Edelweisshütte, on the Edelweiss-Spitze

The highest restaurant on the road

The Edelweisshütte is at the very top of the Edelweiss-Spitze, at 2,571 m, the highest point you can reach by car on the Grossglockner road. The house says that from there you see 37 peaks over 3,000 metres and 19 glaciers. It is a family hut: it was built in 1935 by Peter and Julianna Lederer, the same year the road opened. The cobbled spur that climbs up here, 1.6 km and six bends, was built in the summer of 1934 in only 47 days. In 1968 the grandmother, Maria Lederer, turned the hut into a mountain inn, and since 2013 it has been run by Kurt Lederer and his family.

What you eat

Mountain cooking of the Pinzgau, the Salzburg district to which Fusch belongs, made mostly with local produce. The house names the Wiener Schnitzel, the Tiroler Knödel and the Almjause, the board of cold cuts, cheese and bread from the alpine huts. The dish it boasts about most is the apple strudel with vanilla sauce. The website does not publish the menu with prices: expect the level of an alpine excursion restaurant.

Inside there is room for about 100 people, and in good weather they open the terrace, with 120 seats and views of the Glockner massif. If you come in a group of about 20 people or more, they ask for a booking.

Hours and season

Breakfast starts at 7:30 and the hot kitchen runs from 9:00 to 18:30, seven days a week, with no rest day. But it only opens while the road is open: the road company announces a season from early May to early November, and in November 2026 it says it is closed until early May 2027, with no exact date yet.

Getting there

Enter the road at the Ferleiten toll booth and climb to the Fuschertörl. There the spur to the Edelweiss-Spitze begins: you can drive up the cobbles or walk for about 30 minutes. The road ticket already includes it. To sleep up top, the house has rooms, a log cabin and a 25 m² chalet.