The Ötztal Glacier Road, (German: Ötztaler Gletscherstraße), at 2,830 m (9,285 ft), is the second highest paved road in Europe.
It was built in 1972 as a spur from the existing Hochsölden road.
Near the top of the valley, the foot of the Rettenbach glacier, the road turns south and continues climbing through a ski tunnel—the second highest road tunnel in Europe—where the highest point of the road is at the southern end of the tunnel.
From there it descends to the ski station at the foot of the Tiefenbachferner glacier.
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