Grossglockner High Alpine Road
Hohe Tauern — Salzburg and Carinthia · Bruck an der Großglocknerstraße → Hochtor
Austria’s great mountain road, from the Salzach valley up to the Hochtor beneath the country’s highest peak.
- Distance
- 33.4 km
- Climbing
- +1,914 m
- Est. time
- 3 h 20 min
- Avg gradient
- 5.2 %
Free, and no account needed to start. It rides in your browser with any smart trainer or power meter — a free account saves your result on the leaderboard below.
Elevation profile
752–2,497 m · 2 categorised climbs · Very hard · RoadAbout Grossglockner High Alpine Road
Opened in 1935 and built as a showpiece, the Grossglockner road is wide, perfectly graded and relentlessly steep. After a gentle run up the Fusch valley the toll gate at Ferleiten marks the start of the real thing: a dozen kilometres that hardly ever drop below double figures.
The climbing tops out at the Fuscher Törl, where the road dips across a high basin before the final rise to the Hochtor, the highest point of the through road, on the border between Salzburg and Carinthia.
Why ride this route indoors?
- The gradient above Ferleiten is unusually constant — an hour of climbing where the power target never has to change.
- The dip after the Fuscher Törl and the second rise to the Hochtor is a ready-made lesson in restarting an effort.
- Outdoors it is a toll road shared with coaches and motorbikes, and closed all winter.
Good to know
+Is this the official route of Grossglockner High Alpine Road?
No. It was recreated by Cycloscape from open map data (OpenStreetMap) following public descriptions of the route, for indoor training. It may differ from the official route or from current road conditions.
+What do I need to ride Grossglockner High Alpine Road indoors?
A smart trainer or a power meter, and a browser. Cycloscape connects over Bluetooth or ANT+ from the browser, sets the resistance of a smart trainer to the real gradient, and turns the route’s GPX into a 3D world. There is nothing to install.
+Is it free?
Yes. You can start riding this route without an account. A free account saves your result and puts you on the route’s leaderboard.
Leaderboard
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