Ötztal Glacier Road

Ötztaler Gletscherstraße

The highest paved road in Austria, climbing from Sölden to the Rettenbachferner glacier ski area at 2,830m. Hosts the annual FIS Alpine Ski World Cup opening race each October.

Kaunertal Glacier Road

Kaunertaler Gletscherstraße

A spectacular 26km toll road from the Kaunertal to the Weißseeferner glacier at 2,750m. One of the highest drivable points in Austria, featuring the Gepatschstausee reservoir along the route.

Pitztal Glacier Road

Pitztaler Gletscherstraße

A dead-end road leading to Austria's highest glacier ski area at the Pitztaler Gletscher. Ends at the Mittelbergferner glacier, where a cable car reaches 3,440m on the Hinteren Brunnenkogel.

Edelweißspitze

The highest paved viewpoint on the Grossglockner route, reached via a spur road from the Fuscher Törl. Offers a 360-degree panorama of over 30 peaks above 3,000m. The highest paved point in Austria accessible without toll.

Grossglockner High Alpine Road

Großglockner Hochalpenstraße

Austria's most famous alpine road, offering spectacular views of the Grossglockner (3,798m), Austria's highest peak, and the Pasterze glacier. The toll road features 36 hairpin turns across 48km.

Timmelsjoch

Timmelsjoch / Passo del Rombo

A high alpine border crossing between Austria's Ötztal valley and Italy's Passeiertal. Features striking modern architecture installations along the route and spectacular high-altitude views.

Staller Sattel

Stallersattel / Passo Stalle

Border crossing between the Defereggental in East Tyrol and the Antholzertal in South Tyrol (Italy). Features alternating one-way traffic regulation and the beautiful Obersee lake at the summit.

Nockalmstraße

A scenic 34km toll road winding through the gentle, rounded Nock Mountains in the Biosphere Reserve Nockberge. Features 52 hairpin turns and soft, grassy alpine landscapes unlike the rugged high Alps.

Silvretta High Alpine Road

Silvretta Hochalpenstraße

A beautiful toll road connecting the Paznaun valley in Tyrol with the Montafon valley in Vorarlberg via the Bielerhöhe. Features the turquoise Silvretta reservoir and views of the Silvretta glacier group.

Zillertaler Höhenstraße

A scenic panoramic road in the Zillertal Alps reaching above the treeline. One of Austria's most beautiful dead-end mountain roads with views of the Zillertal glaciers. Narrow and winding.

Kühtai Sattel

Kühtaisattel

The highest year-round paved pass road in Austria, connecting the Sellraintal with the Ötztal. Passes through the ski resort of Kühtai and offers access to high-altitude alpine terrain year-round.

Malta Hochalmstraße

A spectacular toll road leading into the Malta Valley to the Kölnbrein Dam, Austria's highest arch dam. Features narrow tunnels, waterfalls, and dramatic gorge scenery.

Hahntennjoch

One of the most spectacular mountain roads in the Northern Limestone Alps, connecting Imst in the Inn valley with Elmen in the Lechtal. Extremely popular with motorcyclists for its challenging hairpin bends.

Arlberg Pass

Arlbergpass

Historic pass connecting Tyrol and Vorarlberg. The Arlberg road tunnel carries most traffic, but the scenic old pass road over the top remains open and popular with motorcyclists and cyclists.

Sölk Pass

Sölkpass

A scenic crossing of the Niedere Tauern connecting the Enns valley with the Mur valley in Styria. Runs through the Sölktäler Nature Park with pristine alpine landscapes and relatively little traffic.

Goldeck Panoramastraße

A scenic panoramic toll road climbing from Spittal an der Drau to the Goldeck mountain. Views over the Drau valley, the Hohe Tauern, and the Carinthian lake district.

Flexen Pass

Flexenpass

Connects Stuben am Arlberg with the Lech valley and the famous ski resorts of Lech and Zürs. Features impressive engineering with avalanche galleries and tight switchbacks carved into rock.

Turracher Höhe

Connects the Gurktal in Carinthia with the Murtal in Styria. Famous for its extreme 23% gradient sections on the Styrian side, making it one of the steepest paved passes in the Alps. Features a lake at the summit.

Furkajoch

A scenic pass connecting the Großes Walsertal with Damüls in the Bregenzerwald. The narrow, winding road is popular with motorcyclists and offers panoramic views of the Vorarlberg mountains.

Stubai Glacier Road

Stubaier Gletscherstraße

Road leading up the Stubaital to the Stubai Glacier ski area, one of Austria's largest glacier ski resorts. The road ends at the Mutterberg lift station at the valley head.

Obertauern Pass

Obertauern

Pass summit that doubles as one of Austria's most snow-reliable ski resorts. Famous as the location where the Beatles filmed scenes for 'Help!' in 1965. Connects Radstadt with the Lungau.

Radstädter Tauern Pass

Radstädter Tauernpass

Historic crossing of the Tauern range connecting the Enns valley at Radstadt with the Lungau at Mauterndorf. Used since Roman times. The old B99 road offers a scenic alternative to the Tauern motorway tunnel.

