Breslauer Hütte with gable end climbing wall

Owner:
DAV Sektion Breslau (now based in Stuttgart)

Location:
Superbly located on a level platform overlooking the Rofan and Ventertal valleys looking towards the peaks of the Ramolkogel.

Open:
Mid June to the end of September

Facilities:
Beds 67, Matratzenlager 99, Notlager 22
Excellent restaurant and toilet facilities complete with token operated showers and hot water. Everything you would expect from one of the biggest huts in the Ötztal.
Make sure you reserve bed-space to avoid sleeping with the furniture!

Valley and Hut Connections:
Vent 4hr, 2hr if making use of the Stablein Sessellift/chairlift from Vent
Vernagt Hütte (2755m) 2hr; Hochjoch Hospiz (2413m) 3hr; Gasthof Schöne Aussicht/Rif Albergo Bella Vista (2842m) 5hr; Taschachhaus (2434m) 4-5hr

Excursions:
Wildspitze (3768m) 4hr; Ötztaler Urkund (3556m) 2hr

Address:
Alexander Scheiber, Breslauer Hütte, Venterstraße 40, A- 6458 Vent Austria

Email:
info@breslauerhuette.at

Web Site:
www.breslauerhuette.at

Tel:
+43 676 963 4596 (mobile, all year round) /+43 664 5300 898 (mobile, in season only)

Superbly sited overlooking the Rofen and Vent valleys, the hut and section were named after the town of Breslau – which at various times in history has been part of many of the great empires and kingdoms of Europe and is now in Poland, and known as Wrocław. DAV Sektion Breslau, now based in Stuttgart, regained the hut in 1972.

The hut started life in 1882 as a small and modest two storey building comprising one communal room with a wood burning stove, table and chairs and a sleeping platform in the roof for around eight people. The simple layout can be seen in the framed original plans that are on show at the hut, and are in stark contrast to the complex of buildings which have been developed over the years and now occupy the site.

The Breslauer is a large and busy hut that has been managed by the Scheiber family from Vent for many years. In spite of its size, the hut has a welcoming, comfortable atmosphere aided by lots of memorabilia dotted throughout the corridors and various Gaststube dining rooms.

Not surprisingly, the majority of people staying at the hut will be those intending to climb Wildspitze (3793m), Austria’s second highest mountain. If this is not your plan, ask the Hüttenwirt for a quiet room so that you will not be disturbed by the 04:30 dawn chorus of huffing and puffing Wildspitze climbers queuing for the 05:00 breakfast slot.

Adapted from Across the Tyrol by Allan Hartley (unpublished)

Original hut layout

Breslauer Hüttenvert Alexander Scheiber

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