Motorcycle ride in Carinthia

Nockalmstraße

35 km (22 miles), 55 min, intermediate

This scenic toll road crosses the Nockberge Biosphere Park in Carinthia, with its round, grassy summits. From Innerkrems, it crosses the Eisentalhöhe and then the Schiestelscharte, both above 2,000 m, with more than fifty bends, before dropping down to Ebene Reichenau. Open from about May to October.

Schiestelscharte. Photo: Johann Jaritz, CC BY-SA 3.0 at, resized

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Stops along the way

SStart: Innerkrems
1Eisentalhöhe, after 8 km (5 miles)
2Schiestelscharte, after 21 km (13 miles)
FFinish: Ebene Reichenau, after 35 km (22 miles)

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Photos along the route

Eisentalhöhe. Photo: Johann Jaritz, CC BY-SA 3.0, resized

Ebene Reichenau. Photo: C.Stadler/Bwag, CC BY-SA 4.0, resized

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Roads change: passes close in winter, roadworks, rockfalls, local restrictions. Check the road before you set off. MotoLert does not replace road signs or the Highway Code.

Route planned by MotoLert with Valhalla on © OpenStreetMap contributors data (ODbL). Photos from Wikimedia Commons, with the author and licence under each image.

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