Villacher Alpenstraße

A 16.5km toll panoramic road climbing from Villach to the Dobratsch nature park. Offers stunning views over Villach, the Karawanken, Julian Alps, and on clear days into Italy and Slovenia.

Hochtannberg Pass

Hochtannbergpass

Connects Warth in the Lechtal with Schröcken in the Bregenzerwald. Offers beautiful views and forms part of the route from Lech to Bregenz through two of Vorarlberg's most scenic valleys.

Weinebene

A pass in the Koralpe range connecting the Lavanttal in Carinthia with western Styria. Known for wind energy installations and winter sports. Features a gentle plateau at the summit.

Felbertauern Road

Felbertauernstraße

Connects Mittersill in Salzburg with Matrei in East Tyrol via the 5.2km Felbertauern tunnel. An important year-round north-south connection through the Hohe Tauern range, avoiding the seasonal Grossglockner road.

Klippitztörl

A pass in the Saualpe range connecting the Lavanttal with the Görtschitztal in Carinthia. Features a small ski area near the summit and pastoral alpine meadows.

Katschberg Pass

Katschbergpass

Connects the Lungau in Salzburg with the Liesertal in Carinthia. A historic north-south route through the Tauern range. The area around the pass is a popular ski resort in winter.

Gleinalm Sattel

Gleinalmsattel

The old road over the Gleinalpe connecting the Mur valley near Leoben with Graz. A scenic mountain road alternative to the Gleinalm motorway tunnel, popular with cyclists and motorcyclists.

Pillerhöhe

Connects the Pitztal entrance (Wenns) with the Kaunertal via the Piller plateau. Offers beautiful views and passes through a nature park with ancient moor landscapes and diverse flora.

Gaberl Pass

Gaberlpass

Connects Köflach in western Styria with Judenburg in the Mur valley via the Gleinalpe/Stubalpe range. A quiet, scenic road popular with motorcyclists that avoids the motorway.

Nassfeld Pass

Nassfeldpass / Passo di Pramollo

A border crossing between Carinthia and Friuli (Italy) in the Carnic Alps. Home to one of Carinthia's largest ski areas with beautiful views of the surrounding limestone peaks.

Kartitscher Sattel

A scenic pass in East Tyrol connecting the Drautal near Sillian with the Lesachtal. Offers views of the Lienz Dolomites and the Carnic Alps. A quieter alternative to the main valley routes.

Gerlos Pass

Gerlospass

Connects the Zillertal in Tyrol with the Oberpinzgau in Salzburg. Part of the Gerlos Alpenstraße toll road, known for excellent road quality and proximity to the Krimml Waterfalls, Austria's highest.

Reschen Pass

Reschenpass / Passo di Resia

A border crossing connecting the Oberinntal in Tyrol with the Vinschgau in South Tyrol (Italy). Famous for the submerged church tower of Graun visible rising from the Reschensee reservoir.

Faschinajoch

Connects the Großes Walsertal with the Bregenzerwald via Damüls. A quieter alternative route through Vorarlberg's mountain landscape with charming alpine villages.

Flattnitz

Connects the Gurktal with the Metnitztal in central Carinthia. The pass summit is a gentle high plateau popular for cross-country skiing in winter and hiking in summer.

Brenner Pass

Brennerpass / Passo del Brennero

The lowest crossing of the main Alpine ridge and one of the most important transalpine routes since Roman times. Connects Innsbruck with Bolzano/Bozen in Italy via a major freight and passenger corridor.

Loibl Pass

Loiblpass / Ljubelj

A historic crossing between Carinthia and Slovenia. The old pass road features impressive hairpin bends and is popular with cyclists. Most traffic uses the Loibl tunnel. Site of a WWII memorial.

Plöcken Pass

Plöckenpass / Passo di Monte Croce Carnico

A border crossing between the Gailtal in Austria and Friuli in Italy. Site of fierce World War I fighting with a museum and memorials at the summit. The Italian side has dramatic hairpin bends.

Dientner Sattel

Connects Bischofshofen in the Salzachtal with Dienten and the Hochkönig area. Named after the mighty Hochkönig massif (2,941m) towering above. Part of a scenic route through the Salzburg mountains.

Soboth Pass

Sobothpass

Connects the Lavanttal in Carinthia with Südsteiermark (southern Styria). A scenic and winding route through mixed forests near the Slovenian border with the Soboth reservoir.

Filzensattel

Connects Dienten am Hochkönig with Saalfelden in the Pinzgau. Passes through scenic alpine meadows beneath the Hochkönig massif. Part of the B164 road.

Thurn Pass

Pass Thurn

Connects Kitzbühel in Tyrol with Mittersill in the Salzburg Pinzgau. An important year-round regional connection offering views of the Kitzbühel Alps and Hohe Tauern range.

