600m.
55° ice, IV° rock.
From the Glocknerstrasse car park take the path down to the Pasterze glacier. Walk NW along the Pasterze glacier to where this joins the Glocknerkees glacier. Be careful as this glacier is full of big crevasses! Ascend this up the 45° slopes on the right, between the glacier and the northern ridge, to reach the Biwakschachtel bivy located on the North Ridge Glocknerkamp at 3205 metres. Note: the bivouac hosts max. 10 people. During the North face season (April, May, June, September, October) it is often overcrowded! At the bivy check out the rest of the route during daylight, as the start the following day is carried out in the dark!
Start very early the next morning. Ascend a dozen or so metres, then descend SE to reach the Pallavicinirinne Bergschrund (about 1h). The first 100 metres are very narrow and exposed to falling rocks and consequently this section has been nicknamed Kanonenrohr, cannon tube. Ascend this quickly and continue up the 400m 50° - 55° snow (or ice) slope. The final 100 metres to the saddle between Kleinglockner and Grossglockner offer rock or mixed climbing and the difficulties vary depending on conditions from grade IV+ rock to M5 mixed! There are 5 bolts in these last three pitches that lead to the col. A final 10 minutes of grade II-III° scramble lead to the 3798m high summit.
From the Glocknerstrasse car park take the path down to the Pasterze glacier. Walk NW along the Pasterze glacier to where this joins the Glocknerkees glacier. Be careful as this glacier is full of big crevasses! Ascend this up the 45° slopes on the right, between the glacier and the northern ridge, to reach the Biwakschachtel bivy located on the North Ridge Glocknerkamp at 3205 metres. Note: the bivouac hosts max. 10 people. During the North face season (April, May, June, September, October) it is often overcrowded! At the bivy check out the rest of the route during daylight, as the start the following day is carried out in the dark!
Start very early the next morning. Ascend a dozen or so metres, then descend SE to reach the Pallavicinirinne Bergschrund (about 1h). The first 100 metres are very narrow and exposed to falling rocks and consequently this section has been nicknamed Kanonenrohr, cannon tube. Ascend this quickly and continue up the 400m 50° - 55° snow (or ice) slope. The final 100 metres to the saddle between Kleinglockner and Grossglockner offer rock or mixed climbing and the difficulties vary depending on conditions from grade IV+ rock to M5 mixed! There are 5 bolts in these last three pitches that lead to the col. A final 10 minutes of grade II-III° scramble lead to the 3798m high summit.
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