Pass · On the route
Bielerhöhe Pass
Mountain pass.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: böhringer friedrich, CC BY-SA 2.5Silvretta High Alpine Road
A toll road from Partenen in the Montafon up a wall of hairpins to the Silvretta reservoir at the Bielerhohe, then down to Galtur in the Paznaun.
- Distance
- 15 miles (24 km)
- Type
- Point to point
- Where
- Vorarlberg and Tyrol
Follows the official route
Book this tripCrossing ferries and the tunnelBeds from PartenenCover insurance and breakdownSee it all
Click a dot for details. White dots are the stops, each with a bed search. Yellow dots are places to see.
Main roads
B188
From the map
- Longest gap between fuel
- 15 miles
- Fuel stations near the line
- 0
- Curvature
- 408 ° a mile
- The longest stretch with no fuel station within 1 km of the line runs from mile 0 to mile 15. Check it against your range with the fuel range calculator.
- Passes: Bielerhöhe (2,037 m, mile 10).
- Countries: Austria.
Measured on the route line from OpenStreetMap data, which can be missing or out of date. Curvature is degrees of turning a mile, measured every 100 metres. On our routes they run from 6 on the E19 to 701 on the SP638.
Before you go
- A toll road, normally open from early summer to autumn and closed in winter. Check before you go.
- Austrian motorways need a vignette, but you can reach both ends without one.
On the way
- Partenen
- Bielerhohe
- Galtur
Ready to ride it?
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1Getting there
Most riders cross to Calais by Le Shuttle or a Dover ferry, or take a longer ferry nearer the route.
Compare every crossing2Places to stay
- Find a bed in PartenenWhere the route starts
- Find a bed in GalturWhere the route ends
3Cover
Check your bike insurance covers riding abroad, get travel insurance that covers motorcycling at your engine size, and breakdown cover that recovers a motorcycle in every country on the route.
What to check before you buy coverThe country on this route
What GOV.UK says riders need for it, checked 05/11/2026. Rules change, so read the official page before you go.
Austria
- Money
- Euro
- Ride on the
- Right
- Austrian motorway vignette, if you will use any motorway or expressway (official site)
- GOV.UK travel adviceSafety, road travel and local laws
- Entry requirementsPassport and visa rules
- Riding in AustriaOur routes, passes and fuel gaps there
On every trip abroad: your licence, insurance that covers riding abroad, the V5C and travel insurance with medical cover. The tour planner turns all of this into a checklist each rider in your group can tick off.
Places to see on the way
Castles, passes, viewpoints and more within easy reach of the line, in the order you reach them. Yellow dots on the map.
Place details from Wikidata. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each card.
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