Triebener Tauern

Connects the Paltental with the Murtal in Styria, crossing the Wölzer Tauern. A quiet alternative to the nearby Schoberpass with pastoral alpine scenery and gentle gradients.

Präbichl

Connects Vordernberg (near Leoben) with Eisenerz on the Steirische Eisenstraße (Iron Trail). Offers views of the famous Erzberg open-pit iron mine and the dramatic Eisenerz Alps.

Seeberg Sattel

Seebergsattel / Jezerski Vrh

A quiet, scenic border crossing between Carinthia (Eisenkappel-Vellach) and Slovenia through the Karawanken range. Features mixed forests and alpine meadows.

Fern Pass

Fernpass

An important north-south route connecting the Inntal with the Außerfern region and onward to Germany. One of the most trafficked alpine passes, known for the stunning green Blindsee lake visible from the road.

Iselsberg Pass

Iselsbergpass

A scenic pass connecting Lienz in East Tyrol with the Mölltal in Carinthia, linking to the Grossglockner road. Offers panoramic views of the Lienz Dolomites and the Hohe Tauern range.

Pack Sattel

Packsattel

One of the most important passes connecting Styria with Carinthia through the Pack range. The old B70 pass road is a popular motorcycle route while most traffic uses the A2 motorway tunnel.

Bödele

A panoramic pass road connecting Dornbirn in the Rhine valley with the Bregenzerwald. Famous for its sweeping views over Lake Constance (Bodensee) and the Rhine valley. Popular local recreation area.

Gaicht Pass

Gaichtpass

Connects the Lechtal with the Tannheimer Tal in Tyrol. A scenic road through a narrow gorge and over a low saddle, providing access between two popular Austrian holiday valleys.

Lahnsattel

Connects the Mürztal in Styria with the Salzatal near Mariazell in Lower Austria. A scenic pass through forested mountains with access to the Ötscher area.

Zirlerberg

The steep ascent from Zirl in the Inn valley up to the Seefeld plateau and onward to Germany. Known for its very steep gradient reaching 16%, it is the main road to Seefeld and the Mittenwald border crossing.

Perchauer Sattel

Connects Neumarkt in der Steiermark with Scheifling in the upper Murtal. A quiet pass road offering peaceful alpine farming landscapes.

Pötschen Pass

Pötschenpass

Connects Bad Aussee in the Styrian Salzkammergut with Bad Goisern in Upper Austria. A scenic road through the heart of the Salzkammergut with views of the Dachstein massif.

Semmering Pass

Semmeringpass

Historic pass between Lower Austria and Styria. The Semmering Railway (1854) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and was the world's first mountain railway. A major route connecting Vienna with southern Austria.

Hengst Pass

Hengstpass

Connects Windischgarsten in Upper Austria with Altenmarkt bei St. Gallen in Styria. A scenic pass through dense forests with views of the Gesäuse mountains and the wild Enns valley.

Gailberg Sattel

Gailbergsattel

Connects the Drautal with the Gailtal in southern Carinthia/East Tyrol. A relatively low and gentle pass providing an important connection between two main east-west valleys of southern Austria.

Wechsel Pass

Wechselpass

Connects the Wiener Neustadt basin with eastern Styria. A gentler alternative to the Semmering with views of the Wechsel massif. Part of the S6 Semmering Schnellstraße route.

Griessen Pass

Griessenpass

A border crossing between the Pillersee valley in Tyrol and Bavaria (Germany). The road runs through a scenic valley with views of the Loferer Steinberge mountains.

Annaberg

A pass on the route from St. Pölten to Mariazell in the Lower Austrian Alps. The Mariazellerbahn narrow-gauge railway follows a parallel route. Popular weekend area for Vienna residents.

Pyhrn Pass

Pyhrnpass

Historic route connecting the Kremstal in Upper Austria with the Enns valley in Styria. While the Bosruck tunnel carries motorway traffic, the old pass road through Spital am Pyhrn is a scenic alternative.

Schober Pass

Schoberpass

Connects the Mur valley near Leoben with the Palten/Enns valley. One of the lowest alpine passes and an important transit route. The old road is quiet and scenic; most traffic uses the A9 motorway.

Mandling Pass

Mandlingpass

A barely noticeable low pass connecting Eben im Pongau (Salzburg) with Schladming (Styria). Marks the continental divide between the Salzach and Enns river systems despite its gentle gradient.

Koppen Pass

Koppenpass

Low pass connecting Obertraun near Hallstatt with Bad Aussee. The road runs alongside the Koppentraun river near the famous Dachstein ice caves and the UNESCO Hallstatt-Dachstein region.

Strub Pass

Strubpass / Pass Strub

Low pass connecting St. Johann in Tirol with Lofer in Salzburg. Follows the Strub valley along the Saalach river. A gentle, scenic route beneath the Loferer and Leoganger Steinberge.

Pass Lueg

The narrow gorge of the Salzach river between Golling and Werfen. A historically strategic narrows that controlled access to the inner Salzburg Alps. The modern road includes tunnels through the gorge.