Großglockner (3.798 m) high tour course
Learn mountaineering at the highest peak in Austria
Learn mountaineering: your high tour course on the Großglockner
Would you like to take your mountain skills to the next level? Where better to learn than on the Austria's highest peak, the 3,798m high Großglockner? Accompanied by a state-certified mountain guide, you will learn how to Grossglockner ascent everything you need for your alpine tour destinations.
Alpine tour training in rock and ice
An ascent of the Großglockner (3,798 m) offers the full range of alpinism:
- Glacier & firn: Flat and steep slopes for practicing crampon technique (vertical and front points).
- Rock climbing: Exciting passages and a moderately difficult (II-III) but very exposed climb on the summit ridge with the key section at the transition from the Kleinglockner to the Großglockner
- Summit experience: An incomparable view (in good weather) from the roof of Austria.
Course content: Professional knowledge for your safety
Before we storm the summit, your state-certified instructor will train you. Mountain and ski guide:in with you the essential basics for easy to moderately difficult alpine tours. Our focus is on your independence:
- Elementary belay technique: Knot tying and standing at fixed points.
- Crampon technology: You will learn confident and experienced crampon walking in combined terrain on the ascent to Adlersruhe and of course on the summit day.
- Rescue techniques: Current methods for Spaltenbergung.
- Tour planning: Strategic preparation, orientation and risk management.
Training at the highest level: Stüdlhütte & Adlersruhe
Two of the most legendary lodgings in the Alps serve as bases for this high-altitude tour: the Stüdlhütte (2,820 m) and the Erzherzog-Johann-Hütte (Adlersruhe, 3.454 m). From here we set off directly into the high alpine terrain - there is no more efficient way to learn mountaineering.
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Program and schedule
- State-certified mountain guide
- Hut reservation
- Edelrid mountaineering equipment with crampons, ice axe, helmet, climbing harness
- Online training (1 h)
- Course documents
- 10% discount code for your purchases at bergfreunde.de
Additional costs
- Overnight stays in huts with half board (paid on site)
- Snacks, drinks
- Arrival, possibly parking fee
Day 1: Meeting point in Kals or at the Lucknerhaus parking lot, equipment check, ascent to the Stüdlhütte (2,801 m), repetition of crampon technique, crevasse rescue etc.
2nd day: Extensive ice training on the Ködnitzkees and ascent to the Eagle's rest (3.454 m)
Day 3: Summit ascent of the Großglockner on the normal route via Glocknerleitl, Kleinglockner and upper Glocknerscharte in a stimulating climb to the summit of the Großglockner, descent to the Lucknerhaus
Note on program changes:
All courses and guided tours are conscientiously organized and carried out in accordance with the safety standards of the Vivalpin Mountain and Ski School with qualified specialists (e.g. mountain and ski guides, mountain hiking guides, etc.). The provisional tour program may be adjusted for safety-related reasons, such as bad weather, dangerous conditions, unforeseen natural events or inadequate conditions of the participants. The final program will be decided by the guide on site.
- Up to 1,000 m ascent and 1,700 m descent
- Stamina for up to 4 h ascent
- Surefootedness and freedom from vertigoClimbing experience up to II degree of difficulty
- Alpine touring experience, private preparation tour with altitude adjustment recommended
You can find information on estimating altitude meters and difficulty information here. If in doubt, please call our office or send us an e-mail.
"It's not for nothing that Austria's highest mountain is one of the most popular alpine tours in the Alps. The climbing is much easier than it appears in the photo above, but still never trivial.
The rock is bombastic from the Glocknerleitl and from the Obere Glocknerscharte you climb to the highest point as if on an (extremely exposed) ladder. Metal poles allow your mountain guide to secure you well on the ascent and descent and you can concentrate fully on your climbing."
Theo Förster
State-certified mountain and ski guide
since 2022 with VIVALPIN
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