Ötztaler Gletscherstraße (Rettenbach)
12542.4 m · net rise 1375.5 m · total ascent 1400.6 m · overall 11.0% · evidence quality B (good) · Sölden · Tirol · share
Shape: sustained — 28% of the climbing sits in a quarter of the distance; longest continuous stretch at 10%+ is 1365 m.
Matches: Toll alpine roads (operators' pages), Wikipedia — Ötztaler Gletscherstraße — toll glacier road above Sölden; the operator publishes no bicycle tariff, so the bicycle charge is unknown — Ötztaler Gletscherstraße — the glacier road from Sölden to the Rettenbachferner and, through the tunnel, the Tiefenbachferner; Wikipedia article.
Gradient ladder what do windows mean?
| Window | Maximum | Located at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 m (diagnostic) | ≈18% | 6593–6595 m | under overhead cover terrain reads 275.2% at 4947–4949 m across a structure — excluded |
| 3 m (diagnostic) | ≈17% | 6593–6596 m | under overhead cover terrain reads 231.7% at 4947–4950 m across a structure — excluded |
| 5 m | ≈16% | 6593–6598 m | under overhead cover terrain reads 170.2% at 4946–4951 m across a structure — excluded |
| 10 m | ≈15% | 6593–6603 m | under overhead cover terrain reads 87.8% at 4941–4951 m across a structure — excluded |
| 20 m | ≈14.4% | 6593–6613 m | under overhead cover terrain reads 49.5% at 4931–4951 m across a structure — excluded |
| 25 m | ≈14.3% | 6772–6797 m | under overhead cover terrain reads 41.8% at 4926–4951 m across a structure — excluded |
| 50 m | ≈14.0% | 12100–12150 m | under overhead cover terrain reads 26.3% at 4901–4951 m across a structure — excluded |
| 100 m | ≈13.6% | 7045–7145 m | under overhead cover terrain reads 18.5% at 4851–4951 m across a structure — excluded |
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Map
Check this route yourself: Google Maps route via their router · Street View at the base where coverage exists · geojson.io our exact measured line · OpenTopoMap
This climb's data: OCL JSON — the full gradient ladder, quality flags and provenance in the OpenClimb Ladder format.
Surface: GIP.at, Austria's official transport graph records no surface for this road; the map may tell you more.
Access: Toll road: the Ötztaler Gletscherstraße charges motor vehicles; whether bicycles are charged is unknown — the operator publishes no bicycle tariff either way.
Measured, not vetted. This page records what the laser record shows about the road's shape — nothing more. Nobody has necessarily ridden or inspected this road for the survey, and a page here is not a recommendation and no guarantee that the road is open, surfaced, rideable or safe. Gates, private sections, missing rights of way and hazards do not show up in elevation data. Check access and conditions on the ground and make your own judgment.
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Route colour = gradient over a 25 m window: <10% 10–20% 20–25% ≥25%
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Profile
The map, profile and gradient chart share one position — move your pointer over them and the marker follows. Colors are the gradient bands; the shaded span is the steepest 25 m. Any 25 m figure is good to about a point either way (why).
Measurement card
| Elevation | BEV ALS DTM 1 m — ALS DTM Höhenraster 1 m (Bundesamt für Eich- und Vermessungswesen with the Länder), EPSG:3035 |
|---|---|
| Resolution / CRS | 1.0 m grid, EPSG:3035; sampled every 1.0 m, bilinear interpolation |
| Tiles | E4391-N2647, E4391-N2648, E4392-N2647, E4392-N2648, E4392-N2649, E4393-N2648, E4393-N2649, E4394-N2649, E4394-N2650, E4395-N2649, E4395-N2650, E4396-N2649, E4396-N2650, E4397-N2649, E4397-N2650 |
| Road centreline | OpenStreetMap (local PBF extract) |
| Quality status | evidence quality B; caveated windows: structure excluded |
| Analysis | OCL 0.1.0, analysis 0.1.0, run passes-at-rerun-260915, calculated 2026-09-15 |
Provenance
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