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Fuschertörl 2430m |
Hochtor 2510m |
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Kilometer - KM |
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Experience value (1-5) |
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Difficulty (1-5) |
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Webcams: Großglockner Hochalpenstraße - Fuschertörl Kals Osttirol |
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The described cycle tour to Hochtor on the Grossglockner High Alpine Road starts at the Fuschertörl. The ride up on the wheel of Bruck an der Glocknerstraße - Pinzgau - Salzburg Fuschertörl please read on in the following link - Fuschertörl. From Fuschertörl (2430m) - on the Grossglockner High Alpine Road - it's first 2 kilometers long downhill to the Fuscherlacke 2268 m.
Near the Fuscherlacke is a original street preserved keeper's house into you can learn about the history of the construction of the Grossglockner High Alpine Road and the working conditions of workers. The leisurely ten minute walk around the Fuscherlacke is highly recommended. Many visitors to the Grossglockner High Alpine Road turn next to the Fuscherlacke the Mankeiwirt. The increase on this bike - tour to Hochtor is then 4 kilometers long. Between Fuscherlacke and Hochtor there's the short Mittertörl - Tunnel, which is crossed safely despite the lack of lighting, and on the north side is a good vantage point back to Edelweißspitze. In the area of the tunnel, a geologic Mittertörl trail was created, because here is the current route of the Grossglockner Road almost takes the same path as the old way since the Romans and Celts have used. In the 311m-long tunnel at Hochtor is the dividing line between Salzburg and Carinthia. After 6 kilometers and 242 meters height you reach the Hochtor at 2510m. For both ways between Fuschertörl and Hochtor are about 400 meters. The Grossglockner Road is one of the most beautiful mountain passes in Austria. It begins in Bruck Glocknerstraße - Austrian province of Salzburg and ends after 48 km and 36 turns in Heiligenblut - Austrian province of Carinthia. In between the toll road passes trough all vegetation zones in the Alps. From the beginning beautiful valley near Zell am See, is the species-rich meadows to pass it over the tree line only rock there and you have after just 30 km a magnificent view of the highest glacier area of the Hohe Tauern mountains in Austria . For example, the Grossglockner with 3798m the highest mountain in Austria. People make use of the pass near the Großglockner over the Hochtor since about 2000 BC. This is supported by many finds from the time of the Celts and Romans. The Grossglockner High Alpine Road was opened in 1935 after a construction period of 5 years. Today, more than 900,000 people a year visit the famous Grossglockner alpine road in Austria. The first 10 km on the Salzburg side of Bruck an der Glocknerstraße at 767m, are flat until shortly after Fusch on the Glockner Road (805m). In the second section with 17 km (up to 12 percent slope) you go by bike to Fuschertörl up to 2430m. The highest point on the Grossglockner High Alpine road with 2571m, you can reach on the Edelweissspitze. The narrow paved road begins at the restaurant Fuschertörl 2410M and ends after 1.6 km on the Edelweissspitze at a large parking lot. The Edelweißspitze offers the best view of the Salzburg part of the Glockner Road. On the Edelweißspitze there is a small information center and "Edelweißhütte" - one of the highest restaurant in the alps. Back on the Fuschertörl you drive on the Grossglockner High Alpine road about 2 km down to the Fuscherlacke and then 4 km uphill to Hochtor at 2510m. With a 311m long tunnel you can get to the Carinthian side of the Grossglockner High Alpine Road. After a short descent, you can still go up to the "Franz-Josefs-Höhe" at 2369m. There is a great view of the Grossglockner and the Glacier - the "Pasterze". Heiligenblut in Carinthia can be reached at Km 48, after the short climb to the Kasereck with about 60 meters. Along the Grossglockner High Alpine road, there are several exhibitions and themed playgrounds for children. You learn a lot about the Alpine Ecology in Alpine Nature Show Museum, a historical example of the information show in Piffkar a raptor Observatory exist between Fuschertörl and Fuscherlacke and even the flowers in the Glockner is devoted to an exhibition on the Grossglockner High Alpine Road. The biggest and some multi-media exhibition is on display at the Visitor Center at the Kaiser-Franz-Josefs-Höhe. At about 1000m ² and with free admission are a lot of information about Grossglockner, glacier, rock and ice. The drive over the Grossglockner Road is such an exciting, instructive and exciting, one-day excursion. |
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