• Fuscher Törl 2428m
  • Fuscher Törl monument
  • Brennkogel 3018m
  • two mountaineers!
  • Breitkopf 3140m
  • Crop below
  • This is pretty cool too! :) - zzapback

The Fuscher Törl mountain pass at the High Alpine road

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The Grossglockner High Alpine Road is a panoramic road in Austria. The most famous route through the Alps ends just before the jewel in the Hohe Tauern national park's crown: the highest mountain and the largest glacier in Austria, the Großglockner 3,798 m and its glacier, the Pasterze. You will have a driving and nature experience of a special kind on 48 kilometres of high alpine road with 36 bends, and an altitude ascent to 2,504 metres! You pass through a unique world of mountains with blossoming alpine meadows, fragrant mountain forests, massive cliffs and eternal ice to the foot of the Grossglockner, the Kaiser-Franz-Josefs-Höhe.

The Grossglockner high Alpine road in Austria is 48 kilometers of pure driving pleasure. The route is described in the brochure as a Bikers Heaven. The Großglockner Hochalpenstraße Road was built between 1930 and 1935, to fight unemployment and boost tourism in Salzburg. It is in within the Nationalpark Hohe Tauern. Closed in winter until end of October to beginning of May. Photo taken from the car park of the Edelweisspitze. A beautiful panoramic view on the Fuscher Törl, a 2428 meters high mountain pass.

De Großglockner Hochalpenstraße is één van de mooiste bergwegen ter wereld en zeker de moeite waard om te bezichtigen. Deze panoramische tolweg verbindt de deelstaat Salzburg met Karinthië. De 47,8 km lange weg leidt middenin het Hohe Tauern National Park naar de hoogste berg van Oostenrijk, de Großglockner 3.798m en zijn gletsjer, de Pasterze. De Pasterzegletsjer is wel 10 km lang en heeft een oppervlakte van bijna 20 m2. De Großglockner Alpenstraße voert je door een wild en rotsachtig landschap. Maar liefst 36 haarspeldbochten zorgen ervoor dat je uiteindelijk tot een hoogte van 2.504 meter stijgt. Tijdens de rit wordt je getrakteerd op adembenemende uitzichten. Ook kun je genieten van de aanblik van enkele honderden bergtoppen van boven de 3.000 meter. Onderweg op de Großglockner Alpenstraße kun je eventueel stoppen bij verschillende uitzichtplaatsen en informatiepunten. Voor kinderen zijn er speeltuintjes en ook is het mogelijk om in echte sneeuw te spelen. Er zijn tevens 2 kabelbanen die je de mogelijkheid bieden om nog meer van de mooie omgeving te bekijken.

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  1. hamapenguin 18 months ago | reply

    fantastic view!

  2. Anne -marie 18 months ago | reply

    holla Ben fantastic view ...

  3. Anna.Andres 18 months ago | reply

    Beautiful view. Happy New Year 2012

  4. godisinusall (GreyReb in+out) 18 months ago | reply

    Wonderful panorama portrait ! Such a beautiful place to visit !! Seeing different parts of Earth through your camera has been a true learning experience !! Ben, you make a grand teacher !! Have a great New Years !!! This photo is such a perfect masterpiece !!

  5. Toni Mauri 18 months ago | reply

    Extraordinary work, wonderful photo !!
    Happy New Year !!

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  6. rotraud_71 18 months ago | reply

    :NOW THIS IS ART!

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  7. art photon 18 months ago | reply

    Beautiful!

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  8. AnnuskA - AnnA Theodora 18 months ago | reply

    really cool scenery
    great shot, Ben! :)

  9. ++NiklasPhotography++ 18 months ago | reply

    Wow, that's a very good photo, i really like it!

    Happy New Year 2012!!!

  10. peggyhr 18 months ago | reply

    Schitterend!

  11. holland fotograaf [on/off] 18 months ago | reply

    pracht panorama mooi gemaakt mooie timing ook
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    Seen in my contacts' photos. ( ?² )

  12. capitan flickr 18 months ago | reply

    Very good, thank you
    for adding to
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    I love this image!
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  13. Dani℮l 18 months ago | reply

    Wat een wereld Ben, zie ik toch nog wat sneeuw dezer dagen,,,,:)

  14. Lopamudra! 18 months ago | reply

    Amazing place...they shouldn't have built a road for sake of nature lovers !!

  15. STEHOUWER AND RECIO 18 months ago | reply

    Gaaf contrast tussen de door mensen gemaakte weg en dat imposante hooggebergte!

  16. Christian Vorstenbosch 18 months ago | reply

    Prachtige foto Ben. Schitterende compositie en kleuren.

  17. agedsenator 17 months ago | reply

    NOW THIS IS ART!

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  18. -MARCO POLO- 17 months ago | reply

    ¡Que maravilla de lugar!
    Un saludo.

    ISLA PARTICULAR EN BJORNABAFJORD (Noruega)

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