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Großglockner-Hochalpenstraße

Hochtor · Austria

2,504 msummit height
25Hairpins · From Fusch an der Großglocknerstraße
1,689 mHeight gain · From Fusch an der Großglocknerstraße

25 hairpins in 26.5 km and 1,689 m of climbing from Fusch an der Großglocknerstraße.

From Fusch an der Großglocknerstraße

Climb length
26.5 km
Height gain
1,689 m
815 → 2,504 m
Average gradient
6.5 %
Hairpins (our count)
25

From Heiligenblut am Großglockner

Climb length
15.9 km
Height gain
1,247 m
1,257 → 2,504 m
Average gradient
8 %
Hairpins (our count)
16

Elevation profile

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The climb on the map

Fusch an der GroßglocknerstraßeHeiligenblut am Großglockner2504 m

Dots mark the hairpins we found in the road geometry.

When can you drive it?

Start of May to start of November

Closed at night.

Toll road.

How we measured

Summit: OpenStreetMap node 21835110 (mountain_pass, ele). Climb: car routing (OSRM on OpenStreetMap) from the village centre to the summit. Profile: Open-Meteo elevation (Copernicus DEM, ~90 m) every 50 m, smoothed over 250 m. Hairpin: the road turns back more than 150° within 300 m. Height gain: summit minus the start of the climb. Every number can be recomputed at any time. (2026-10-18)

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