Grossglockner High Alpine Road from Fusch: elevation profile

Grossglockner High Alpine Road from Fusch: 26.6 km uphill, gaining 1,725 m at an average of 6.5%. The profile below is coloured by climb category, with the grade of every kilometre.

GROSSGLOCKNER HIGH ALPINE ROADfrom Fusch26.6 km1,866 m climbing2,537 m max5001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0000510152025kmHC · 20.1 km · 7.9 %HC · 20.1 km · 7.9 %3 · 4 km · 6.2 %3 · 4 km · 6.2 %Cat 3HCstickprofil.com

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Key figures

Length
26.6 km
Start altitude
812 m
Summit altitude
2,537 m
Height gain, start to summit
1,725 m
Total climbing
1,866 m
Average grade
6.5%
Category (our calculation)
HC

Category HC by our calculation (length × average grade), an approximation rather than an official ranking.

What the profile shows

The steepest kilometres are around km 27. The grade stays close from one half to the other (6.7% then 6.2%). The last 3 kilometres average 7.1%. Kilometres 22 and 23 go downhill: the road loses height before climbing again.

Estimated grade per km

  1. km 10.7%
  2. km 21.5%
  3. km 33.3%
  4. km 47.6%
  5. km 510.9%
  6. km 66.2%
  7. km 72.7%
  8. km 85.5%
  9. km 910.7%
  10. km 109.8%
  11. km 118.8%
  12. km 1210.1%
  13. km 138.1%
  14. km 149.5%
  15. km 1511%
  16. km 169.2%
  17. km 1710.7%
  18. km 1810%
  19. km 1910.1%
  20. km 208.3%
  21. km 214.8%
  22. km 22-9.4%
  23. km 23-2.4%
  24. km 245.1%
  25. km 254.3%
  26. km 266.7%
  27. km 27 (600 m)14.8%

Profile calculated from OpenStreetMap and the Copernicus terrain model: length and altitude may differ by a few tens of metres, and the kilometre-by-kilometre grades are estimates.

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