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Stage 9
Alpine Tour
· Glockner Group
02 Central Alpine Trail West, E09: Alpincenter Glocknerhaus - Oberwalderhütte
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HofmannshüttePhoto: Akademische Sektion Wien, ÖAV-Hüttenfinder
We leave the Glocknerhaus heading north, past a parking lot and slightly downhill to the Pasterzehaus. Behind the building, the path curves westward over alpine pastures up to an avalanche barrier and continues on the road leading to the parking lot at Franz-Josefs-Höhe.
At the parking garage, we turn to the promenade path which, after a short tunnel, runs along the Gamsgrube high above the Pasterze (great view of Großglockner!). Right at the end of the parking garage starts the Gamsgrubenweg, which first goes about 800 m through seven tunnels before finally emerging into the open. We follow the Gamsgrubenweg to its end at the waterfall corner. Then it continues over glacier-polished rock along a pole marking to the south Bockkarkees, which we cross a short distance to the foot of the Hoher Burgstall. Over scree and rubble and via short switchbacks, we ascend steeply to the widely visible Oberwalderhütte. (Summits: Eiskögele, 3,425 m, 4 ¼ hrs, Johannisberg, 3,453 m, 3 ½ hrs, Vorderer Bärenkopf, 3,249 m, 1 ½ hrs, Fuscherkarkopf, 3,331 m, 2 ¾ hrs.)
(From: Austrian Long Distance Path 02 (Central Alpine Trail) Volume III, self-published by the ÖAV section Long Distance Walkers)
Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.
Track types
Rest stops
Glockner-HausOberwalder-Hütte
Safety information
High alpine terrain, surefootedness, surety against dizziness and experience with glacier tours required.Tips and suggestions
Current information on Austrian long-distance paths available at http://www.alpenverein.at/weitwandererRoadbook
Alpincenter Glocknerhaus (2,132 m, C) - Franz-Josefs-Höhe (2,362 m, 2 km/¾ hr) - former Hofmannshütte (2,444 m, 2 km/¾ hr) - Oberwalderhütte (2,972 m, C, 4 km/2 ¼ hrs)
C = checkpoint (stamp station).
Trail 702, up to former Hofmannshütte also KGW, total 8 km/3 ¾ hrs.
Franz-Josefs-Höhe
Aussichtspunkt Gamsgrubenweg
Eissee 2745 m
Oberwalder-Hütte
Coordinates
Book recommendation by the author
Austrian Long Distance Path 02 (Central Alpine Trail) Volume III, self-published by the ÖAV section Long Distance Walkers, available at Freytag & Berndt, 1010 Vienna, Wallnerstraße 3, www.freytagberndt.at, Tel.: +43/1/533 86 85-16;
Hans Führer: Tauern Höhenweg. From the Seckauer Tauern to the Venediger. 36 stages (Rother Hiking Guide special). Paperback – June 1, 2016, 288 pages. ISBN 978-3763342631;
Herbert Raffalt: Tauern Höhenweg. Hardcover – May 14, 2013, 160 pages. Verlag Anton Pustet Salzburg. ISBN 978-3702507053
Author’s map recommendations
Book recommendations for this region:
Recommended maps for this region:
Equipment
Mountaineering boots suitable for crampons, lightweight crampons, ice axe, harness, rope, carabiners and prusik cords for common glacier security and rescue techniques, bivy sack. In addition, usual high mountain clothing (adequately warm gear for 3000-meter peaks) and possibly trekking poles.
Every backpack should contain: rain, cold, sun protection, first aid kit, mobile phone (European emergency number 112), sufficient fluids, regional hiking map.
Localization
Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.
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