The Ravensburger Hut () is an
Alpine Club hut
Alpine club huts () or simply club huts (''Clubhütten'') form the majority of the over 1,300 mountain huts in the Alps and are maintained by branches, or sections, of the various Alpine clubs. Although the usual English translation of ''Hütte'' i ...
belonging to the
Ravensburg
Ravensburg ( or ; Swabian: ''Raveschburg'') is a city in Upper Swabia in Southern Germany, capital of the district of Ravensburg, Baden-Württemberg.
Ravensburg was first mentioned in 1088. In the Middle Ages, it was an Imperial Free City and ...
branch of the
German Alpine Club
The German Alpine Club (, DAV for short) is the world's largest climbing association and the eighth-largest sporting association in Germany. It is a member of the German Olympic Sports Confederation and the competent body for sport and competiti ...
(DAV).
It lies in the
Lechquellen Mountains
The Lechquellen Mountains () or Lechquellen range is a small mountain group within the Northern Limestone Alps of the Eastern Alps. It lies entirely within the Austrian state of Vorarlberg and includes the upper reaches of the river Lech (ri ...
at the foot of the
Spuller Schafberg (near the
Arlberg Pass).
History
The Ravensburger Hut was built in 1912, extended 1958/59, modernised in 1974/76 and in 1988/89 a sewage treatment facility was installed.
Ascent
* From Zug via the Stierlochjoch: signed, good path, steep to begin with, later gentler. From Stierlochjoch down to the hut. Bathed in sunshine in the morning, shady in the evening, 1½ to 2 hours, from Lech to Zug on an easy route another 30 minutes.
* From Klösterle / Langen via the Spuller See: ideal for railway travellers, signed, both paths merged about 45 minutes. The path from Klösterle is steeper, but is shaded in the morning. 2 to 2½ hours.
* From
Spullersee: drive to the northern dam of the Spullersee (drive ca. 30 minutes on a toll road, sometimes closed). From there on foot in ca. 45 minutes to the hut.
Literature/maps
*
Alpine Club map
Alpine Club maps (, often abbreviated to ''AV-Karten'' i.e. AV maps) are especially detailed maps for summer and winter mountain climbers, hikers, and ski tourers. They are predominantly published at a scale of 1:25.000, although some sheets have ...
3/2 Lechtaler Alpen, Arlberggebiet. 1:25,000 topographic map series 1:25,000
* Freytag & Berndt, Sheet 372 Arlberggebiet - Paznaun Verwallgruppe 1:50,000
External links
{{commons category, Ravensburger Hütte, Ravensburger Hut
Ravensburg Branch of the DAV
Mountain huts in Austria