Read exciting stories and experience real insider tips What actually is there to do along the Grossglockner High Alpine Road? What exhibits are open? Where are the nicest hiking paths to our employees’ secret favourite spots? When and where do the marmots whistle loudest? Find out about all this – and so much more – in our Blog. Get reading! Be tempted and get some inspiration for your next excursion to the Grossglockner High Alpine Road.

Glocknerroad, Wilhelm Swarovski Observatory with Grossglockner and Pasterzen Glacier | © grossglockner.at/Eduardo Gellner

A Trip on the Grossglockner High Alpine Road – Experience Nature and Adventure

Article from 26.02.2025

The Grossglockner High Alpine Road is an unforgettable experience for the whole family and a must for nature and mountain enthusiasts. Stretching 48 kilometers through the breathtaking mountain landscape of the Hohe Tauern National Park, it offers views that will leave you in awe! With 36 hairpin bends and reaching up to 2,571 meters at the Edelweiss Peak, this road is a true masterpiece. From the top, you can enjoy a panoramic view of over 30 three-thousand-meter peaks – including the crown jewel: the Grossglockner (3,798 meters), Austria’s highest mountain!

Pioneering journey across the Alps: 90 years ago, the first crossing of the Alps on the still unfinished Grossglockner High Alpine Road

Article from 20.09.2024

90 years ago, on 22nd September 1934, it was possible to cross the Hohe Tauern mountain range by car for the first time. At the wheel was none other than the then governor and political visionary Franz Rehrl, accompanied by Franz Wallack, the planner and builder of the Grossglockner High Alpine Road, in the passenger seat. One year before the official opening, the two pioneers ventured on the first journey along the unfinished course of the panoramic road - a daring adventure in the Alps!