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Bezirk Spittal an der Drau

Heiligenblut am Großglockner

Marmot Viewing Point – Kaiser Franz Josef's Viewpoint loop from Margaritzenstausee

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Austria

Carinthia

Bezirk Spittal an der Drau

Heiligenblut am Großglockner

Marmot Viewing Point – Kaiser Franz Josef's Viewpoint loop from Margaritzenstausee

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4.9

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140

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Marmot Viewing Point – Kaiser Franz Josef's Viewpoint loop from Margaritzenstausee

00:59

3.36km

90m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: May 21, 2026

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Temporary access restrictions

Includes segments with temporary access restrictions.

After 180 m for 74 m

Open: • May: 6:00 AM-8:00 PM • June-August: 5:00 AM-9:30 PM • September-October: 6:00 AM-7:30 PM (otherwise closed)

After 254 m for 176 m

Closed: • November-April • May: 7:30 PM-6:00 AM • June-August: 8:30 PM-5:30 AM • September-October: 7:30 PM-6:00 AM (otherwise open)

After 430 m for 318 m

Open: • May: 6:00 AM-8:00 PM • June-August: 5:00 AM-9:30 PM • September-October: 6:00 AM-7:30 PM (otherwise closed)

After 2.46 km for 335 m

Open: • May: 6:00 AM-8:00 PM • June-August: 5:00 AM-9:30 PM • September-October: 6:00 AM-7:30 PM (otherwise closed)

After 2.80 km for 143 m

Closed: • November-April • May: 7:30 PM-6:00 AM • June-August: 8:30 PM-5:30 AM • September-October: 7:30 PM-6:00 AM (otherwise open)

After 2.94 km for 75 m

Open: • May: 6:00 AM-8:00 PM • June-August: 5:00 AM-9:30 PM • September-October: 6:00 AM-7:30 PM (otherwise closed)

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145 m

Marmot Spotting Area

Highlight • Natural

If you're lucky, you can see marmots up there. You can definitely hear them. It sounds like a loud whistle.

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310 m

Marmot Viewing Point

Highlight • Viewpoint

Here you can watch with a little luck marmots, they come out in the sun and bask on the stones

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1.30 km

View of the Großglockner and marmots

Highlight • Viewpoint

If you have enough time, you should definitely walk to the foot of the glacier. In addition to the impressive mountain world, it is unfortunately very easy to understand what climate change really means. To those who are interested, simple signposting with annual figures shows how the glacier retreats, or, more precisely, melts. It was frightening for me to see that the glacier foot since my last visit in 2015 a good 400 m airline continues. The "blue" ice cave, which impressed me in 2015, this time drifted, June 2017, half melted or remains thereof, in the glacier lake.

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1.31 km

Kaiserstein – Statue of Emperor Franz Joseph I

Highlight • Monument

At the Kaiserstein there is a statue of Emperor Franz Joseph I. The Emperor had ascended from Heiligenblut to this point on September 7, 1856. His wife, Elisabeth of Austria, stayed on the wooden floor (today the Glocknerhaus).

Source: sn.at/wiki/Kaiserstein

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1.61 km

Kaiser Franz Josef House

Highlight • Mountain Hut

The highlight of the Hohe Tauern! Great view of the Grossglockner massif.

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2.18 km

Pasterze Glacier

Highlight • Natural Monument

Grossglockner Panoramaweg is a hiking trail that starts from the parking lot at the terminus of the Grossglockner Alpenstrasse. An easy to walk path with beautiful views of the glacier and leads past the Swarovski watchtower and some catering establishments. Here and there you will also come across some murmurs.

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