Silvretta High Alpine Road
Our partner hotel Apart Vivaldi is located in one of the most beautiful Alpine valleys in Tyrol. With a host whose favorite tour starts right outside the front door - without a long journey or even a preamble. Jan's absolute favorite is the legendary Silvretta High Alpine Road, one of the most beautiful panoramic routes in Austria.
DATA AND ROUTE
Length: 23 km
Highest point: 2,032 m
Difficulty: easy to medium
Toll: Yes
Winter closure: November to May
The provinces of Tyrol and Vorarlberg share this amazing road with 34 hairpin bends. It was created as a lorry track up to the construction site of the Silvretta reservoir and was built from 1938 coming from the Montafon. However, we owe its final expansion to a real construction scandal: after the dam was built, no contractor was prepared to take the now unnecessary huge excavator on the Bielerhöhe back down into the valley. So from 1951 onwards, the excavator, with changing drivers, made its own way down to Partenen for a good 4 years, thus forcibly creating the route of today's High Alpine Road, so to speak. Our tip: Treat yourself to the Silvretta High Alpine Road from both directions.
From Apart Vivaldi to the highest point:
Kurviger route ›››››
