ET Compton Hut
| ET Compton Hut PES Refuge Category I |
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| location | Schönboden; Carinthia , Austria ; Valley location: Greifenburg | |
| Mountain range | Gailtal Alps | |
| Geographical location: | 46 ° 41 '47 " N , 13 ° 9' 26" E | |
| Altitude | 1585 m above sea level A. | |
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| owner | Alpine Association Austria of the PES | |
| Built | 1925-1928 | |
| Construction type | Refuge | |
| Usual opening times | Early June - late September | |
| accommodation | 8 beds, 11 camps | |
| Hut directory | ÖAV DAV | |
The E.-T.-Compton-Hütte , also simply Comptonhütte , is a refuge of the Alpenverein Austria section of the PES on the northern flank of the Gailtal Alps , north of the Reisskofel ( 2371 m ). It stands on the Schönboden at an altitude of 1585 m above sea level. A. and offers about 20 beds. It is named after the German-English painter and mountaineer Edward Theodore Compton .
Access is on foot from the Drautal ( Greifenburg or Berg im Drautal / Feistritz district) in about 3 hours. A forest road leads up from the Pließalm ( 1120 m ). The hut is an important base on the Gailtaler Höhenweg . This is reached via the ascent called Padiaursteig at Törl ( 2019 m ), from where the Reisskofel in the west and the Sattelnock in the east .
history
The hut was built by the Austria Section between 1925 and 1928 and opened on August 12, 1928. In 1978 a deeper spring was taken, a water pipe was built and the water problem that had existed until then was solved.
Transitions
- Reisskofel bivouac, 1799 m , walking time: 4¾ hours
- Weißbriacher Hütte , 1567 m , ÖAV, walking time: 3¼ hours
- Pließalm, 1800 m , private, walking time: 1 hour
gallery
ET Compton Hut, in the background the Reisskofel
