear indication to the attractiveness of the region and the uniqueness of the buildings.