B107 · Austria

Grossglockner High Alpine Road

Austria’s best-known mountain road, climbing from Heiligenblut in Carinthia over the Hochtor and down to Bruck in the Salzach valley, with the Grossglockner, Austria’s highest mountain, close by.

StartFinishHairpin

48.5 kmLength

355Pace-note calls

38Hairpins

41Tight corners (1–2)

↑1,510 ↓2,040Climb and drop, m

≈2,570 mHighest point

Counts are from Turini’s pace-note engine on this route. Heights come from terrain data and can differ from signposted figures by a few tens of metres.

Where is the Grossglockner High Alpine Road?

The Grossglockner High Alpine Road is in Austria, on the B107. Also known as Großglockner-Hochalpenstraße or Grossglockner. The route on this page: Heiligenblut to Bruck, over the Hochtor, 48.5 km.

Why the Grossglockner High Alpine Road is famous

It opened in 1935 as a scenic toll road across the main ridge of the Alps, with numbered hairpins and a high point of 2,504 m at the Hochtor. Side roads lead to the Edelweissspitze and to the Kaiser-Franz-Josefs-Höhe visitor centre.

Grossglockner High Alpine Road hairpins

Over 48.5 km Turini calls 38 hairpins and 287 corners graded 1 to 6, plus 9 crests and 3 dips. That is 355 calls in all, one every 137 metres on average. Grade 1 is the tightest, 6 is nearly straight (how to read pace notes).

HP38

237

361

457

568

660

Grossglockner High Alpine Road elevation profile

From 1,280 m at the start to 757 m at the finish, with a highest point of about 2,570 m. Red marks are the hairpins.

2,600 m700 m

0 km24.3 km48.5 km

Grossglockner High Alpine Road pace notes, first few km

The first 25 calls, exactly as Turini reads them, with the distance from the start.

5 mHairpin left

155 mRight 4

190 mLeft 2

235 mHairpin right

360 mLeft 3 tightens

435 mRight 3

590 mLeft 5

830 mRight 4 tightens

960 mLeft 2

1.02 kmRight 2 tightens

1.07 kmLeft 4

1.11 kmRight 3

1.23 kmRight 5

1.28 kmLeft 4

1.37 kmLeft 5

1.44 kmRight 5

1.51 kmLeft 4

1.59 kmRight 4 long opens

1.74 kmLeft 2 opens

1.82 kmRight 2

1.89 kmLeft 2

1.93 kmRight 4

1.98 kmLeft 5

2.04 kmLeft 4 over crest

2.25 kmRight 6

That takes you to 2.25 km. 330 more calls follow over the remaining 46.2 km.

Before you drive the Grossglockner High Alpine Road

Toll road. Normally open from the beginning of May to the end of October; snow decides the exact dates.

The toll is paid at the booths near Heiligenblut and at Ferleiten on the north side. It is busy on summer weekends, and the weather at the top can turn quickly.

How to drive the Grossglockner High Alpine Road with Turini

Set the route before you leave and Turini saves its notes on the phone, so it works with the screen off and no signal. On the road it reads each call about 4.5 seconds before the corner, timed to your speed, and you never touch the phone. It also works through Android Auto. If pace notes are new to you, start in Simple mode (Easy, Medium, Hard) and switch to the 1–6 scale once it feels natural.

Always drive within the law, the conditions and what you can see. Turini tells you what the map says; the road is what counts.

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Sources: Wikipedia: Grossglockner High Alpine Road, grossglockner.at.

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