Grossglockner Hochalpenstrasse

Austria's showpiece toll road to a glacier viewpoint at 2500 m.

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Why this ride

The Grossglockner road was built to be ridden slowly and looked at: thirty-six hairpins, a museum at the top and the Pasterze glacier at the end of the Franz-Josefs-Höhe spur. It is a toll road with published opening hours, and the gates close overnight - a late start can leave you locked out.

Roadbook

1. Bruck an der Glocknerstrasse start · 757 m

   Bruck an der Glocknerstrasse is where the day begins. Next is Fuscher Törl, climbing 1671 m.

2. Fuscher Törl pass · 2428 m

   You top out at 2428 m here. The road climbs 1671 m on the way up to it, steeply. Reckon on about 11 °C colder than the valley, and more in the wind. At this height the road is a summer one: snow gates can stay shut into June and shut again in October. Next is Hochtor.

3. Hochtor pass · 2504 m

   2504 m, and the road stops climbing. Nothing on this route is higher. Next is Franz-Josefs-Höhe.

4. Franz-Josefs-Höhe sight · 2369 m

   Franz-Josefs-Höhe, about halfway at 2369 m. Reckon on about 10 °C colder than the valley, and more in the wind. Next is Heiligenblut, mostly downhill.

5. Heiligenblut finish · 1301 m

   Heiligenblut is the finish, 48 km from Bruck. The descent from Hochtor drops about 1,068 m in a series of long, open hairpins - take it on engine braking rather than the brakes, and expect cyclists and coaches on the inside line.

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Added from the global pack: the checkpoints are real landmarks with published coordinates, but this line has not been ridden and verified like the scouted routes.