Timmelsjoch High Alpine Road starts the season

The ‘secret gap in the Alps’ between the Ötztal and the South Tyrolean Passeier Valley has been open to traffic again since today 7 a.m.. For many, it is Tyrol's most beautiful panoramic road.

In a record time of four weeks, the approximately 34-kilometre-long Timmelsjoch High Alpine Road between Gurgl and Moos in Passeier was cleared of up to nine metres of snow. ‘The first visitors will see walls of snow up to four metres high,’ says Timmelsjoch High Alpine Road CEO Manfred Tschopfer, delighted with the early start to the season. It will be open daily from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. and, depending on the weather, until around the end of October or beginning of November.



With summer tyres and free of salt
The modern secured pass road is passable with summer tyres and without salt. It is popular for day trips as well as a varied route south to Merano or onwards to Lake Garda. The bends are harmoniously embedded in the landscape and offer both driving fun and a high alpine nature experience. Along the way, the TOP Mountain Crosspoint with its Motorcycle Museum and panoramic restaurant invites you to take a cosy break.



Timmelsjoch-Erfahrung
Sechs markante Infopoints machen die Timmelsjoch Hochalpenstraße zur weltweit einzigartigen Erlebnisstraße. Die von Werner Tscholl gestalteten Architektur-Skulpturen der „Timmelsjoch Erfahrung“ erzählen von den Pionieren des Straßenbaus nördlich und südlich des Passübergangs, Schmuggelabenteuern, Europas einstmals höchstem Bergwerk, der wundersamen Kraft der Zirbe, UFO-Landungen, der Waldpolizei, den Gletschern als Landschaftsarchitekten u. v. m.