{"id":879,"date":"2026-06-07T06:49:52","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T04:49:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/item\/grossglockner\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T11:04:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T09:04:10","slug":"grossglockner","status":"publish","type":"citadela-item","link":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/item\/grossglockner\/","title":{"rendered":"Gro\u00dfglockner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-size:1.15em;line-height:1.6;color:#3a352f;\">At 3,798 m the Gro\u00dfglockner is Austria's highest mountain and the defining pyramid of the Glockner group in the Hohe Tauern, on the Tyrol\/Carinthia border in the Hohe Tauern National Park. The Gro\u00dfglockner High Alpine Road leads to the Franz-Josefs-H\u00f6he with views of the summit and the Pasterze glacier.<\/p>\n<h2>Activities<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>High-alpine tour to the summit<\/li>\n<li>Hiking in the Hohe Tauern National Park<\/li>\n<li>Glacier walk (Pasterze)<\/li>\n<li>Panoramic road (high-alpine road)<\/li>\n<li>Mountaineering with a guide<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Highlights<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Austria's highest peak (3,798 m)<\/li>\n<li>Franz-Josefs-H\u00f6he viewing terrace<\/li>\n<li>Pasterze, the largest glacier in the Eastern Alps<\/li>\n<li>Hohe Tauern National Park<\/li>\n<li>High-alpine road with 36 hairpins<\/li>\n<li>Marmots, ibex, bearded vultures<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Routes &amp; ascents<\/h2>\n<div style=\"overflow-x:auto;\">\n<table class=\"at-vergleich\" style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:14px;\">\n<thead>\n<tr style=\"background:#f3f1ec;text-align:left;\">\n<th style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;\">Route<\/th>\n<th style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;\">Type<\/th>\n<th style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;\">Difficulty<\/th>\n<th style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;\">Duration<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;\"><strong>Normal route via Adlersruhe<\/strong><br \/><span style=\"color:#6a6258;font-size:13px;\">Classic ascent via the Erzherzog-Johann-H\u00fctte\/Adlersruhe (3,454 m); glacier equipment and a mountain guide recommended.<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;\">High-alpine tour<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;\">high-alpine, rock\/ice, exposed summit ridge<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;white-space:nowrap;\">2 days<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;\"><strong>High-alpine road to the Franz-Josefs-H\u00f6he<\/strong><br \/><span style=\"color:#6a6258;font-size:13px;\">Toll road with 36 hairpins and a viewing terrace overlooking the Gro\u00dfglockner and Pasterze.<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;\">Panoramic road<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;\">easy (by car)<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;white-space:nowrap;\">Half\/full day<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;\"><strong>Gamsgrubenweg<\/strong><br \/><span style=\"color:#6a6258;font-size:13px;\">Scenic high trail along the glacier world at the Franz-Josefs-H\u00f6he.<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;\">Hike<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;\">easy to moderate<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;white-space:nowrap;\">1.5\u20132.5 h<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Good to know<\/h2>\n<table class=\"at-vergleich\" style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:14px;\">\n<tr style=\"background:#ffffff;\">\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;width:34%;font-weight:600;\">Elevation<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;\">3,798 m (highest mountain in Austria)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background:#fafaf8;\">\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;width:34%;font-weight:600;\">Mountain range<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;\">Glockner group, Hohe Tauern<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background:#ffffff;\">\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;width:34%;font-weight:600;\">First ascent<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;\">28 July 1800 (Salm expedition), Mathias Hautzendorfer with four Heiligenblut guides<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background:#fafaf8;\">\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;width:34%;font-weight:600;\">Special feature<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;\">Austria's highest mountain; Hohe Tauern National Park; the Gro\u00dfglockner High Alpine Road to the Franz-Josefs-H\u00f6he<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Practical info<\/h2>\n<div style=\"background:#f3f1ec;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;border-radius:10px;padding:18px 20px;\">\n<p style=\"margin:6px 0;line-height:1.55;\"><strong style=\"color:#f25353;\">Getting there:<\/strong> Via the Gro\u00dfglockner High Alpine Road from Bruck (Salzburger Land) or Heiligenblut (Carinthia); nearest stations Zell am See and Lienz.