Kaunertal Glacier Road
Kaunertaler Gletscherstrasse · Feichten → Kaunertal Glacier · Austria
- Length
- 16 miles
- Drive time
- 50 min
- Type
- Mountain pass
- Region
- Europe
Before you go: ⚠ Toll road; upper section weather-dependent
A dead-end worth every mile: 29 hairpins climbing 1,500 vertical metres from Feichten to the glacier tongue at 2,750 m — one of the highest tarmac finishes in the Alps.
Highlights of the Kaunertal Glacier Road
- Ends at a glacier
- 29 hairpins, 1,500 m gained
- Gepatsch reservoir
Where to stop on the Kaunertal Glacier Road
- Disk Tankstelle Feichten fuel — Last fuel, two miles north of the toll start — dead-end climb, nothing beyond Feichten.
- Gepatsch-Stausee viewpoint — Dam and turquoise reservoir halfway up the 29 hairpins — stay on the glacier road, not the Inn.
- Gletscherrestaurant Weißsee food — Self-service at 2,750 m, Austria’s highest year-round bus stop; terrace facing the ice.
- Kaunertal Glacier car park viewpoint — Tarmac ends on the glacier tongue — one of the highest driveable finishes in the Alps.
Drive the Kaunertal Glacier Road
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