The Glockner bivouac was built to provide shelter for mountain climbers in emergency situations, such as the two alpinists who were trapped on the mountain after a rock fall.
Below the Glockner North Face, at exactly 3205 meters above sea level, the Alpine Club’s Glockner Bivouac, built in 1958, stands on a rocky ridge and was completely renovated in October 2020.
“The new bivouac can now accommodate twelve people and, in case of emergency, probably a few more,” says Ernst Riegler, chairman of the Großkirchheim-Heiligenblut branch of the Alpine Club: “The bivouac is very well insulated and there are sleeping places and blankets.”
The two Czechs (25 and 39) retreated to this bivouac after a rock fall in the north face.
The fact that the two mountain climbers have to stay there another night is no problem for Klaus Brandstätter of the mountain rescue team: “The Czechs wanted to do a winter ascent of the Mayerl slope, steep up to 70 degrees, on the Glockner north face. So they are anything but ‘noodle eyes’, they are real alpinists and they certainly don’t mind if they have to wait a few hours in the bivouac for help.”
Twice a year, Heiligenbluter Michael Rieger goes to the bivouac to check everything. He is the bivouac keeper and knows that it is very good to sleep in the Glockner bivouac.
Source: Krone
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