Grossglockner ascent by the normal route

Climb Austria's highest mountain with this incredible 2-day Grossglockner ascent with IFMGA-certified mountain guide Cveto.

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Alps

2 Days

Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep

Fit

Intermediate

Description

The Grossglockner is the highest mountain in Austria and a favorite among climbers around the world!

Come enjoy strikingly beautiful views in a true high mountain environment! No rock climbing experience is necessary but bear in mind that you need to be in good physical condition and, additionally, be able to walk between 4 and 6 hours per day.

This 2-day ascent of the famous Grossglockner starts with a pleasant hiking trail from the parking lot to Stüdl Hut. Then, we step into our crampons and walk on a magnificent glacier to reach Erzherzog Johann Hut. Once here, you'll realize how renowned this peak is: you'll meet people from every corner of the world!

On the next day, we'll leave before the sun is out, using head torches to guide our path. Finally, the Glockner Scharte (col), the most challenging part of the ascent, will lead us to the Grossglockner summit.

Join me on this ascent to one of Austria's most famous peaks. It will be an unforgettable experience that I guarantee you won't regret. Contact me with any questions you may have!

Price includes

- Guiding fee

Details

Accommodation

In a mountain hut.

More info

I can take maximum 2 persons with some previous climbing experience, if non only 1 person. Price includes the guiding fee. Accommodation and meals are excluded.

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About the guide

Cveto

5.00

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Mountain Guide

I’m an international IFMGA mountain guide; also the first non-Japanese mountain guide certified by the JMGA (Japan Mountain Guide Association); born in Slovenia.

My country is small but well known in the world as strong in sports and mountaineering. I use to compete as Olympic team member and on World Cup competitions as a Cross-country skier. After I left Slovenia and traveled all over the world, I ended up in Japan. I married beautiful native lady, and have lived here for 30 years. I love Japanese mountains and feel privileged to be able to enjoy these mountains trough the entire four seasons.

I’m based at the foot of Japan Alps; convenient place in winter for ski touring from Nagano to Hokkaido, winter mountaineering or ice climbing at Yatsugatake, and of course ascending the symbol of Japan Mt.Fuji.

In summer Japan is a great place for hiking, alpine climbing or popular shower-climbing and some fine sport/free climbing year around.

Since 2013, I’m working on NHK (Japanese national TV) programs, introducing Japan culture and outdoor activities, climbing skiing etc. Check it out at the link below the recent one about BC skiing.
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/ondemand/video/2007412/

It is my absolute pleasure also to take and guide you in my home country Slovenia. In addition to guide in the mountains, I also enjoy having the opportunity to teach mountain climbing skills to every level of climbers, here in Japan. This is because I wish everybody to be SAFE on the mountains.
Please contact me on E&S if you would love to have great experience, as well as a tailor-made plan for other mountains and sport climbing all over SE Asia, EU, South America....in any season!

Languages

Slovenian | Japanese | English

What people are saying about Cveto Podlogar

Jack McAuley

5.00

September, 2023

Great knowledge of the area, and picked out good levels of routes for a fun day

Mike Plant

5.00

September, 2023

I had a brilliant day sport climbing near Bled with Cveto! He has great knowledge of the local area and took me to crags that suited my level of experience. Explore-share gives fantastic value for money versus the larger adventure companies in the area and also meant I got a full day of 1-2-1 coaching from a highly experienced local guide. Thank you Cveto!!

Peter Look

5.00

August, 2023

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Alison Heng

5.00

August, 2023

Excellent guide . CHITO San has really helped to pace the entire trip to ensure that we can summit and still manage to descend without any issues ! Great help

David Tuck

5.00

July, 2023

Super knowledgeable of the area and really nice, couldn't have asked for a better guide!

Antoni Stroiński

5.00

July, 2023

Cveto is the best guide you can get. He’s a really knowledgeable person with a lot of experience. On top of that he has a lot of interesting stories, so not only you’ll learn how to climb better but also just spend a really good time :) Thanks again for the trip

Mike Wandfluh

5.00

July, 2023

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Oliver Kirsch

5.00

July, 2023

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Jonas Vukelja

5.00

July, 2023

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Mark Stoops

5.00

July, 2023

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Linea Richards

5.00

July, 2023

Our guide was great. He was very patient and quick to answer questions. My only quibble is that Cveto was not our guide, our guide was Yuichi Kanzaki. Yuichi was a great guide and very accommodating of our group. The only issue was that this was not made explicit, I had been in contact with Cveto and then the emails were from Yuichi without any explanation. I have no problem with the guide switch, it just would have been helpful to have gotten that information directly. It was great doing the hike right before the season started as the conditions were good but it was not too crowded yet.

Christopherr Bared

5.00

July, 2023

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Anna Sedlackova

5.00

May, 2023

Absolutely amazing experience. Cveto made the whole trip fun, safe and was very supportive and accommodating. Would definitely recommend.

harry ellingworth

5.00

May, 2023

Cveto was a great guide, the original date we had planned the weather was terrible. Cveto moved it to a better day to make sure we enjoyed it as much as possible. He is very knowledgeable about Fuji and just mountaineering in general. He made us feel incredibly safe which helped us enjoy the experience even more. I have done many climbs before and Cveto is the best guide we’ve ever had!

Michel Tremblay

5.00

May, 2023

We had a very nice experience on Mt Fuji with Cveto. He’s excellent and professionnel guide. We could feel safe with him. Thank you!