In addition to the even more notorious Vernagtferner, the Gurgler Ferner in the Ötztal was also feared for its glacial lake eruptions. When the ice of the glacier reached as far as the Langtalereck, the outflow from the Langtaler Ferner to the east accumulated and the Gurgler Eissee, also known as the Gurgler Lacke, was formed with a size of up to 4 km². In the years 1717 and 1770 its emptying devastated the Gurgl Valley and the Ötztal.

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In 1931, the Gurgler Ferner made positive headlines when, on May 27, the Swiss scholar Auguste Piccard and his assistant landed on the Gurgler Ferner after setting a balloon altitude record.

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August 24, 2017

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"The Gurgler Ferner is a glacier in the Ötztal Alps with an area of 9.58 km ², he is now only the third largest glacier in the Austrian province of Tyrol behind the Gepatsch and the Mittelbergferner, after the latter in recent years, slightly less by Due to the demarcation, which is not always based on the ice or watershed in this area, smaller parts of the glacier are also on Italian territory and are protected by the South Tyrolean Texel Group Nature Park. "
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