Sölkpaßstraße
5483.8 m · net rise 541.4 m · total ascent 544.3 m · overall 9.9% · evidence quality B (good) · Schöder · Steiermark · share
Shape: sustained — 33% of the climbing sits in a quarter of the distance; longest continuous stretch at 10%+ is 1184 m.
Matches: Wikipedia — Sölkpass (1,790 m) — the highest pass road in Styria; Wikipedia pass article.
≈ Overhead cover (tree canopy or structures) spans 5% of this route — detected by comparing the surface model (DSM, treetops and rooftops) against the terrain model (DTM, bare ground). Under cover the bare-ground model is built from fewer laser returns, so metre-scale readings can wobble; maxima whose window sits in a covered zone are marked ≈ below — less certain — the flag does not say whether the true value is higher or lower. Longer windows average over more clean ground and are steadier.
Gradient ladder what do windows mean?
| Window | Maximum | Located at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 m (diagnostic) | ≈33% | 1988–1990 m | under overhead cover terrain reads 39.6% at 788–790 m across a structure — excluded |
| 3 m (diagnostic) | ≈29% | 1988–1991 m | under overhead cover terrain reads 38.6% at 787–790 m across a structure — excluded |
| 5 m | ≈22% | 1988–1993 m | under overhead cover terrain reads 37.3% at 785–790 m across a structure — excluded |
| 10 m | ≈20% | 3478–3488 m | under overhead cover terrain reads 28.3% at 781–791 m across a structure — excluded |
| 20 m | ≈16.1% | 5087–5107 m | under overhead cover terrain reads 19.1% at 3496–3516 m across a structure — excluded |
| 25 m | ≈16.0% | 5090–5115 m | under overhead cover terrain reads 17.4% at 3492–3517 m across a structure — excluded |
| 50 m | ≈15.8% | 5080–5130 m | under overhead cover terrain reads 16.0% at 3466–3516 m across a structure — excluded |
| 100 m | 15.3% | 5047–5147 m |
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: Listed 2026-09-11 (Austria run 1): road audit — way 148176139: unnamed service way; way 148176139: service way, surface untagged. Never silently ranked or dropped (Peter, 2026-08-27).
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%
© OpenStreetMap contributors · topo tiles © OpenTopoMap (CC-BY-SA) · vector tiles OpenFreeMap · aerial imagery © basemap.at (CC BY 4.0)
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 | E4629-N2689, E4629-N2690, E4629-N2691, E4629-N2692, E4630-N2689, E4630-N2690, E4630-N2691, E4630-N2692 |
| Road centreline | OpenStreetMap (local PBF extract) |
| Quality status | evidence quality B; caveated windows: canopy or structure, texture excluded |
| Analysis | OCL 0.1.0, analysis 0.1.0, run texture-at-at-260911, calculated 2026-09-11 |
Provenance
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