Kleinglockner map

Kleinglockner

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3 770 m

Elevation

Elevation is the altitude of a place
above sea level.

22 m

Prominence

Peak’s prominence is the least
vertical to be covered to get from the
summit to any other higher terrain.

Proportional Prominence 1 476 m

About

At the height of 3,770 metres (12,370 ft) the Kleinglockner is the third highest mountain summit in Austria. However, with a prominence of only 17 metres it is arguable whether it can be counted as an independent mountain, or just as a subpeak of the Großglockner. It lies in the Glockner Group of Austria's Central Alps, the middle section of the Hohe Tauern. Geographically and geologically speaking, it is viewed a secondary summit of the neighbouring Großglockner, but in the literature, in view of its importance to mountaineering, it is in some cases treated as separate. Its peak forms part of the Glockner crest or ridge (Glocknerkamm) and lies exactly on the border between the Austrian state of Carinthia and Lienz District in the East Tyrol. The Kleinglockner has the shape of a sharp edge, covered with the so-called Glockner Cornice (Glocknerwechte) and, depending on the conditions, can make the ascent of the mountain dangerous to almost impossible. The climbing history of the Kleinglockner is closely linked to that of the Großglockner, because the first climbers, coming from the south and east, had to cross it.

There's a difficult alpine trail (T6) leading to the summit.

The nearest mountain hut is Erzherzog-Johann-Hütte located 690m/2 264ft ESE of the summit.

By elevation Kleinglockner is

# 2 out of 362 in the Glockner Group
# 2 out of 3311 in the Western Tauern Alps
# 2 out of 23502 in Austria
# 2 out of 1318 in High Tauern National Park
# 2 out of 1052 in Spittal an der Drau
# 2 out of 5947 in Tyrol
# 2 out of 2446 in Carinthia
# 2 out of 1030 in Bezirk Lienz
# 2 out of 1786 in the Hohe Tauern

By prominence Kleinglockner is

# 26 out of 362 in the Glockner Group