Rossfeld
One of the hardest road climbs in Germany: 10.9 km at 9.4% from Unterau via Oberau up to the Roßfeld-Panoramastraße, steep almost from the start, with views over Berchtesgaden and the Salzach valley.
- Start: Unterau (Berchtesgaden)
- Length: 10.9 km
- Elevation gain: 1,022 m
- Average gradient: 9.4%
- Max gradient: 13%
- The Roßfeld-Panoramastraße is the highest continuous road in Germany, reaching about 1570 m.
- Work on the road began in 1938; it was only completed in 1953–1955.
- From 1958 to 1973 it hosted the Roßfeld hill-climb car race; Ludovico Scarfiotti was killed there in practice in 1968.
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