There is so much happening – on the Grossglockner High Alpine Road!

Along Austria’s loveliest panoramic road you not only get to experience Austria’s highest mountain up close, but interesting guided tours, exciting outdoor excursions and numerous events too. Find out what’s happening on the day you have planned to visit. Or when event highlights such as the ‘Glocknerkönig’ and the Glockner Pilgrimage are taking place.

Wilhelm Swarovski Observatory with the Grossglockner in the background | © grossglockner.at/Michael Stabentheiner
Free guided tour with a National Park ranger to the Kaiserstein   

From mid-July until mid-September, from Monday-Sunday at 10:30 and 13:30, free guided hikes with a National Park ranger start from the visitor centre up to Kaiser-Franz-Josefs-Höhe via the panorama path up to the Kaiserstein. On the way, the ranger explains how the glacier has changed, what flowers are in bloom at the wayside and about the animals that live up here. With a bit of luck on this one-hour route you might even come across a few marmots, or spy one of the mighty ibex who live in a colony above the Nationalpark Panorama Grossglockner - Observation Tower.

Exhibtion The Ibex House | © Haus der Steinböcke/Hannes Pacheiner
Out and about with National Park rangers 

A visit to Heiligenblut is worthwhile not only for the House of the Ibex but also for exciting exploration tours with the National Park Rangers in the area around the High Alpine Road. Guided tours take place at regular intervals from Kaiser-Franz-Josefs-Höhe down to the Pasterze Glacier. Get information about all the latest offers here and book direct.

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Tour of Austria | © EXPA

73. Tour of Austria

09. July 2026

On 9th July 2026, the Tour of Austria will stop off on the Grossglockner High Alpine Road. The queen stage runs from Bad Kleinkirchheim to the Kaiser-Franz-Josefs-Höhe at 2,369 m.

The final ascent from Heiligenblut and the Guttal section are expected to be open until 14:15. The finish at the Kaiser-Franz-Josefs-Höhe is expected around 15:30, with the earliest possible departure expected from around 16:30. The Salzburg side (north, Ferleiten) can be accessed without hindrance (up to the Guttal roundabout/turn off towards Kaiser-Franz-Josefs-Höhe).