Grossglockner Mountain Road
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The Grossglockner Hochalpenstrasse is a wonderful mountain road in Austria. It starts in the center of the village Bruck and goes 48km to Heiligenblut in the south. The best way to drive along is by motorcycle and this is the only road I know with parking areas for motorcycle drivers which offer big safes for helmets and clothes for free. Here you can see the Grossglockner, which is the rock like a pyramid in the background.
These dams protect the villages of Mölltal from floods and collect water for the hydroelectric powers...
The water that melts in the summer from the Pasterze glacier flows into an artificial lake. The water...
This little peak in Hohe Tauern Nationalpark - along with the lake beneath - used to be under the Gla...
This little peak in Hohe Tauern Nationalpark - along with the lake beneath - used to be under the Gla...
This stone garden is at the crossing of hiking trails in Hohe Tauern Nationalpark. Standing between t...
The enchanting beauty of the reflection of the peaks of Hohe Tauern national Park. This lake of glaci...
The Grossglockner Hochalpenstrasse is a wonderful mountain road in Austria. It starts in the center o...
On the Grossglockner Hochalpenstrasse one comes across many waterfalls, but this one - only about 1km...
On the Grossglockner Hochalpenstrasse one comes across many waterfalls, but this one - only about 1km...
Panorama taken at 2200 m above sea level, in Nationalpark Hohe Tauern, next to the Roemerhutte - Alpi...
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