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| filova | Untitled Comment | |
Hasn't voted | Ski descent description in German at www.bergsteigen.at/berichte/pallaski/pallaski1.html | |
| Posted Nov 28, 2003 4:36 am | ||
| filova | Untitled Comment | |
Hasn't voted | We succeded on May 4, 2003 in ski-descending of Pallavicinirinne from Grossglockner (N-Face). We were 5 skiers from Slovakia (4 man and 1 woman): Iva Filova (female skier), Martin Jurik, Miro Zavodsky, Bohus Stofan and me (Rasto Krizan). It is not steeper than 50 degrees. Since Friday (May 2) we were waiting for better weather and suitable snow conditions at the Glockner Biwak Schachtel. "Fortunately" on Friday and on Saturday it was snowing and there was a strong wind. As a result snow was glued on the icy surface of the couloir making it possible to overcome unfriendly icy parts. On Sunday at 7H00 in the morning, we left the Schachtel. After 2 hours we reached the top part of the snowy section of the couloir and started descending. At the beginning the snow was dangerously wet and unstable because of long sun exposure. Lower we went the better surfface we were encountering. At 11H00 we were all back in the Biwak Schachtel. That was not the first time we were there trying to make this ski descent. Me and Bohus Stofan, 5 years ago, made first attempt, but the surface was extremely icy, impossible to ski down. Bohus recently made second fully winter attempt (in December) but found the same unfriendly conditions in the couloir. | |
| Posted Dec 3, 2003 9:06 am | ||
| cjaniesch | Untitled Comment | |
Voted 10/10 | I was just curious and did some research regarding the name Großglockner. That´s what I found: The first recorded mention (as “Glocknerer” on a map of the area) of the name “Großglockner” dates back to 1561 but the actual origin of the name remains to be determined. There seem to be three possibilities: In the first place it might be derived from the shape of the mountain, as it resembles a church bell (German = Kirchenglocke) from the Ködnitz Valley and a “Glocke” (a kind of cloak from the 15th century) from Heiligenblut. The name could also come from a word of the local dialect, namely “gloggen” , meaning “donnern/ poltern” (to thunder/to rumble). This might hint at the frequent ice avalanches and rock fall in the area around Großglockner. The last alternative for the origin of the name of Austria´s highest peak is a word used in the Mölltal – “Glogger” (Leithammel) which translates to bell- weather. So, sometimes it´s not so simple as one might think... | |
| Posted May 20, 2005 11:59 am | ||
| dmiki | broken link | |
Hasn't voted | The http://basislager.ch/az/nord.php link is broken | |
| Posted Oct 10, 2007 10:50 am | ||
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| Mathias Zehring | Re: broken link | |
Hasn't voted | basislager does not exist any more - I changed the links to www.gipfelbuch.ch. Thank you for your note! | |
| Posted Oct 10, 2007 1:29 pm | ||
| dmiki | A possible link for weather conditions | |
Hasn't voted | http://www.wetter.at/wetter/sport-freizeit/berg-wetter/oesterreich/kaernten/grossglockner | |
| Posted Oct 11, 2007 7:53 am | ||
| Diego Sahagún | Sorry... | |
Hasn't voted | Mathias, Erzherzog-Johann hut (3454 m) link doesn't work. http://www.tiscover.at/guide/5,de,SCH1/objectId,IND472486at,curr,EUR,parentId,ACC105067at,season,at1,selBlk,ADDPGBLK,selElem,BKE9VYat/intern.html | |
| Posted Dec 31, 2007 6:11 am | ||
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