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My Glacier Road
The Glacier Road
from 1,273 m up to 3,108 m E xperience of all vegetation levels in the alps.
From Alpine meadows to the Glacier Ice
A unique mountain world formed by the glacier ice millions of years ago. Excursion destination on 365 days.
Austria’s most beautiful excursion road. kaunertaler-gletscher.at
Location At the corner of three countries, in South West Tyrol CZ SK
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Salzburg
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Innsbruck
Zurich
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Bolzano
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Verona
In Detail Karlesjoch Gondola Top Station, 3,108 m
Glacier Restaurant Weißsee, 2,750 m
Toll Gate, 1,273 m Gletscherstraße 240 6524 Kaunertal
Experience your Glacier Scenic Road also on
hapmeskopf 3,237 m
bliggspitze 3,453 m
ölgrubenjoch 3,044 m
hint. ölgrubenspitze
madatschkopf
3,295 m
2,778 m
Rauhekopfhütte
geil-stange
2,897 m
wurmetal 2,705 m
2,865 m
Seepanorama 1,750 m
1,273 m
Ibex Slope
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toll station
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Gepatsch Reservoir
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Knottenkino (rock cinema)
Gepatsch Reservoir
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Glacial Pothole
Grazing cattles along the road. Outside the operating hours, no liability is assumed when using the road.
2,794 m
1,928 m
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Viewpoint
Wolfskehr
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Natural monument, created by the powerful f low of glacial melt water
Lake Ruins
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Versetz
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The last permanent settlement, here until 1863
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Upon its completion in 1964, it was the tenth highest rubble dam in the world
Gepatschhaus and the Chapel of “Maria im Schnee”
Stone 7
Fernergarten
Stone Pine Forest
The stone pine is the queen of all conifers in the Alps (withstanding temperatures as low -40 degrees). Here, they form a beautiful end to the forest line on the Glacier Road
Ibex graze here in spring and autumn
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Hiking Tip
Zirbenweg trail to the Gepatschhaus, duration 6 hours
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Schnapsloch
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ochsenkopf
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Backdrop for Hollywood Movie “Triple X”
Schlechtwetterhaag Shelter
Gathering point for shepherds and animals in times of bad weather
Knottenkino (rock cinema) antage point with view of the reservoir V and the Kaiserberg Valley opposite
2,944 m
Waterfall Crevasse
View of the Block Glacier
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Locandy – free app for outdoor games
Geocaching
Climbing area
Hiking path
Weißseeferner
Gletscherrestaurant Weißsee
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2,750 m
Fernegg-Spitz 33
Alpine Zone 2,100 – 2,800 m
View Tip:
State border
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Subni. Zone Nivale Zone over 3,100 m 2,800 – 3,100 m
Gentle hike
Stations Favourite spots with benches to relax at
Difficult hike
The Glacier Road
Gondolas to the Italian border to 3,108 m
from 1,273 up to 3,108 metres above sea level Road Toll Car/Private mini bus up to 5 people Each additional person
Day Ticket
14 -day Ticket
25.00 7.00
40.00 –
7.00
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15.00
23.00
Hiking Tip
Walker’s toll *
7.00
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To the hidden lakes, duration 1.5 hours
Motorcycle toll + 1 person ascent and descent Falginjoch gondola
30.00
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Glacier-polished Rocks
Group Discounts for coaches – bus drivers and tour guides travel free of charge Ski Passes – The toll for the Glacier Road is included in the price of your ski pass. The
Hiking Tip
Hiking Tip
Austria’s Highest Bus Stop
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Treasures in the Glacier Restaurant
toll charge is always valid for a return trip. Rental vehicles can only buy day toll tickets. Toll and lift tickets are not transferable. * In the case of a mixed vehicle (skiers and pedestrians) pedestrians pay the walkers’ toll.
The gondola rides
Adventure Tip:
endless views at 3,108 m
Accessible glacier crevasse Free guided tours in July and August from Monday to Friday at 11 a.m.
Drei-Länderblick (three-countries-view)
Child
23.00
16.50
With the Summercard Gold or Hiking 6
19.00
12.50
All other months 7 am – 5 pm.
Kaunertal Glacier: Karlesjoch gondola: 10 am – 4 pm daily. Restaurant Weißsee: 8 am – 4.30 pm daily.
A path leads into the glacial crevasse, where you can experience the centuries-old blue shimmering ice
Ferneregg Spitz, duration 20 minutes
Adult
Ascent and descent
Hours of Operation Glacier Road: open June to August 7 am – 7 pm.
