Multi-day hikes Großglockner trek

Kals am Großglockner / Glockner Group
Difficulty ratings: difficult
Route length: 86.1 km

Tour information

  • Requirement: difficult
  • Length: 86.1 km
  • Elevation uphill:7,209 hm
  • Elevation downhill:7,423 hm
Highest point2,833 m
  • Fitness level 5 / 6
  • Technique 5 / 6

Features

  • Circular route

Best time of year

  • January
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Equipment

Basic equipmentformountainhikingincludessturdy hiking bootswith a goodtread, a 30-35 literbackpack, and functionalclothingbased on thelayeringprinciple, includingsufficient spare clothes. Essential itemsare rain, cold, and sunprotection, adequatefluids and food, aswellas a first-aid kit and a charged mobile phone. A mapor a GPS devicesupportsorientation. 

The informationservesas a guideline and does not claimtobe exhaustive. Equipment mustalwaysbeadaptedtothe planned route, weatherconditions, season, naturalhazards, environmental influences, and personal needs. 

Source: TVB Osttirol

Description

In the International Year of the Mountains (2002), the Austrian Alpine Association, in collaboration with the Hohe Tauern National Park, laid the foundations for hiking around the Großglockner. Situated in the heart of the Hohe Tauern National Park which contrasts impressive, glacier-covered high alpine scenery with a landscape dotted with ancient mine-workings, and carefully cultivated for centuries, the Glockner Tour offers a unique experience of walking in the mountains admidst the wonders of nature.

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