The Obere Glocknerscharte between the two peaks, at , is the highest col in Austria, from which a couloir up to 55° in gradient and in altitude descends down to the Glocknerkees glacier, called Pallavicinirinne after the Austrian mountaineer Alfred von Pallavicini (1848-1886). It runs northeastwards and borders on the Northeast and North Faces of the Grossglockner. The latter faces are bounded by the Northwest Ridge, part of the main Glockner crest, which runs over the Grögerschneid, , and the ridge elevations of Glocknerhorn, , and Teufelshorn, , to the Untere Glocknerscharte, , which connects to the high Glocknerwand.