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Pinzgau Hut

Coordinates: 47°19′22″N 12°43′09″E / 47.322847°N 12.7191°E / 47.322847; 12.7191
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Pinzgau Hut
Pinzgau Hut is located in Austria
Pinzgau Hut
Pinzgau Hut
Coordinates47°19′22″N 12°43′09″E / 47.322847°N 12.7191°E / 47.322847; 12.7191
CountryAustria
Administrative
district
Salzburg
Mountain rangeKitzbühel Alps
Locationsouth of the Kessel wind gap (Kesselscharte)
Elevation1,700 m (5,577 ft) AA
Administration
Hut typeTVN
Websitewww.sbg.at/pinzgauer-huette
Facilities
Beds/Bunks32
Mattresses14
Footnotes
Hut referenceTVN DAV

The Pinzgau Hut or Pinzgauer Hut[1] (German: Pinzgauer Hütte) is a mountain hut at 1,700 m (5,577 ft)[1] above sea level in the Kitzbühel Alps in Salzburg, Austria.

Location

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The hut stands west of the Zellersee and Zell am See's local mountain, the Schmittenhöhe (1,965 m), below the Hahnkopf.[1] 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.

Description

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The Pinzgau Hut is managed by the Austrian Friends of Nature and has 46 places:[1] 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.[1]

Approaches

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  • In summer, from Piesendorf in two hours; from the Schmittenhöhe cable car in half an hour
  • In winter, on touring skis, two hours
    • From Zell am See/Schüttdorf over the Areitbahn, ski downhill to the valley station of the Kapellenbahn, then one km

Summits

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  • Maurerkogel (2,074 m) 1½ hours[2]
  • Gernkogel (2,175 m) 2½ hours.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Reynolds, Kev. Walking in Austria. p. 201.
  2. ^ a b Pinzgauer Hütte at www.bergwelten.com. Retrieved 30 Mar 2018.
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