CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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From Krimml it runs 21 km to Gerlos; allow about 27 min of riding. The stops in between: Krimml Waterfalls and Gerlos Pass. The highest point is about 2,150 m. Gerlos Pass is subject to seasonal closure - check it is open before you set off. It suits an unhurried touring pace.
For 2 km this is Gerlos Alpine Road, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it — expect company on a summer weekend. Early is better than fast.
Check the pass is open before you commit to it.
8 km on Gerlos Alpine Road.
Krimml sits at the very top of the Salzach valley in Pinzgau, where the Hohe Tauern close in and the river is still a loud young thing. The village is small, under a thousand people, and it exists largely because of water: the Krimml Falls drop in three stages for something like 380 metres, which makes them the highest in Austria and among the tallest in Europe. You hear them before you see them, a low roar that gets into the car park, and in the afternoon the spray hangs in the trees like fog.
Read the complete Krimml write-up.
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Krimml is where the day begins. Next is Krimml Waterfalls.
You hear the Krimml falls before you see them. A low, constant roar rolls down the valley long before the road reaches the village, and on a warm day in early summer, when meltwater from the Hohe Tauern is at its peak, the spray hangs in the air like a fine drizzle. The Krimmler Ache drops about 380 metres in three steps, which makes this the highest waterfall in Austria and one of the highest in Europe.
Read the complete Krimml Waterfalls write-up.
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Krimml Waterfalls comes up 9 km in. Next is Gerlos Pass.
The Gerlos Pass is a handsome, civilised crossing between the Zillertal in Tyrol and the Pinzgau in Salzburg province, and at 1,507 metres it is low enough to be open for most of the year, though not low enough to ignore. It is a toll road, a fact that the locals accept with a shrug, and the money pays for a surface that is smooth, wide and well marked, and for snow clearing that begins early in the winter.
Read the complete Gerlos Pass write-up.
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18 km in you reach Gerlos Pass. Nothing on this route is higher. Next is Gerlos, mostly downhill.
Gerlos is a ski village strung along a high Tyrolean saddle, roughly 1,200 metres up, between the Zillertal to the west and the Salzach valley to the east. It is the sort of place that is busiest in February, and in summer feels pleasantly half asleep, with farmhouses and chalets, cows with bells, and a handful of cafés that serve strudel to people in leathers at an unhurried pace. The nearest town of any size is a long way off, so think of it as a stop for coffee and a stretch rather than a place to do errands.
Read the complete Gerlos write-up.
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Gerlos closes the day.
Krimml Waterfalls → Gerlos Pass is 17 km. This is the part worth slowing down for - look through the bends and use the pull-offs.
Gerlos Pass → Gerlos is 8 km. Brakes and eyes forward; the views are behind the corners, not in them.