Wiener-Neustädter Hut

The Wiener-Neustädter Hut is an Alpine hut belonging to the Austrian Tourist Club on the edge of the Austrian Schneekar ("Snow Cirque") in the west face of the Zugspitze at 2,213 metres above sea level[1] (2,209 m according to other sources[2]). The hut is resupplied by the Tyrolean Zugspitze Cable Car, whose cables run directly over the hut.

Wiener-Neustädter Hut
Wiener-Neustädter Hut
Coordinates47.42333°N 10.97028°E / 47.42333; 10.97028
CountryAustria
Administrative
district
Tyrol
Mountain rangeWetterstein
Locationin the Austrian cirque on the Zugspitze
Nearest
settlement
Ehrwald
Elevation2,213 m (7,260 ft) AA
Administration
Hut typeÖTK Hut
OwnerÖTK
Facilities
Beds/Bunks24
Mattresses10
Winter room6 beds, 8 mattresses
Accommodationopen, no heating or cooking facilities
Opening timesbeginning of July to end September
Footnotes
Hut referenceÖTK OeAV DAV
The hut on the edge of the Austrian Schneekar

It was built in 1884, after the klettersteig to the Zugspitze had been secured in 1879.

Access

  • from Ehrwald along the Georg-Jäger-Steig (duration: 4 hrs)
  • from Eibsee (duration: 4 hrs)
  • from the Riffelriß in 2 hrs (partly secured).
  • from Obermoos along the Binderweg in 3 hrs

Crossings

Summit

  • Zugspitze (2,961 m) I (partly secured). The way to the summit of the Zugspitze runs over an easy klettersteig, which begins at a natural gallery (the Stopselzieher) and runs past the old top station of the first Tyrolean Zugspitze Cable Car over the crest to the summit.
  • Zugspitzeck (2,820 m) II,
  • Sonnspitzl (2,600 m) III,
  • Schneefernerkopf (2,874 m) I (partly secured).

References

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