Mölltaler Gletscher - 4 Things to Know Before Visiting

The Schareck is a 3123 m above sea level. A. high mountain in the Goldberg group of the Hohe Tauern in Austria . The Schareck is the second highest named summit of the Goldberg group after the Hocharn . To the southwest of the summit is the Wurtenkees with the Mölltaler Glacier ski area.

The Goldberg Group is a sub-group of the Hohe Tauern mountain range within the Central Eastern Alps. It is located in Austria, in the states of Salzburg and Carinthia. Its highest peak is the Hocharn. The name of the group is related to the rich mineral ores of the area and the associated historic mining.

The ski resort Grossglockner Heiligenblut is located in the Mölltal. For skiing and snowboarding, there are 55 km of slopes and 11.5 km of ski routes available. 12 lifts transport the guests. The winter sports area is situated between the elevations of 1,301 and 2,989 m. It offers impressive views and varied slopes for all ability levels with a view of Austria's highest mountain, the Großglockner.

The Raggaschlucht is a gorge in the Austrian Mölltal near the village of Flattach in Carinthia. At around 800 meters in length, it is one of the shorter gorges in Austria, but one of the most impressive due to its particular narrowness and depth of up to 200 m. It is open to visitors throughout with walkways, stairs and bridges. At the beginning of the gorge a pegmatite forms-Intrusion a 10 m high step over which the Raggabach falls in an impressive waterfall into the gorge.

The Ankogelbahn is a cable car from Mallnitz to the Ankogel. It is a group shuttle-lift , with two cabins in the first section and three cabins in the second section, one behind the other, i.e. firmly clamped to the pulling rope. In contrast to a conventional gondola lift , however, these groups of cabins move back and forth between the stations on their suspension cable.

The Kaiser-Franz-Josefs-Höhe is part of the Grossglockner High Alpine Road. The end point of a cul-de-sac and lookout point is in Austria in the Glockner Group in Carinthia at an altitude of 2369 m above sea level. A. The Kaiser-Franz-Josefs-Höhe can only be reached by vehicle via the Grossglockner High Alpine Road, which is subject to a toll, from both Salzburg and Carinthia.