!!!Glocknergruppe

Glocknergruppe Mountains, Carinthia/Salzburg/East Tirol, massif of the 
Hohe Tauern mountain range, vast glaciers, situated between the 
Granatspitzgruppe mountains in the west (separated by the Kalser 
Tauern, alt. 2,515 m) and the Goldberggruppe mountains in the east 
(Hochtor, alt. 2,576 m). The Glocknergruppe mountains are the 
watershed between the rivers Drau/Drava and Salzach and are situated 
in the very south of the province of Salzburg, forming the border with 
Carinthia and East Tirol. The Glocknergruppe mountains are made of 
gneiss and crystalline slate that form the slate nappe of the Tauern 
mountain range ( Tauern Window). The Glocknergruppe mountains comprise 
several mountain ranges in a star-like arrangement. Peaks: 
Grossglockner (3,798 m), Grosses Wiesbachhorn (3,564 m), 
Johannisberg (3,453 m), Eiskoegele (3,426 m, at the border 
of Salzburg, Carinthia and East Tyrol), Fuscher-Kar-Kopf 
(3,331 m), Hocheiser (3,206 m). The largest glacier of the 
eastern Alps, the  Pasterze Glacier, is situated at the northeastern 
foot of the Grossglockner, as is the Gamsgrube Nature Reserve. The 
valleys of the Grossglocknergruppe bear the imprint of glacial erosion 
during the Ice Age: U-shaped valleys with alternating flat sections 
and steep slopes with splendid waterfalls. In recent years artificial 
lakes have been constructed, many of which are maintained by electric 
power companies (Mooserboden, Wasserfallboden, Margaritze). The 
Grossglockner region is also an important tourist attraction. By car 
tourists can enjoy the scenic routes, the  
Grossglockner-Hochalpenstrasse, the Kalser Glocknerstrasse as well as 
the roads run and maintained by the electric power company of Kaprun. 
The Grossglocknergruppe can be reached from the province of Salzburg 
via the villages of Bruck and Kaprun in the Pinzgau region, from 
Carinthia the town of Heiligenblut in the Moelltal valley, or from 
Tirol via Kals. Mountain refuges: Glocknerhaus (2,136 m), 
Hofmannshuette (2,444 m), Oberwalderhuette (2,972 m), 
Erzherzog-Johann-Huette (Adlersruhe, 3,451 m, highest mountain 
refuge in Austria) in Carinthia; Heinrich-Schwaiger-Haus 
(2,802 m) und Alpinzentrum Rudolfshuette at lake Weisssee 
(2,311 m) in Salzburg, Stuedlhuette (2,802 m) in East Tirol.


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