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 5 min
- Avg gradient
- 5.2 %
Free to ride with a free account. It rides in your browser with any smart trainer or power meter, and your result goes on the leaderboard below.
Ride it in stages
Few riders hold 33 km on a trainer. Ride it a stage at a time: the cuts avoid the middle of the big climbs — a stage ends at a summit, in a valley or on the flat — and this page remembers what you have ridden and what comes next.
4 stages of about 8.3 km — none over 50 minutes at 165 W.
- Stage 1 (next)km 0–14.3Next14.3 km+404 m~46 minMountain · Cat HC
- Stage 2km 14.3–20.86.5 km+629 m~49 minMountain
- Stage 3km 20.8–27.36.5 km+622 m~49 minMountain · summit finish
- Stage 4km 27.3–33.46.1 km+259 m~24 minMountain · Cat 3 · summit finish
Times are at a steady 165 W — no stage takes more than 50 minutes. Cross a stage's finish line and it is ticked — feeling good? Keep pedalling and the ride carries on into the next stage. Progress is kept in this browser, and in your account when you are signed in.
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.
+Can I ride Grossglockner High Alpine Road in stages?
Yes. Few riders want more than 50 minutes on a trainer in one go, so Cycloscape offers its 33 km in 4 stages of about 8 km, none longer than 50 minutes at 165 W. The cuts avoid the middle of the big climbs — a stage ends at a summit, in a valley or on the flat. Start from any stage and, if your legs are good at its finish line, keep pedalling: the ride carries on into the next stage and every stage you finish is ticked. The page remembers which stages you have ridden and which one is next.
+Is it free?
Yes. Riding it needs a free account — sign up in seconds with Google or a code by email, no card. Your result is saved and goes on the route’s leaderboard.
Leaderboard
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