I was at the Grossglockner VW Käfer Treffen #4 in Austria from July 12 to 13.
The meeting started on Friday the 12th July in the village of Kals at the Grossglockner Mountain in East Tirol. The VW Beetle fans met at the ski lift parking in the town Grossdorf of the municipality Kals am Grossglockner.
Exactly at 14:00, the VW fans drove up the impressive high mountain road to the Glocknerwinkel / Lucknerhaus parking at the 1920m with a great mountain panorama. Unfortunately, Austria’s highest mountain, the 3798m Grossglockner, was in the clouds.
A bit confusing was, that not all air-cooled Volkswagen made it to the top at the same time. At 15:30 the first VW group went down and at 15:45 the second group was up on the mountain and even a third group was following. Every other year there is a Grossglockner VW bus meeting where all VW Bus fans together cruise up, which is of course much nicer and more interesting.
In the evening was a cozy get-together with music in Kals near the MPreis supermarket.
Saturday was a great cruise from Kals to Staller Saddle to Kronplatz (Plan de Corones) a mountain of the Dolomites in South Tyrol.
Staller Sattel at 2052m is the border between Austria and Italy. There is a narrow one-way pass road with traffic lights. We had to wait at the border and so there was a nice VW traffic jam between Staller Sattel and Obersee lake.
Then we arrived at around 13:00 in Olang at the base of Kronplatz Mountain. After lunch was time to catch the gondola to the 2275m Kronplatz summit. The Kronplatz top has great views of the Dolomites mountain range. I also visited the Reinhold Messner Corones Mountain Museum there.
The return trip to Kals was not with all together. Some VW Fans drove the same way back via Staller Saddle and others made the way back via the town Lienz. I did Staller Saddle and left Kals before the award ceremony took place.
Below a selection of 43 pictures of the Grossglockner VW Käfer Treffen 2019.
VW fans arriving in Grossdorf for Grossglockner VW Käfer Treffen, 12 July 2019, 13:20VW Beetles at Ski lift parking in town Grossdorf, Kals am GrossglocknerGrossglockner VW Käfer Treffen 2019Grossglockner VW Beetle Meeting Kals 2019Sunroof Beetle with matching VW TrailerBeetle Toy car collection under VW Bug front hoodChop top Oval Bug with 240PS10 minutes before departure, Beetle fans ready to drive uphill, Grossglockner VW Meeting 2019waiting to drive uphillStart of the convoy to 1920m Glocknerwinkel mountain panorama, Grossglockner VW Kaefer Treffen, Kals 2019wow, plenty of VW Beetles going uphillVW Beetles passing Kals Burg-Taurer, the last is RUDY from Austria, Grossglockner Meeting 2019VW fans arrived on the 1920m Glocknerwinkel viewpointGrossglockner PanoramaVolkswagen fans and Austria’s 3798m Grossglockner Mountain in the clouds, VW Käfer Treffen 201915:30 VW fans on the way back to Kals15:45 VW Beetle fans just arrived at the top for Grossglockner viewShow TimeGlocknerwinkel with VW BeetlesGrossglockner VW Beetle Meeting Austria 2019Bullizei (Split Police Bus) and VW Beetles with Grossglockner panoramanice afternoon shot, VW fans driving down back to Kals, Grossglockner Käfer Treffen, 17:14off to the Hotel in Grossdorf after the exhausting rideVW fans in Grossdorf on the way to HotelKals town full of classic VW Beetleson the way to dinnercozy get-together with musicSaturday morning 9:20 in Grossdorf, VW Beetle fans getting ready for great cruise, 13 July 2019Oil checkStart of the convoy from Kals in Austria to the Dolomites in Italy, Grossglockner VW Kaefer Treffen 2019Grossglockner VW Meeting Austria 2019Beetle with Lemmerz Sprintstar wheels from GermanyNice stop on the road in Huben (823m) just before the climb to Stallersattel (2052m)Happy VW Beetle fans at Obersee Lake, Staller Sattel 2052mVW traffic jam at the border between Austria and ItalyStallersattel with Obersee Lake, VW fans on the way to Italy, Grossglockner Meeting 2019Air-cooled VW Beetle traffic in Italy's DolomitesVW Fans arriving in Olang Kronplatz MountainOlang gondola car park, Kronplatz Mountain, Dolomites ItalyLunchtime, BBQ at the Olang Kronplatz Mountain base16:07 in the afternoon, VW Beetle fans passing Staller Sattel Mountain pass on the way back to Kals Grossglockner MeetingGoodbye Grossglockner VW Käfer Treffen 2019