Highlight • Natural Monument
Obersulzbachkees Glacier
Mountaineering
4.8
(31)
Routes leading to this Highlight may be highly dangerous
Routes comprise technical, difficult, or hazardous terrain. Specialist equipment and prior experience is required.
This Highlight is in a protected area
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June 27, 2020
Mountaineering
•June 27, 2020
Mountaineering
With a length of about 4 kilometers and …
•July 26, 2017
Mountaineering
The Obersulzbachkees is one of the strongest melting glaciers. From 1850 until today the glacier tongue has declined sharply. The Turkish tent city has completely disappeared.
At that time this was a strong ice break on the glacier tongue.
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The Obersulzbachkees lies in the province of Salzburg north of the main ridge of the Hohe Tauern.
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13.3km
09:01
1,120m
1,100m
Hard mountaineering route. Very good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required.
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Elevation 3,200 m
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