Baltschiederklause
| Baltschiederklause SAC hut |
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 Baltschiederklause |
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| location | Baltschiedertal; Valais ; Valley location: Baltschieder | |
| Geographical location: | 634 703 / 138265 | |
| Altitude | 2783 m above sea level M. | |
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| owner | SAC - Blümlisalp section (Thun) | |
| Built | 1921-1922 | |
| Construction type | Hut; stone | |
| Development | Trails of Ausserberg or harrows from | |
| Usual opening times | June to mid-September | |
| accommodation | 0 beds, 76 camps | |
| Winter room | 14 bearings | |
| Web link | Baltschiederklause | |
| Hut directory | SAC | |
The Baltschiederklause is a hut belonging to the Swiss Alpine Club (SAC) at the very end of the Baltschiedertal (Valais).
location
The Bietschhorn ( 3934 m ) is 3.2 kilometers west of the hut. Clockwise around the hut:
- Stockhorn ( 3212 m )
- Bietschhorn ( 3934 m )
- Breithorn ( 3785 m ) and that
- Strahlhorn ( 3200 m )
The Baltschieder Glacier is also nearby .
history
The Baltschiederklause is one of the very few SAC huts that are named after a person (e.g. Cabane Rambert , Chamanna Jenatsch , Topalihütte , Bordierhütte ). The industrialist and eugenicist Julius Klaus (1849–1920) from Uster bequeathed 30,000 francs to the Swiss Alpine Club so that it could build a hut. He tied this to two conditions: the hut must be in German-speaking Switzerland and it must bear his name. The SAC section Blümlisalp appropriately named the hut “Baltschieder klause ”.
Built in 1922 on the area of approx. 6 × 5 meters that is still visible today, the Baltschiederklause had 25 beds. In 1981/1982 there was an expansion to 40 places and the unprotected entrance, which is still visible today, was moved. Since 1997 the hut has been able to accommodate 76 people. Because it is so remote, the hut was visited by an average of 150 mountaineers per year in the 1920s. In the early 2000s, the number of guests was 1200 visitors per season.
From the beginning until 2006, the hut was looked after by the same family.
Access
The hut is one of the secluded huts of the SAC. There are two ways to reach the approach route leading through the Baltschiedertal:
- From the Ausserberg train station, walk up the street to an altitude of 1264 m . Then there are two options: use the 1.6 km long tunnel (difficulty on the SAC hiking scale : T2, bring your lamp) or walk along the old Niwärch water pipes (a head for heights is required, T4 ). Duration 6.5 hours. With a special permit, you can drive to Choruderri, which shortens the ascent by about an hour.
- From Eggerberg via Eggen - Suone Gorperi - Ze Steinu - Hobitzu and to the hut, 6 hours, T2.
The lengthy approach alone turns a visit to the Baltschiederklause into a two-day tour.
Gallery with bisse (right)
Suone with a path to the Baltschiedertal
Hohbitzu Chapel (2200 m)
Pool at the Hohbitzu Chapel
Baltschiederbach with Baltschiederklause (annotated)
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Surroundings
The area is known for attempts to mine molybdenum ore. During the First World War, there were first attempts to mine this molybdenum; During World War II, 80 men were employed in the mine and around 28 tons of ore were extracted. In the 1960s and 1970s there were still a few attempts to profitably mine molybdenum, but without success - the construction of a cable car was prohibited for reasons of landscape protection. The barrack village on the Galkichumma slope ( 2600 m ) is falling apart more and more.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ The mechanical engineer Julius Klaus also donated the Zurich “Julius Klaus Foundation for Heredity Research, Social Anthropology and Racial Hygiene” , which still exists today.
- ↑ a b c d e Dres Balmer: Hiking destination hut: A cultural guide to 50 SAC huts. SAC-Verlag, 2006. ISBN 3859022504
- ↑ SAC Club hut album 1928/1931 , 1937/1946 supplemented, graphic arts institution Brunner & Cie. A.-G., Zurich
- ↑ Baltschiederklause hut brochure