Alpenkönigroute
The Alpenkönigroute (also called the Alpenkönigweg ) is a high alpine transition in the Venediger Group in East Tyrol and leads from the Essen-Rostocker Hütte ( 2208 m above sea level ) in the Maurertal to the Clarahütte ( 2038 m above sea level ). The highest point is the saddle between Quirl and Ogasilspitze at 2873 m .
The transition is free of glaciers, but requires absolute surefootedness and should only be walked with a mountain guide as it is not marked . On older maps, the route is sometimes incorrectly marked as marked. The path marking was deliberately not renewed because the path is very dangerous. In particular, the descent into the Umbal Valley to the Clarahütte is difficult to find and it is very steep craggy terrain that quickly becomes impassable when wet.
The path is particularly impressive because of the wild and pristine landscape and is very lonely. A good 7 hours should be estimated as walking time.
history
A very experienced mountain guide from Prägraten am Großvenediger named Alois Berger, who was and is known as the “King of the Alps” due to his vast experience and excellent local knowledge of the mountains of his homeland, gave this route his name.
Alois Berger explored the route, found it and thus climbed it for the first time. Before that, there was no glacier-free connection between the Clarahütte and the Essen-Rostocker-Hütte without going down into the valley. Alois Berger's drive was to find an ice-free transition between the two huts, which “only” requires mountaineering skills, but not roped walking over crevasse glaciers.
Web links
- Tour description from the Venediger mountain guides in Prägraten. Retrieved January 29, 2020 .
Coordinates: 47 ° 1 ′ 41.3 ″ N , 12 ° 16 ′ 25 ″ E