Kaunertal Glacier Road

View from the end of the Kaunertal Glacier Road down to the course of the road along the Kaunertal.

View from the end of the road to Weißseeferner (August 2009)

The Kaunertaler Gletscherstraße , a toll road for motor vehicles, is a high mountain road in the Austrian state of Tyrol . It leads in 29  hairpin bends from Feichten in the Kaunertal ( 1287  m ) - past the Gepatsch reservoir - up to 2750  m , directly to the Weißseeferner. The Kaunertal Glacier ski area , which opened in 1980, is located there.

The glacier panorama road is very well developed and is one of the most beautiful high mountain roads in the Alps. A special feature is the highest post bus stop in Austria at the top of the street.

The end point of the Kaunertaler Gletscherstraße was a stage destination of the Tour of Austria several times , for example in 1996 and 1999, before it was pushed out of the stage plan by the Kitzbüheler Horn .

The operator is Kaunertaler Gletscherbahnen GmbH.

Data

• Length: 26 km, 29 bends, 28 m radius of bends
• Gradient: average gradient 10%, maximum gradient 12%
• Difference in altitude: approx. 1,500 m, from 1,273 m to 2,750 m
• Turn radius: 28 m

See also

• List of private toll roads in Germany and Austria

Web links

Commons : Kaunertaler Gletscherstraße  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Homepage
• Road gradient profile

Footnotes

1. ^ Kaunertaler Gletscherbahnen GmbH. Retrieved February 9, 2020 . 
2. ^ Kaunertaler Gletscherbahnen GmbH: Gletscherstraße. Retrieved February 9, 2020 . 
3. ^ Kaunertaler Gletscherbahnen GmbH: Gletscherstraße. Retrieved February 9, 2020 . 

Coordinates: 46 ° 56 ′ 50.9 ″  N , 10 ° 44 ′ 29.5 ″  E