# Edelweisshütte, on the Edelweiss-Spitze

Restaurant en Fusch an der Großglocknerstraße · Hohe Tauern

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/austria/carinthia/hohe-tauern/where-to-eat/edelweisshuette · Revisado: 2026-11-12

- Precio: €€

A 1935 mountain hut at the very top of the Grossglockner road, at 2,571 m, with hot food from 9:00 to 18:30 every day of the season and a terrace with 120 seats.

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.

Qué pedir: a Wiener Schnitzel or an Almjause on the terrace, and for dessert the apple strudel with vanilla sauce, the dish the house highlights most.

A tener en cuenta: Hot kitchen 9:00 to 18:30, no rest day · Breakfast from 7:30 · Groups of about 20 people, with a booking

## Practical details

- Address: 5672 Fusch an der Großglocknerstraße, Salzburg
- Phone: +43 6545 7425
- Email: edelweissspitze@aon.at
- Opening hours: Mon–Sun 07:30–18:30
- Breakfast from 7:30 and hot kitchen 9:00 to 18:30. Only with the Grossglockner road open, from early May to early November
- Cuisine: Austrian, Pinzgau
- House specialities: Wiener Schnitzel, Tiroler Knödel, Almjause, Apfelstrudel with vanilla sauce
- Details checked on 12 November 2026.

## Cómo llegar y contacto

- Web: https://www.edelweissspitze.at/
- Coordenadas: 47.1239, 12.8306

## Cerca de aquí

- [Grossglockner-Restaurant Fuschertörl](https://www.geocalia.com/en/austria/carinthia/hohe-tauern/where-to-eat/grossglockner-restaurant-fuschertoerl), a 669 m
- [Edelweiss-Spitze, the highest point on the road](https://www.geocalia.com/en/austria/carinthia/hohe-tauern/things-to-do/edelweiss-spitze), a 1.0 km
- [Grossglockner High Alpine Road, from Fusch to Heiligenblut](https://www.geocalia.com/en/austria/carinthia/hohe-tauern/things-to-do/grossglockner-high-alpine-road), a 4.3 km
- [Walk to the Käfertal and the Oberstattalm from Ferleiten](https://www.geocalia.com/en/austria/carinthia/hohe-tauern/things-to-do/kaefertal), a 6.7 km
- [Kaiser-Franz-Josefs-Höhe and the Pasterze glacier](https://www.geocalia.com/en/austria/carinthia/hohe-tauern/things-to-do/kaiser-franz-josefs-hoehe), a 8.3 km
- [Nationalpark Lodge Großglockner](https://www.geocalia.com/en/austria/carinthia/hohe-tauern/where-to-stay/nationalpark-lodge-grossglockner), a 9.4 km
- [Nationalpark Camping Großglockner](https://www.geocalia.com/en/austria/carinthia/hohe-tauern/where-to-stay/nationalpark-camping-heiligenblut), a 9.7 km
- [Hotel Lampenhäusl](https://www.geocalia.com/en/austria/carinthia/hohe-tauern/where-to-stay/hotel-lampenhaeusl), a 11.1 km

## Consejos

### Come for breakfast
With the road opening at 5:30 in summer, here you can have breakfast at 7:30 almost on your own.

### Walk up if the spur is full
The car park up top is small. Leave the car at the Fuschertörl and walk half an hour.

### Wrap up for the terrace
At 2,571 m the wind blows even in August.

## Preguntas frecuentes

### What time can I eat?
Hot kitchen from 9:00 to 18:30, every day of the season.

### Is it open in winter?
No. Only with the road open, from early May to early November.

### Do I have to pay extra to go up?
No. The spur to the Edelweiss-Spitze is included in the road ticket.

### Can I sleep there?
Yes, in rooms, in a log cabin or in a chalet. Book via its form.

Destino: [Hohe Tauern](https://www.geocalia.com/en/austria/carinthia/hohe-tauern.md)