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Grossglockner Hochalpenstrase Road, Austria

cover photo by Mauro Frison

Location added by Hauti

Rank : 8.7 (average on 6 votes)

Coordinates : 47.12371,12.831053 (Open in Google Maps)

Subjects : Alps, Grossglockner, Grossglockner Hochalpenstrasse, highest car road in Alps, Pasterze Glacier, Edelweiss The world's most famous alpine road ends before the highlight of the Hohe Tauern National Park: the highest mountain and the largest glacier in Austria, the Grossglockner (3,798m) and the Pasterze. On the ascent from 1,500m to the Kaiser-Franz-Josefs-Hohe you pass through all of the vegetation zones from cornfields to the eternal ice. Edelweiss is the highest point on the Grossglockner High Alpine Road with a majestic panoramic view to more than thirty 3,000m peaks (marked on the map).

Recommended equipment : Car, motorbike, if you want to hike then hiking equipment

Best months : Closed in winter to beginning of May

How to get there : axenbacher Fusch 102; 5672 Taxenbacher-Fusch, Austria 80 m SE; This is entrance point to the road .

Visits : They charge some euros (if i remember well 30) for car pass

Notes : If you like mountains and want to see some great sights (a lot in short time) this is a place to visit

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