Highline179

Highline179 opened in 2014 across the valley at Ehrenberg near Reutte, joining the ruins of the Ehrenberg castle on one side to the Fort Claudia earthwork on the other - a footbridge with no supports in the middle, four hundred and six metres long and about a hundred and fourteen above the road, built in the Tibet style with a steel mesh deck that lets you see straight down. It was, at opening, among the longest pedestrian suspension bridges of its type in the world; longer ones have since been built elsewhere. It moves noticeably in wind and under footfall, which is by design and is the part people either enjoy or turn back from. The Ehrenberg complex around it has the castle ruins, a museum, a via ferrata and a downhill glider.

What you actually see

• A 406-metre unsupported span - the footbridge crossing the whole valley.
• A mesh deck - the road visible a hundred and fourteen metres straight below.
• Two castle sites joined - Ehrenberg ruin and the Fort Claudia earthwork.
• A moving bridge - noticeable sway in wind and under crowds.

When to go

April to October; it closes in high wind and thunderstorms. Two hours.

Honest expectations

It closes in strong wind and storms, sometimes at short notice. The sway and the see-through deck defeat some visitors halfway. The climb to the bridge from the car park is steep.

Nearby

Reutte is below; the Plansee and Ehrwald are east.