Hochschoberhütte

The Hochschoberhütte is a Category I Schutzhütte (mountain hut) of the Sektion Edelweiss of the Österreichischer Alpenverein (Austrian Alpine Club). It stands at 2,322 m above sea level south of the Hochschober in the upper Leibnitz Valley (Leibnitztal) in East Tyrol, Austria. The hut is a staffed refuge serving hikers and mountaineers, open from mid-June to mid-September, and is supplied by helicopter. It offers 12 beds and 38 mattress-camp berths. The original hut was built in 1921/1922 by the Sektion Wiener Lehrer of the Deutscher und Österreichischer Alpenverein on a site acquired in 1914, and was ceremonially opened on 30 June 1922. It was extended in the 1920s and again in 1934/1935, with the enlarged hut reopened on 21 July 1935. The building burned down in 1983, and the present structure was erected on the same site in 1985/1986 and opened in summer 1987. The hut is a base for day trips and mountain walks, including ascents of the Hochschober (3,240 m), the Hoher Prijakt (3,064 m) and the Niederer Prijakt (3,056 m). It also serves as a waypoint for routes to the Lienzer Hütte via the Leibnitztörl (2,591 m) or the Mirnitzscharte (2,743 m), the Alkuser See (2,432 m) and the Kreuzspitze (2,937 m). Access by car is via Lienz in East Tyrol along the Felbertauernstraße to Ainet and on to Oberleibnig, then to the car park at the Förstner Brindl directly at the Leibnitzbach bridge (1,656 m). The approach on foot follows the Eduard-Jordan-Weg No. 914 past the Leibnitz Alpe, taking about 2.5 hours. The Hochschoberhütte is operated within the network of huts of the Edelweiss section, whose official website is alpenverein-edelweiss.at. The section also manages other properties such as the Hinteralmhaus and the Tappenkarseehütte, and several of its staffed huts carry both the Alpine Club seal of quality and the Austrian Ecolabel.

The site for the original Hochschoberhütte was acquired in 1914 by the Sektion Wiener Lehrer (Vienna Teachers' Section) of the Deutscher und Österreichischer Alpenverein. The hut was built in 1921/1922 and ceremonially opened on 30 June 1922. It was extended during the 1920s and again in 1934/1935; the enlarged hut was reopened and inaugurated on 21 July 1935. In 1983 the hut burned down. The current building was constructed on the same site in 1985/1986 and opened in summer 1987. Today the hut is a Category I Schutzhütte of the Sektion Edelweiss of the Österreichischer Alpenverein, located at 2,322 m above sea level south of the Hochschober in the upper Leibnitztal. It is open from mid-June to mid-September and is supplied by helicopter. The hut provides 12 beds and 38 mattress-camp berths and serves as a base for day trips and mountain walks, including ascents of the Hochschober (3,240 m), the Hoher Prijakt (3,064 m) and the Niederer Prijakt (3,056 m), as well as routes to the Lienzer Hütte via the Leibnitztörl (2,591 m) or the Mirnitzscharte (2,743 m), the Alkuser See (2,432 m) and the Kreuzspitze (2,937 m). Access by car is via Lienz in East Tyrol along the Felbertauernstraße to Ainet and on to Oberleibnig, then to the car park at the Förstner Brindl directly at the Leibnitzbach bridge (1,656 m). The approach on foot follows the Eduard-Jordan-Weg No. 914 past the Leibnitz Alpe, taking about 2.5 hours.

• 1987

  Current building erected on the same site in 1985/1986 and opened in summer 1987.

• 1983

  Hut burned down.

• 1935

  Hut extended in the 1920s and 1934/1935; reopened and inaugurated on 21 July 1935.

• 1922

  Original hut built in 1921/1922 and ceremonially opened on 30 June 1922.

• 1914

  Site for the original hut acquired by the Sektion Wiener Lehrer of the Deutscher und Österreichischer Alpenverein.

A Category I staffed mountain refuge in the Austrian Alpine Club network, serving hikers and mountaineers in the upper Leibnitz Valley.

• Mountain hut accommodation

  12 beds and 38 mattress-camp berths.

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