Ötztal Glacier Road

The glacier road runs from Sölden to Rettenbachferner and Tiefenbach Glacier. It was built in 1972 and at that time branched off from the existing road to Solden. The road section to Tiefenbachferner runs through the Rosi Mittermeier tunnel, the highest tunnel in Europe, which was named after the former German alpine skier Rosi Mittermeier. At the end of the tunnel, the road reaches the 2,829 meters above sea level with. A. highest paved spot in Austria and the Alps, which you can reach in the summer months with a normal car, bike or motorcycle. Then it goes to something deeper parking lot before the ski lift to the Tiefenbachferner. The biking the glacier road is a toll road.