The Vorderkaiserfelden Hut () is an

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in the

Kufstein district The Bezirk Kufstein is an administrative district (bezirk) in Tyrol, Austria. It borders Bavaria (Germany) in the north, the Kitzbühel district in the southeast, and the Schwaz district in the southwest. The district has a geographical area of 9 ...

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. It is located at ''Vorderkaiserfeldenhütte''
at tyrol.com. Retrieved 29 December 2022. on the southwest slope of the ''

Zahmer Kaiser The Kaiser Mountains (, meaning ''Emperor Mountains'') are a mountain range in the Northern Limestone Alps and Eastern Alps. Its main ridges – are the Zahmer Kaiser and south of it the Wilder Kaiser. The mountains are situated in the Austri ...

'' below the

Naunspitze The Naunspitze is a peakBundesamt für Eich- und Vermessungswesen Österreich: Austrian Map online (Österreichische Karte 1:50.000)''. in the Zahmer Kaiser, the northern ridge of the Kaiser Mountains in Tyrol, Austria. Seen from the west it is t ...

and high above the

Kaisertal The Kaisertal (formerly ''Sparchental'') is a striking mountain valley between the mountain chains of the Zahmer and Wilder Kaiser in Austria's Kaisergebirge range in the Tyrol (state), Tyrol. In the ravine (''Sparchenklamm'') on the valley flo ...

valley in the

Kaisergebirge The Kaiser Mountains (, meaning ''Emperor Mountains'') are a mountain range in the Northern Limestone Alps and Eastern Alps. Its main ridges – are the Zahmer Kaiser and south of it the Wilder Kaiser. The mountains are situated in the Austri ...

mountain range. It has a good view over the

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and

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and across to the

Mangfall Mountains The Mangfall Mountains (，), or sometimes Mangfall Alps, are the easternmost part of the Bavarian Prealps that, in turn, belong to the Northern Limestone Alps. The name comes from the river Mangfall, whose tributaries, the Rottach, Weißach, ...

and the

Wilder Kaiser The Kaiser Mountains (, meaning ''Emperor Mountains'') are a mountain range in the Northern Limestone Alps and Eastern Alps. Its main ridges – are the Zahmer Kaiser and south of it the Wilder Kaiser. The mountains are situated in the Austri ...

Description

The hut is managed by the

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's Oberland section. It has a 56 dormitory mattresses, 20 beds in double rooms and 11 in multibed rooms.''Vorderkaiserfeldenhütte 1388 m''
at alpenverein-muenchen-oberland.de. Retrieved 29 December 2022. The Vorderkaiserfelden Hut is open year-round except three weeks in December and after Easter. It can be accessed from

, the hike takes about 2.5 hours, or from

Ebbs Ebbs is a municipality in the Kufstein district of Tyrol in Austria. The village is located in the Judicial district of Kufstein and in 2016 had a population of 5,480. Geography Ebbs is located in the Lower Inn Valley near Kufstein, to the e ...

, also within about 2.5 hours. Already in 1889, a hut with 6 communal bunks and 14 beds existed. In September 2023, the Oberland section announced that a replacement building for the Vorderkaiserfelden Hut is being planned due to structural defects.''Ersatzbau für die Vorderkaiserfeldenhütte'' (in German)
at alpenverein-muenchen-oberland.de. Retrieved 26 September 2023.

Access

*by bus from

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in 1h 15min to

station *by bus from Kufstein station on line 4030 to Sparchen or to

/Reit "Cafe Zacherl" *by car to the payment car park at the entrance to the Kaisertal valley in the Kufstein suburb of Sparchen.

Approaches

* from

- Sparchen via Sparchenstiege, Veitenhof and Rietzaualm in 2.5 hours. * from

/Reit via the "Musikantenweg" (No.811) in 3 hours. * from the Gasthof "Zur Schanze" via the Rietzaualm in 2.5 hours.

Crossings

Stripsenjochhaus The Stripsenjochhaus is an Alpine club hut owned by the Kufstein branch of the Austrian Alpine Club in the Kaisergebirge mountain range in the Austrian state of Tyrol. Location The house lies on the Stripsenjoch which forms a bridge between the ...

(1,577 m) via Höhenweg, Hochalm and Feldalm saddle, duration: 4 hours *

Anton Karg Haus The Anton Karg Haus, formerly the Neue Hinterbärenbad Hut, is an Alpine club hut belonging to the Kufstein Section of the Austrian Alpine Club in the Kaisergebirge mountains in the Austrian state of Tyrol. The hut is named after the co-founde ...

and

Hans Berger Haus The Hans Berger Haus is a refuge hut belonging to the Kufstein section of the Austrian Friends of Nature, located in the Kaisergebirge mountains in Tyrol. The tenants run a well-known climbing school here. Location The hut is located at a heig ...

via the Hechleitenalm, easy, duration: 2 hours

Ascents

(1,633 m), medium, duration: 45 minutes *

Petersköpfl The Petersköpfl is a 1,745m high summit in the Zahmer Kaiser, the northern ridge of the Kaisergebirge mountain range in the Austrian state of Tyrol. To the east, the Petersköpfl is linked by a ridge to the Einserkogel; to the west it is separa ...

(1,745 m), medium, duration: 1 hour *

Pyramidenspitze The Pyramidenspitze is a mountain, 1,998 metres high, of the Kaisergebirge in the Austrian state of Tyrol. The Pyramidenspitze is only the second highest summit in the Zahmer Kaiser after the largely unknown, Vordere Kesselschneid, but is the m ...

(1,998 m), via the Zahmer Kaiser plateau, medium, duration: 2.5 hours *

(1,998 m), via Hinterkaiserfeldenalm, medium, duration: 2.5 hours *

Vordere Kesselschneid At the Vordere Kesselschneid is the highest summit in the Zahmer Kaiser, the northern chain of the Kaiser Mountains in the Austrian state of Tyrol. Its summit is located southeast of the oft-visited Pyramidenspitze and is separated from it by ...

(2,002 m), via Höhenweg, Ochsweidkar cirque, medium, duration: 3 hours * Route to the Zahmer Kaiser over the Pyramidenspitze with descent through the Winkelkar cirque to

Durchholzen Durchholzen is a village in the municipality of Walchsee in the Austrian state of Tyrol and has 570 inhabitants. Geography Durchholzen lies around 3 km southwest of the municipal centre of Walchsee. The lowest point in the parish is Durchholzen ...

. * various climbing routes on the Naunspitze, the Petersköpfl and the Steingrubenwand as well as the Heimköpfl climbing garden (''Klettergarten'').

Gallery

File:20050529-Vorderkaiserfelden_MQ.jpg, The terrasse of the Vorderkaiserfelden Hut File:Vorderkaiserfeldenhuette2.jpg, A little below the Vorderkaiserfelden Hut File:Vorderkaiserfeldenhuette3.jpg, En route to the Vorderkaiserfelden Hut

References

External links

Official website of Vorderkaiserfelden

Website of the German Alpine Club

Description
by

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Site of the Oberland Branch of the DAV
{{Authority control Mountain huts in Tyrol (federal state) Kaiser Mountains