The Pinzgau Hut or Pinzgauer Hut
[ () is a ]mountain hut
A mountain hut is a building located at high elevation, in mountainous terrain, generally accessible only by foot, intended to provide food and shelter to mountaineering, mountaineers, climbing, climbers and Hiking, hikers. Mountain huts are us ...
at 1,700 m (5,577 ft)[Reynolds, Kev. ''Walking in Austria''. p. 201.] above sea level in the Kitzbühel Alps
The Kitzbühel Alps ( or ''Kitzbühler Alpen'') are a mountain range of the Central Eastern Alps surrounding the town of Kitzbühel in Tyrol, Austria. Geologically they are part of the western slate zone ( greywacke zone).
Location
Two-thirds of ...
in Salzburg
Salzburg is the List of cities and towns in Austria, fourth-largest city in Austria. In 2020 its population was 156,852. The city lies on the Salzach, Salzach River, near the border with Germany and at the foot of the Austrian Alps, Alps moun ...
, Austria.
Location
The hut stands west of the Zellersee and Zell am See
Zell am See is the administrative capital of the Zell am See District in the Austrian state of Salzburg (state), Salzburg. Located in the Kitzbühel Alps, the town is an important tourist destination due to its Ski resort, ski resorts and shorel ...
's local mountain, the Schmittenhöhe
The Schmittenhöhe is a mountain, high, on the eastern edge of the Kitzbühel Alps. It is the local mountain of the district capital of Zell am See, from where a Aerial lift, cable car was built in 1927 by Adolf Bleichert & Co. that runs to the s ...
(1,965 m), below the Hahnkopf.[ The hut lies in a large forest clearing just south of the Kessel wind gap (''Kesselscharte'') on the eastern section of the Pinzgau Ridgeway (''Pinzgauer Spaziergang'') on long-distance trail 02A, only 1½ km as the crow flies from the summit of the Schmittenhöhe and its upper cable car station.
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Description
The Pinzgau Hut is managed by the Austrian Friends of Nature
Friends of Nature (international abbreviation: NFI, for German: Naturfreunde International) is a non-profit organisation with a background in the social democratic movement, which aims to make the enjoyment of nature accessible to the wider commu ...
and has 46 places:[ 6 twin and 5 four-bed rooms and 14 mattress spaces. It is open from the beginning of June to mid-October; and in winter from Christmas to mid-April.][
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Approaches
* In summer, from Piesendorf in two hours; from the Schmittenhöhe cable car in half an hour
** Crossing to the Bürgl Hut
The Bürgl Hut () is a private mountain hut at in the Kitzbühel Alps in the Austrian federal state of Salzburg (state), Salzburg.
The formerly self-catering hut is today partially managed (ca. 20 beds and 25 mattress places) and is found on the ...
six–seven hours
* In winter, on touring skis, two hours
** From Zell am See
Zell am See is the administrative capital of the Zell am See District in the Austrian state of Salzburg (state), Salzburg. Located in the Kitzbühel Alps, the town is an important tourist destination due to its Ski resort, ski resorts and shorel ...
/Schüttdorf over the ''Areitbahn'', ski downhill to the valley station of the ''Kapellenbahn'', then one km
Summits
* Maurerkogel (2,074 m) 1½ hours[''Pinzgauer Hütte'']
at www.bergwelten.com. Retrieved 30 Mar 2018.
* Gernkogel (2,175 m) 2½ hours.[
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References
External links
Österr.Karte 1:50.000, Schmittenhöhe to Maurerkogel
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Mountain huts in Austria
Zell am See District
Kitzbühel Alps
Buildings and structures in Salzburg (federal state)