Featured hut by Allan Hartley

Glorer Hütte 2642m, Glockner Group

Owner: DAV Sektion Eichstatt

Location: Situated on the broad wind swept saddle of Bergertorl on the old trade route between Kals and the remote villages to the norh.

Open: Mid June to early October.

Facilities: 12 beds, 37 Matratzenlager, 4 Notlager. Good restaurant and toilet facilities with token operated showers. Drying room.

Valley and Hut Connections: Nearest railway station Lienz; nearest bus stop Lucknerhaus (from Kals); car park at Lucknerhaus. 2h from Lucknerhaus, 4h from Kals, 5h from Heiligenblut. Salmhu tte 1.5h, Lucknerhütte 2.5h, Studlhütte 2.5h, Glocknerhaus 5hr, Eberfelder Hütte 5hr. Grossglockner (3798m), Medlspitze (2678m), Kasteneck (2824m), Böses Weibl (3121m)

Address: Herr Alfred Graf, Glorer Hütte, Bergertorl 1, A-9981 Kals am Grossglockner, Austria

Tel: Hut (0043) 06643 032200

Email: glorerhuette@grafconsulting.at

Website: www.alpenverein.at/huetten/index.php?huette_nr=0550

Named after the small village of Glor (Kalser Ortsteil Glor) just above Kals, the hut was built in 1887 on an initiative promoted by Prague businessman Johann Studl (Studlhütte) by local guides Veit Oberlohr, Paul Schnell and Thomas Huter who named the hut after their village. Extended in 1924 and 1968, with general renovation taking place in 1982. The dining room and main Gaststube that adjoins the kitchen are particularly fine and occupy the original part of the hut where timber clad walls are darkened with the passage of time. Here you will find a large photo of the 'building team' in 1887. Veit Oberlohr's family remain connected with the valley having close connections with Lucknerhaus, Lucknerhütte and Studlhütte. More history is displayed close-by with a photo of the Klotz brothers during the first ascent of the Grossglockner.

The adjacent Stube from the 1982 renovation is similarly fitted out to include the traditional pot-belly Austrian tiled Kachelofen.

The hut is a popular destination with day visitors due to the proximity of the bus terminus and car park at Lucknerhaus meaning the hut can be packed to capacity at lunchtime; as evening approaches it is mostly occupied with folk undertaking the Glockner Runde Tour or Eberfelder Weg. For weekends it is best to make a reservation to avoid the Notlager or sleeping with the furniture.

Standing at the porch the scenery is generally toward the mountains of the Venediger and mountains of the South Tyrol with Hochgall being most prominent. For those who make the five minute walk up the adjacent hillside they will be rewarded with a stunning view of the Grossglockner and the Erzherzog Johann Hütte.

The Glorer Hut is a very pleasant hut, and worthy of a visit for no particular reason, with a lot of effort being put into maintaining its Gemütlichkeit tradition.

Source: Trekking in Austria's Hohe Tauern by Allan Hartley published by Cicerone Press.

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