Cabane de Tracuit

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Cabane de Tracuit
SAC hut
Cabane de Tracuit

Cabane de Tracuit

location southeast of Les Diablons; Canton of Valais , Switzerland ; Valley location:  Zinal
Mountain range Valais Alps , Weisshorn Group
Geographical location: 618 611  /  108782 coordinates: 46 ° 7 '49 "  N , 7 ° 40' 46"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred and eighteen thousand six hundred and eleven  /  108782
Altitude 3256  m above sea level M.
Cabane de Tracuit (Canton of Valais)
Cabane de Tracuit
owner SAC - Chaussy section
Built 2013
Construction type hut
Usual opening times Mid-March to mid-May, mid-June to mid-September
accommodation 116 beds
Winter room 30  bearings
Web link Cabane de Tracuit
Hut directory SAC

The Cabane de Tracuit is an alpine refuge in the Valais Alps . It is located southeast of Les Diablons on the western edge of the Turtmann glacier at an altitude of 3256  m above sea level. M. in the Swiss canton of Valais . The hut is owned by the Aigle- based Chaussy section of the Swiss Alpine Club (SAC).

history

The original hut was built in 1929. Expansions took place in 1938, 1968 and 1981.

In 2012–2013, a new hut was built next to the existing one and opened in June 2013. The old hut has meanwhile been torn down. Only its foundation walls are still preserved and serve as a sun terrace.

The new hut offers 116 beds, spread over several dormitories and a few four-bed rooms.

  • Cabane de Tracuit in front of Bishorn and Weisshorn

  • View from the hut at sunrise: Zinalrothorn ( 4221  m )

  • The former hut (2003)

Ascent

The shortest ascent (normal route) to the hut begins in Zinal in the rear Val d'Anniviers and takes about 4.5 hours, ascent 1580 meters in altitude, difficulty level T4.

Mountaineering

The Cabane de Tracuit is the starting point for an ascent of Bishorn ( 4153  m above sea level ), Weisshorn ( 4505  m ) and Les Diablons ( 3609  m ).

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Panorama from the Cabane de Tracuit

Web links

Commons : Cabane de Tracuit  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cabane Tracuit: Historique ( Memento from August 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive )

literature

  • Michael Waeber: Valais Alps: Area guides for hikers, mountaineers, ski tourers, climbers , Bergverlag Rother , 13th edition 2003, p. 376 ( RZ 1441).