Großglockner via Meletzkigrat from the Franz-Josefs-Höhe

From the car park along the funicular down to the ever-shrinking Pasterze. Large signs are set up along the Pasterze in summer, indicating the way to the marked hiking trail below the Meletzkigrat. In poor visibility, orientation becomes challenging in the moraine terrain at the glacier edge. Follow the marked hiking trail (difficult mountain path) uphill to the distinctive breakfast spot (flat area, large cairn). From here, do not cross to the Hofmannkees, but follow the ridge directly - past a red marker pole. From now on, the route follows the ridge continuously, sometimes slightly to the left, sometimes to the right, in a logical route guidance uphill. Occasionally, there are bolt hooks and steel rods; with slings, the ridge itself can be well secured. The climbing difficulties are up to a maximum of II+ UIAA. The exit then takes place either on firn or bare ice just below the Glocknerleitl. Fit mountaineers can now climb directly to the summit; we preferred to spend the night at the Adlersruhe. 

Early the next morning, it goes from the Adlersruhe over the Glocknerleitl (up to 40° steep ridge, caution on bare ice) to the notch below the Kleinglockner and then through easy rocky terrain past steel rods to the Kleinglockner. From there, quite exposed down into the Glocknerscharte and then over a rock step up to the summit. The descent to the Adlersruhe (Erzherzog-Johann-Hütte) is the same as the ascent. From there, it is better not to go over the Meletzkigrat, but back via the route of the first climbers (Salmhütte) to the Franz-Josefs-Höhe, where a tedious final ascent awaits.