Viewpoint Melchboden – Zillertaler Höhenstraße loop from Ramsau-Hippach

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Zillertal

Ramsau im Zillertal

Viewpoint Melchboden – Zillertaler Höhenstraße loop from Ramsau-Hippach

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Viewpoint Melchboden – Zillertaler Höhenstraße loop from Ramsau-Hippach

04:49

50.9km

1,870m

Mountain biking

Hard mountain bike ride. Very good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. Some portions of the route may require you to push your bike. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 20, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 38.2 km for 54 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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170 m

Ziller River

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Rafting is really great, but there are also comfortable paths and variety for bikers and hikers.

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14.7 km

Melchboden Summit – Zillertal High Alpine Road

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By bike, this is the highest point on the Zillertaler Höhenstraße. From here you have a wonderful view of the valley and the surrounding mountains.

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14.7 km

Viewpoint Melchboden

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At 2,020 metres, Melchboden is the highest point on the Zillertal High Mountain Road. The view from up here is sensational.

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17.0 km

Zillertal Panorama

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18.4 km

Zillertaler Höhenstraße

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Really cool

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28.8 km

Zillertal High Road

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Originally built at the beginning of the 1960s, the narrow mountain road - initially still a gravel road - was used by the farmers to manage the alpine pastures and to control the torrent. This was necessary in order to cope with the numerous floods in this area.

Later it was also opened to tourists and gradually expanded. Cars and motorcycles pay tolls, but of course cyclists don't.

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38.6 km

Kaltenbach Covered Wooden Bridge with Statue of a Saint

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This beautiful bridge construction is not the destination of your tour, but a very beautiful part of the route.

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49.7 km

Covered wooden bridge over the Ziller

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Very nice bridge to drive on.

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50.9 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

36.0 km

8.60 km

3.69 km

1.78 km

835 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

47.5 km

1.29 km

1.05 km

626 m

250 m

208 m

Elevation

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Highest point (2,010 m)

Lowest point (550 m)

Weather

Wednesday 7 October

18°C

9°C

99 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 6.0 km/h

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Comments

September 10, 2023,10.09.23 - Zillertaler Höhenstrasse

Lunchtime on the Zirmstadel at 1800m above sea level. Food simply excellent and inexpensive. We were able to charge our batteries here, otherwise it would probably have been tight.

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July 17, 2024,Viewpoint Melchboden – Melchboden Runde von Zellbergeben

We did the round trip on an e-bike. Our 9-year-old little man completed the round.

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August 8, 2024,Vom Tal zur Kristallhütte, Melchboden, über Ramsau am Ziller entlang zurück nach Ried

At kilometer 26 the battery was almost empty because there was no charging plug for my bike up there 🤔, so avoid Yamaha eBikes 😉

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October 19, 2021,Zillertaler Höhenstraße inkl. Trails im Downhill

Brilliant view ☝️ And unplanned by me, komoot added the "Almdudler Höllenritt" downhill. Not for the faint of heart 😁

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October 12, 2022,Zillertaler Höhenstraße

Today with a little shortcut at the height. I briefly left the Höhenstraße and saved me 150hm over a forest path. But it wasn't a good idea, since there was a brutal incline and there were also one or the other sign with crossed-out wheels (I then pushed dutifully). Nevertheless, a great tour with nice weather today 🙃

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