Glacial Crevasse Hiking Tip
karlesjoch gondola
Age Groups Adults: born 2006 and older. Children: child rate for those born BAMBINI between 2007 and 2013, free for those born 2014 and younger. Disabled: the FREE child rate applies (except Glacier Park Card) for guests with a disability certificate (disability level min. 60 % according to official ID). Photo ID is required for the purchase of discounted passes (bambini, children and disabled) without exception. In addition, children under 8 years also travel free of charge in winter! Tickets are issued to individuals and are non-transferable! Prices subject to change; errors and omissions excepted. All prices are in euros and include VAT.
Message-in-a-bottle dating back to the year 1911, Tiuterra Crystal from the “Mars Mission Amade 15” project
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Glacier Polish
Motorbike max. 2 people
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Bus/Taxi per person
Schmugglerpfad (smuggler’s trail) via the Weißseejoch into the Langtauferer Valley (I), duration 5 hours
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Intermediate hike
Hiking Tip
Trail around the Weißsee lake, duration 20 minutes
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3,518 m
FALGINGJOCH BAHN 3,113 m
Trail around the Weißsee
Rifflbach Waterfalls
Hike to the Verborgener See
Traces of the glacier, which ground and polished the rock over millions of years
Hiking Tip
This is the spot where the winter scenes with avalanches, starring Vin Diesel, were filmed
Wurmetalbach Waterfall, 140 m high
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3,003 m
Seelesseen lakes
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Seelesseen lakes, duration 30 minutes
Circular hike over the red rocks and Fernergarten, 2.5 hours
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gratfernerkopf
Block glacier of significant glaciological interest in the Ölgrubenkar
Climbing garden and Riff lbach waterfall with entrance to the “Holderli Seppl” via ferrata
Ibex Slope
The Gepatsch Reservoir
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Survey point marking the position of the glacier in 1857
Quarry for the rubble dam of the Gepatsch Reservoir
Seeds were roasted and processed into a malty beverage
Backdrop for Hollywood Movie “Spectre”
The Gepatschhaus was built in 1873, making it the oldest Alpine Club hut of the Frankfurt section; in 1895 the chapel was built entirely of wood to hold mass for mountain guides and visitors
Glacier Pothole
Lupins – poor man’s coffee
Urflschlucht Gorge
This is where the chase with Daniel Craig on the mountain road was filmed
The last inhabited farmstead in the Kaunertal
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2,749 m
Dichterbankl (poet’s bench)
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Larch Giant
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2,942 m
hochgampe k.
Glacier Road
The deeply cut bed of the Faggenbach stream, which empties into the reservoir
Carving in the trunk of a 250 year old larch tree
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plangerossspitze
weissseespitze
Glacier Crevasse
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This was where Duke Friedrich of Habsburg sought refuge for a few days whilst fleeing from Constance to Merano 500 years ago.
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kaiserbergtal
Subalpine Zone 1,600 – 2,100 m
From alpine meadows to the eternal ice. A journey on the Kaunertal Glacier Road lets you experience every Alpine vegetation zone. The retreat of the glaciers has revealed a unique landscape in the upper reaches of the Kaunertal that offers visitors an ever-changing natural spectacle.
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3,010 m
The Kaunertal Glacier Road
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Zirbenknotten, a favourite spot 19 Zirbenwald nörderberg (Stone Pine Forest) Schnapsloch, 20 2,870 m a favourite spot 21
Montane Zone 900 – 1,600 m
Herzogmad
fernergarten
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Gepatschhaus
atemkogel
Camping in the municipality of Kaunertal is permitted at officially approved campsites. There are no campsites directly on the Kaunertal Glacier Road. Camping along the road is therefore prohibited. Campsites in the Kaunertal Glacier region are located in Platz/Kaunertal, Prutz and Ried.
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Hiking Path Over The Red Rocks
Fernergarten/ Climbing Garden
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Camping prohibited!
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2,989 m
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kreuzkopf 2,683 m atemkopf
Attention!
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Schmetterlingsplatz (butterfly place)
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fisslad tal
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rauher kopf
The Zirbenweg Trail
Nassereinalm 2,150 m
Submontane Zone up to 900 m
Blockgletscher
innerer bliggkopf
stange
Scan the QR code for the audio guide.
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2,731 m
äusserer bliggkopf
2,723 m
feichten
Gepatschferner
Kaunertaler Gletscherbahnen & Gletscherstrasse 6524 Kaunertal, Gletscherstraße 240 T +43/5475/55 66, kaunertal@tirolgletscher.com
Excursions Tip:
Mountaincarting at Fendels Summer Mountain – partner company at the entrance of the Kaunertal valley
Important Telephone Number Alpine Emergency 140
My Summer Mountain
The border between Austria and Italy runs right through this point. Up here you have a view of the highest peaks in Austria, Italy and Switzerland
e safely. Experieniocus hosts in alpine
Hiking Tip
Rifflbach waterfall, duration 15 minutes Your summer folder was printed on sustainable paper. Because it's our nature!
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