Grossglockner Pass / Edelweissspitze from Heiligenblut via Hochtor

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SHC

4.3 4 reviews | Statistics | 22 photos

1618

difficulty points

6.6%

avg. gradient

13.1%

steepest 100 meters

26km

length

1712m

total ascent

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Grossglockner Pass / Edelweissspitze from Heiligenblut via Hochtor is a climb in the region Carinthia. It is 26km long and bridges 1712 vertical meters with an average gradient of 6.6%, resulting in a difficulty score of 1618. The top of the ascent is located at 2538 meters above sea level. Climbfinder users shared 4 reviews of this climb and uploaded 22 photos.

Road name: 107

4.0 by Gorgorbey

This is an automatic translation, the original language is: Dutch.
I know that every col everyone has a different experience with a climb. Depending on condition, weight, length, talent, and so on. And so I don't like it when someone wants to undermine someone else's experience. But after reading this review yesterday, I thought I was in for an easy cl... read more

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Grossglockner Pass / Edelweissspitze from Heiligenblut via Hochtor

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Statistics

Grossglockner Pass / Edelweissspitze from Heiligenblut via Hochtor This climb	Carinthia 120 climbs	Austrian Alps 633 climbs	Austria 917 climbs	Alps 4998 climbs	Europe 43819 climbs
Difficulty points 1618 SHC	rank 4 25% easier than Oscheniksee from Ausserfragant	rank 7 25% easier than Oscheniksee from Ausserfragant	rank 7 25% easier than Oscheniksee from Ausserfragant	rank 28 47% easier than Pozza San Glisente / Dos dell'Asino from Esine	rank 66 47% easier than Pozza San Glisente / Dos dell'Asino from Esine
Average gradient 6.6%	rank 62 58% less steep than Lammersdorfer Hütte	rank 394 58% less steep than Lammersdorfer Hütte	rank 523 61% less steep than Kuruzzenkogel from Hofbergweg	rank 2744 75% less steep than Muro di Cassone	rank 11917 78% less steep than Calçada do Rêgo Lameiro
Length 26km	rank 2 36% shorter than Kartitscher Sattel from Kötschach	rank 13 36% shorter than Kartitscher Sattel from Kötschach	rank 13 36% shorter than Kartitscher Sattel from Kötschach	rank 112 55% shorter than Colle della Maddalena from Borgo San Dalmazzo	rank 361 59% shorter than Transfăgărășan from Căpățânenii Pământeni
Total ascent 1712m	rank 3 5% less ascent than Hochwurtenspeicher from Ausserfragant	rank 5 9% less ascent than Kaunertaler Gletscherstrasse from Prutz	rank 5 9% less ascent than Kaunertaler Gletscherstrasse from Prutz	rank 33 19% less ascent than Colle del Nivolet	rank 85 38% less ascent than Pico Veleta / Alto de la Sierra Nevada

Classification

Famous climb

Beautiful scenery

Hidden gem

25 hairpin turns

Road surface condition

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Climbing times

7 km/h	03:42:43
11 km/h	02:21:44
15 km/h	01:43:56
19 km/h	01:22:03

Reviews (4)

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koproster

9 Mo 4.0

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Started from Winklern at car park. From here rode along the main road to Döllach. Indeed, from Döllach you can ride somewhat parallel to the busy road. The climbing then starts immediately but I found it a more pleasant/quiet ride.
You then also arrive a bit higher in Heiligenblut. From there, you are close to the toll booths and it really keeps on climbing. Once at Hochtor, you can take beautiful photos and then drive there to the Edelweissspitze. From Hochtor, you still have to go through 2 tunnels before you can do the hugely congested climb to the Edelweissspitze. When I was there, there was a traffic jam with cars to get to the top. You can get through by bike, though.

Tip: there are not a huge number of restaurants, so bring plenty of food yourself.
Rear lights are a must in the tunnels.
Along the way, I came across in drinking water point anyway.

MichielMatthias

1 y 4.0

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Beautiful climb which starts well before Heiligenblut. The climb goes over the GrossglocknerStrasse which is free for cyclists. The road can be very busy but my experience is that in Austria other road users take cyclists well into account. Tip: leave early. I rode it on my bicycle in somewhat grey weather and even had quite a few fellow road users. At the pass on the point of Hochtor (where a water tap and toilet etc. is located) you drive through a tunnel of a few hundred meters (make sure you have lights). This is followed by a smooth descent and a final climb to the highest point, the Eidelweisspitze. The last 1.5-2km is on cobblestones. On the summit and the descent it was very cold. I read from other cyclists that they had experienced hypothermia on that day (end of July). In the descent it started to rain, fortunately the road surface is mostly good. After descending to the roundabout, I went up the side of the KaiserFransJozef climb. It is then still about 8km climbing (with tough parts in between) to the viewpoint on the glacier of the GrossGlockner.

Gorgorbey +

2 y 4.0

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I know that every col everyone has a different experience with a climb. Depending on condition, weight, length, talent, and so on. And so I don't like it when someone wants to undermine someone else's experience.
But after reading this review yesterday, I thought I was in for an easy climb. That's how trivially the review above was written.
But what is written above 'Relatively easy climb' is 'quatsch' or 'zever in pakskes' as we say in Antwerp.
There is indeed a lot of traffic on this pass, that is correct. But this is not a relatively easy climb. The percentages in the profile here on climbfinder seem a bit low to me. This is without a doubt a tough climb. Dear fellow climbers, do not get caught by this. Soon after Heiligenblut you go to percentages towards 11％ . Around the whole climb, except for a small descent before the summit, the percentages were around or above 10％, so if this climb is relatively easy you won't find any climb in the whole of France that is even a challenge... This is a killer climb. OK, it was 30 degrees when I did it, but a whole climb up to 10％ you can feel it!
Oh yes, and on the other hand, it is just as hard, but even more beautiful!