Zillertaler Höhenstraße
Zillertaler Höhenstraße · Ried im Zillertal → Hippach · Austria
- Length
- 17 miles
- Drive time
- 1 h 30 min
- Type
- Technical road
- Region
- Europe
Before you go: ⚠ Toll road (per-car charge); upper section typically open May–October only, closed by snow in winter
A narrow panoramic balcony road hairpinning some 1,400 vertical metres up the western flank of the Zillertal to Melchboden at 2,020 m. Single-lane in places and utterly spectacular — the whole valley and the glaciated Zillertal Alps laid out beneath you.
Highlights of the Zillertaler Höhenstraße
- 2,020 m Melchboden viewpoint
- Full-length panorama of the Zillertal Alps
- Relentless hairpins on a single-lane climb
Where to stop on the Zillertaler Höhenstraße
- Eni Ried im Zillertal fuel — Last valley fuel before the toll balcony road — the upper section is May–Oct only.
- Jausenstation Melchboden café — Snack inn at 2,020 m with the whole Zillertal Alps below; seasonal with the Höhenstraße.
- Melchboden viewpoint — Panoramic 2,020 m balcony — single-lane hairpins, toll road, typically closed in winter.
- disk Hippach fuel — Pumps near the Hippach descent — first fuel after dropping from Melchboden.
Drive the Zillertaler Höhenstraße
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