The Ackerl Hut (german: Ackerlhütte) is an
Alpine club hut
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in the
Wilder Kaiser
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mountains in
Austria
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. It is run by the
Kitzbühel section
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of the
Austrian Alpine Club
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and lies at a height of (according to other sources 1,456 m or 1,465 m
[According to the sign on the hut itself]) below the south faces of the
Regalmspitze,
Ackerlspitze and
Maukspitze.
Facilities
It is a self-service hut with 15 mattresses that serves as a base for mountaineers and climbers. From June to September the Ackerl Hut is managed, at a least at weekends, otherwise it is not open and only accessible with an Alpine Club key.
Approaches
* From Hüttling/Prama (near
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) via the Graspoint Niederalm and Schleier Waterfall in 2 hours.
* From Wochenbrunner Alm via the Gaudeamus Hut and along the Höhenweg trail in 2 hours.
* From
St. Johann in Tirol
St. Johann in Tirol is a market town in Tyrol, Austria, in the Kitzbühel district. In the regional ductus, the last syllable of the name is stressed as "Sankt yo-Hahn'".
History
St. Johann is situated in the Leukental, which extends from J ...
along the Adlerweg trail, (here known as the Wilder Kaiser Trail (''Steig'')) in 3 hours.
Crossings
*
Gaudeamus Hut (1,270 m) via the Wilder Kaiser Trail, duration: 1 hour
*
Fritz Pflaum Hut (1,865 m) via the Ackerlspitze, difficult, duration: 5.5 hours
*
Fritz Pflaum Hut (1,865 m) over the Wilder Kaiser Trail, Gildensteig and
Kleines Törl, duration: 3.5 hours
*
Grutten Hut (1,620 m) over the Wilder Kaiser Trail and Jubiläumssteig, medium difficult, duration: 3 hours
Ascents
*
Maukspitze (2,231 m) in 2.5 hours
*
Ackerlspitze (2,329 m) in 3 hours
*
Regalmspitze (2,253 m) in 3 hours
References
External links
Ackerl Hut on the Kaisergebirge home page{{in lang, de
Mountain huts in Tyrol (state)
Kaiser Mountains
Kitzbühel District
Kitzbühel
