Featured hut by Allan Hartley
Stüdl Hütte 2802m, Glockner Group
Owner: DAV Sektion Oberland
Location: Situated on the south side of the wind-blown Fanat Scharte col that unfortunately obscures the view of the Großglockner. The views from the hut are quite extensive particularly those to the Dolomites in the south.
Open: Middle June to middle October and Early March to middle May
Facilities: 106 Matratzenlager; 16 Notlager in winter room (unlocked) Matratzenlager only in large dorms. lt goes without saying that this is a very busy hut due to its proximity to the Großglockner. Advance reservation is essential to avoid Notlager and sleeping with the furniture. Good but limited toilet facilities due to water restrictions but showers are available. Excellent menu with buffet style evening meal and breakfast to rival any valley based pension. Mobile telephone connection; credit cards accepted.
Valley and Hut Connections: Railway stations at Kitzbuhel and Lienz. Post bus stops at Kals, Lucknerhaus and Stuben. Parking at Lucknerhaus. Kals 5h, Lucknerhaus 2l3h via Lucknerhüutte (goods lift from Lucknerhütte), Glorer Hütte 2.5h, Salmhütte 4h via Pfort Scharte (2828m), Kalser Tauernhaus 5.5h, Erherzog-Johann-Hütte 2.5h
Excursions: Großglockner (3798m) 5h Romariswandkopf (3508m) 3h
Maps: AV 40 Glocknergruppe (with ski routes) BEV sheet 1 53 Freytag & Berndt sheet WK 122
Address: Herr Matteo Bachmann Glor-Berg 18 4-9981 Kals am Gross Glockner, Austria
Telephone: Hut 0043 (0) 4876 8209 (only when hut open)
E-mail: info@stuedlhuette.at
Website: www.stuedlhuette.at
Named after Johann Studl, a wealthy Prague business man, who funded the construction of the hut in 1868. Studl was an active mountaineer and counted Franz Senn, founding member of the Austrian Alpine Club, and Francis Fox Tuckett, of the British Alpine Club and Royal Geographical Society, among his close friends.
Stüdl Hütte 2802m
The hut is the main base for climbing the Großglockner, particularly the normal route via the Adlersruhe, first climbed in 1854-55, and the more difficult but equally popular Stüdl Grat, which was climbed in 1864 by local guides Josef Kerer and Peter Groder. There is not much else to climb from the hut other than the Romariswandkopf (3508m) but that does not prevent the hut from being highly popular.
Stüdl Hütte dining room
Opened on the 15th September 1868, the hut has a long history, having been extended or refurbished in 1870, 1872, 1875, 1882, 1903, 1928, 1958, 1974, then in 1977. ln 1992 ownership of the hut was transferred from ÖAV Sektion Prague to DAV-Sektion Oberland. The old hut had gradually slipped into a state of dilapidation, not for the want of care but more because of original structural building defects and the rigours of many winters which allowed rain and snow to be blown in and accelerate the freeze-thaw¬ process. As the hut was quite literally falling apart and unsafe for use, it was eventually closed and demolished in 1997.
Stüdl Hütte circa 1900
The present three storey barrel vault hut opened in 2000 for the millennium celebrations. Despite the radical architectural shape and style for an alpine hut, the interior is quite pleasant though functional, with lots of memorabilia from the old hut dotted about, plus various signs offering words of wisdom for would be alpinists hoping to climb the Großglockner.
Stüdl Hütte 1997
This is a good hut in every sense of the word, its location and namesake being of huge historical importance to the Alpenverein.
Source: Trekking in Austria's Hohe Tauern by Allan Hartley published by Cicerone Press.
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