Featured Hut by Allan Hartley

Westfalenhaus 2273m
Sellrain-Stubai Alps

Owner: DAV Sektion-Münster

Location: Situated near the head of the Langental valley headed by the peaks of the Brunnenkogel.

Open: Winter: early Feb to early May; Summer, mid-June to end Sep sometimes to mid Oct).

Facilities: 30 beds / 25 Matratzenlager / 6 winter room (unlocked). Good restaurant with excellent food, modern toilet facilities, token operated showers, drying-boot room, rucksack delivery service and mobile tel connection but not internet.

Valley and Hut Connections: Nearest railway station Innsbruck. Bus stop in Praxmar and parking at Lüsens: 3h to hut from L&’252;sens Alpen-Gasthof.
Winnebachseehütte via Winnebachjoch 2782m 4hr,
Franz-Senn-Hütte via Horntaler Joch 2554m 6hr
Amberger Hütte 6h; Pforzheimer Hütte 5h

Tours: Sellrain Runde Tour. 7 to 10 day hut tour depending on the choice of route. See www.sellrainer-huettenrunde.at ; Vordere Grubenwand (3165 m) 4h; Winnebacher Weißkogel (3185m) 3h; Hoher Seeblaskogel (3235m) 4h; Längentaler Weißer Kogel (3218m) 3h; Schöntalspitze (3008m) 3h; Lüsener Fernerkogel (3299m) 6h; Lüsener Spitze (3230m) 6h.

Address: Rinaldo De Biasio, Westfalenhaus, A-6182 Gries im Sellrain, Austria

Tel: 0043 (0) 664 788 0875

Website: www.westfalenhaus.at

A large modern hut that has its origins in 1908, with extensions in 1958/70/83, followed by total renovation in 2008-10, making this the premier hut of the DAV Sektion Münster.

With the establishment of Winnebach See in 1903, then the Schweinfürter Hütte in 1912, the hut was strategically placed midway at the head of the Langental valley, helping to establish an early multi-day tour from Kühtai to the Lüsens-Praxmar valley and more recently the Sellrain Ründe Tour.

Two world wars took their toll on the hut, particularly WWll when the hut became dilapidated. Refurbished in 1958, the Materialseilbahn was added around the time of the 1970 renovation, all helping to re-establish the hut.

Thereafter the hut has enjoyed a steady growth in wealth and popularity, as a day-walk from Lüsens Alpen-Gasthof, for those undertaking the increasingly popular Sellrain Ründe Tour and as a venue for winter ski -touring.

The hut was totally and tastefully refurbished in 2008 - 2010 when the entire hut was modernised into the hut we see today, projecting a warm and pleasant atmosphere and making the hut a very good place to stay.

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