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:6px 0;line-height:1.55;\"><strong style=\"color:#f25353;\">Best time:<\/strong> High tour July\u2013September; high-alpine road approx. May to October\/early November (weather-dependent).<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:6px 0;line-height:1.55;\"><strong style=\"color:#f25353;\">Cost:<\/strong> High-alpine road car day ticket approx. 42 \u20ac (please verify); guide\/hut separate.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:6px 0;line-height:1.55;\"><strong style=\"color:#f25353;\">Safety:<\/strong> Summit only with high-tour experience or a mountain guide (glacier, exposed ridge); factor in the road's opening times.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Background &amp; History<\/h2>\n<p>At around 3,798 metres, the Gro\u00dfglockner is the highest mountain in Austria, a slender, twin-peaked rocky tooth that rises far above the Hohe Tauern. Its name is first attested in its present form only after the first ascent in the year 1800 and derives from the bell, for the shape of the summit reminded people of a bell tower. This first ascent, prompted by an art-loving prince-bishop, falls in a time when the surveying and conquering of the peaks was an expression of a new, enlightened understanding of nature.<\/p>\n<p>At the foot of the mountain stretches the Pasterze, the largest glacier in the Eastern Alps, whose ice stream has of course been retreating for generations and whose shrinking vividly illustrates how greatly the high mountains are changing. Around the summit spreads the Hohe Tauern National Park, in which ibex, chamois and the reintroduced bearded vulture have found a home. At the foot of the mountain lies the pilgrimage site of Heiligenblut, whose Gothic church with its slender tower has risen for centuries before the mighty backdrop of the peak and is one of the most photographed scenes of the Eastern Alps. The Gro\u00dfglockner is thus not only a landmark of altitude, but a symbol of the Austrian Alps, equally a place of early alpine pioneering deeds, of lived piety, and a refuge of high-alpine nature, which has found its lasting protection in the national park.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background:#221c1a;color:#fff;border-radius:10px;padding:18px 22px;margin-top:28px;\"><strong style=\"font-size:1.08em;\">Related<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:6px 0 12px;color:#d8d2cc;font-size:14px;\">To make your trip run smoothly , our guides and gear tips for this destination:<\/p>\n<div style=\"display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:10px;\"><a href=\"\/en\/wanderschuhe\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#f25353;color:#fff;padding:9px 16px;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;font-size:14px;\">Hiking boots \u2192<\/a><a href=\"\/en\/schichtenprinzip-bekleidung\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#f25353;color:#fff;padding:9px 16px;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;font-size:14px;\">Layering guide for clothing \u2192<\/a><a href=\"\/en\/packliste-tages-bergwanderung\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#f25353;color:#fff;padding:9px 16px;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;font-size:14px;\">Day-tour packing list \u2192<\/a><a href=\"\/en\/packliste-huettentour\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#f25353;color:#fff;padding:9px 16px;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;font-size:14px;\">Hut-tour packing list \u2192<\/a><a href=\"\/en\/huettenwandern-einsteiger\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#f25353;color:#fff;padding:9px 16px;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;font-size:14px;\">Hut hiking for beginners \u2192<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Der Gro\u00dfglockner ist mit 3.798 m der h\u00f6chste Berg \u00d6sterreichs und die pr\u00e4gende Pyramide der Glocknergruppe in den Hohen Tauern, an der Grenze Tirol\/K\u00e4rnten im Nationalpark Hohe Tauern. \u00dcber die Gro\u00dfglockner-Hochalpenstra\u00dfe erreicht man die Franz-Josefs-H\u00f6he mit Blick auf Gipfel und Pasterze-Gletscher. Aktivit\u00e4ten Hochtour zum Gipfel Wandern im Nationalpark Hohe Tauern Gletscherbegehung (Pasterze) Panoramastra\u00dfe (Hochalpenstra\u00dfe) Bergsteigen [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":919,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","citadela-item-category":[39,40,31,30],"citadela-item-location":[43],"class_list":["post-879","citadela-item","type-citadela-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","citadela-item-category-ausflugsziele-sehenswuerdigkeiten","citadela-item-category-gipfel-berge","citadela-item-category-klettern-bergsteigen","citadela-item-category-wandern-bergtouren","citadela-item-location-tirol"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item\/879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/citadela-item"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=879"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item\/879\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1503,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item\/879\/revisions\/1503"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"citadela-item-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item-category?post=879"},{"taxonomy":"citadela-item-location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item-location?post=879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}