Heiligenblut

Heiligenblut is a village of 1,000 people (2018) in Carinthia (Kärnten) at one end of one of Austria's most scenic roads.

Understand
Heiligenblut is located in a high valley of the High Tauern range within the Central Eastern Alps. It is at the foot of the Grossglockner, the highest mountain in Austria, and of the Pasterze Glacier. Neighbouring peaks include the Johannisberg and the Fuscherkarkopf in the north, both part of the Alpine divide marking the Carinthia-Salzburg border.

The construction of the nearby railway tunnel to the Fleißalm mountain area at 1,798 m (5,899 ft) is unique in Europe. The 1.6 km-long (1-mile) tunnel is filled with water during the summer but serves as a railway tunnel leading to the Fleißalm winter sports region in winter.

See

 * . None of the approximately 30 paths to the top are easy, and they all take 1 or 2 days (incl. descent). The easiest are south paths and those mostly start from the hut . The northern paths passing glacier and around  are not easy nor marked, consult some specialized alpine-hiking guide.
 * an open-air museum,
 * Lake Kachelsee to the west, the Möll, Gößnitz and Leiter waterfalls, the, and Lake.
 * an open-air museum,
 * Lake Kachelsee to the west, the Möll, Gößnitz and Leiter waterfalls, the, and Lake.
 * Lake Kachelsee to the west, the Möll, Gößnitz and Leiter waterfalls, the, and Lake.

Go next

 * Hohe Tauern National Park
 * Kaprun
 * Zell am See at the other end of the alpine road.