Großglockner

The Grossglockner, or just Glockner, is, at 3,798 metres above the Adriatic, the highest mountain in Austria and highest mountain in the Alps east of the Brenner Pass. It is part of the larger Glockner Group of the Hohe Tauern range, situated along the main ridge of the Central Eastern Alps and the Alpine divide. The Pasterze, Austria's most extended gl…
The Grossglockner, or just Glockner, is, at 3,798 metres above the Adriatic, the highest mountain in Austria and highest mountain in the Alps east of the Brenner Pass. It is part of the larger Glockner Group of the Hohe Tauern range, situated along the main ridge of the Central Eastern Alps and the Alpine divide. The Pasterze, Austria's most extended glacier, lies on the Grossglockner's eastern slope.
  • Elevation: 3,798 m (12,461 ft)
  • Location: Carinthia & East Tyrol, Austria
  • Prominence: 2,423 m (7,949 ft)
  • Listing: Country high point · Ultra · Alpine mountains above 3000 m
  • Parent range: Hohe Tauern
  • First ascent: 28 July 1800, by Sepp and Martin Klotz (?), Martin Reicher and two others
  • Easiest route: PD, glacier 35°, UIAA II

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