Overview
Heiligenblut is a typical alpine village located in nationaal park Hohe Tauern at the foot of the Grossglockner, Austia's highest mountain. In summer it is a popular, and therefore busy, village for climbing the Grossglockner. However, in winter it is a ski-resort that is not too busy. More important, as an ice climbing area it is not well known and thus very quiet. Most of the time you will be on your own with no other parties in sight.
Most routes are found on single falls ranging from 150m-250m. In addition two canyons offer a wide variety of routes with lengths up to 250m. Difficulties range from WI2 to WI6, also some mixed climbs can be found. All in all a nice and quiet area for both beginners and more experienced climbers!Routes DescriptionBelow a short summary of climbs will follow, some climbs will be elaborated on in route pages, see the children section for more info. Some of the information is scetchy at best since I did not climb or see some of the falls myself. If you have more detailed information to contribute add a route, PM me or add a comment.
Eisklettergarten
Steepness: 50°-90°
Difficulty: WI1-WI5, M4 and M5
Length: 20m
Location&access:
You can find the practice area in Heiligenblut in the town part of 'Winkl'. In the Heiligenblut towncenter: keep driving North, go left, follow the signs that say 'Winkl'.
The mountainrescue services have sprayed the summer rock-climbing-pratice-area to create an ice climbing practice area. Use of this practice area is only permitted under the supervision of a local mountainguide, whom you have to pay. Once a week you can climb at night under the ilumination of some big lights! Call the mountain guides buro to arrange access.
All routes can be accessed from the top, steel cables are in place to allow for easily deployable topropes.
Dangers:
Falling ice chuncks in the early morning, caused by sunshine on the practice area from 8h untill 9:30h.
Gößnitzwasserfall
Retschitzwasserfälle
Elewitschfall
Pockhorner Kerze
Jungfrau Sprung
Möllschlucht
Fleißtalfälle
//-UNDER CONSTRUCTION-//Weather, Avalanche and Climbing Conditions Red TapeThe eisklettergarten is climbable under the supervision of a mountain guide. You also have to pay a bit to be allowed to use it. Respect this! Those people spend a lot of time preparing this 'artificial' ice.
For all other climbs no permits are needed.Getting There Camping External LinksThis is a link to the ice climbing section of the local mountainguides homepage, language: German. Images
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