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Mountaineering / Summits in Grossglockner
Austria's highest peak and the High Alpine Road beneath it, 36 hairpins to 2,504 meters and the motorcycling pilgrimage of the Eastern Alps.
Why here
Austria's highest mountain at 3,798m, climbed by the normal route from Kals or by the Studlgrat for something harder. Glacier travel and a genuine summit ridge.
Best months
Guided ascents from Kals are the standard approach. Book well ahead in the short summer window.
Getting there & around
Schools & guides (2)
Bergfuehrer Kals
GuideIVBV mountain guide office at Kals am Grossglockner running the Grossglockner normal route, the Studlgrat, the NW ridge and glacier skills courses year round. Phone +43 664 4161289.
Ostalpenguides
GuideOstalpenguides is a group of state-certified Berg- und Skifuehrer from East Tyrol, listed by the Sektion Osttirol of the Bergsportfuehrerverband Tirol among its Osttiroler Bergfuehrerbueros. Its winter programme includes a ski tour of the Grossglockner, at 3798 m Austria's highest mountain, with a night at the Stuedlhuette on the Kals side. Summer work covers the Ortler Normalweg, Piz Palue and Dreiherrenspitze, alpine climbing in the Dolomites and via ferrata in the Sextener Dolomiten, alongside ice climbing in the Eispark Osttirol and snowshoeing. It publishes a phone and email but no street address.
Also good for mountaineering / summits in September:
Torn between Grossglockner and Zermatt for September?
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