The Grossglockner The Grossglockner, at 3798 m (12,460 ft) the highest mountain in Austria. The top was covered with deep snow and it stood glistening in the sunlight against a clear blue sky. It was vaguely reminiscent of the Jungfrau. We had turned off the main road to go to the Franz-Josefs-Hohe (2451m, 8040 ft) which is the prime viewpoint for viewing the Grossglockner. The parking lot and area at Franz-Josefs-Hohe stand just opposite the Grossglockner - an excellent viewpoint. You stand looking straight across at the Grossglockner. Far below you the valley floor is covered by a glacier - there are patches of snow and areas where the old, scarred ice is bare. You can take a funicular down to the glacier. It is so far below the viewing area that the people walking on the glacier look like ants crawling on the surface. June 23, 1967

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The Grossglockner and the Glacier Below It This is one of the views from Franz-Josephs Hohe, the prime viewpoint for the mighty mountain, Grossglockner. June 23, 1967	Index Daily log
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Reservoir Opposite Grossglockner This is one of the views from Franz-Josephs Hohe, the prime viewpoint for the mighty mountain, Grossglockner. June 23, 1967	Index Daily log
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Valley Opposite Grossglockner The Grossglockner, at 3798 m (12,460 ft) the highest mountain in Austria. The top was covered with deep snow and it stood glistening in the sunlight against a clear blue sky. It was vaguely reminiscent of the Jungfrau. We had turned off the main road to go to the Franz-Josefs-Hohe (2451m, 8040 ft) which is the prime viewpoint for viewing the Grossglockner. The parking lot and area at Franz-Josefs-Hohe stand just opposite the Grossglockner - an excellent viewpoint. You stand looking straight across at the Grossglockner. Far below you the valley floor is covered by a glacier - there are patches of snow and areas where the old, scarred ice is bare. You can take a funicular down to the glacier. It is so far below the viewing area that the people walking on the glacier look like ants crawling on the surface. June 23, 1967

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Staging Area to Franz-Josefs Hohe On the approach to the Grossglockner, we made it up the first steep climb and turned off the main road to go to the Franz-Josefs-Hohe (2451m, 8040 ft). We were soon waved off the road into a huge parking lot. It had ten lanes of cars - we estimated 15-20 per lane by the time we moved out. Thus there were over 150 vehicles, including about ten 40-passenger tour busses waiting to go up - perhaps 700 people. With limited parking space at the top they have to run an overflow lot to prevent a hopeless traffic jam at the top. After about a 20 minute wait the officials decided it was clear enough at the top and they let the whole bunch of us go at one time. June 23, 1967 Hochtor Tunnel

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