Franz Kostner Hut
| Franz Kostner Hut CAI Refuge Category C |
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| location | in the eastern part of the Sella ; South Tyrol , Italy ; Valley location: Corvara | |
| Mountain range | Sella group , Dolomites | |
| Geographical location: | 46 ° 31 '7 " N , 11 ° 50' 54.7" E | |
| Altitude | 2536 m slm | |
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| owner | CAI - Bolzano Section | |
| Construction type | Refuge | |
| Usual opening times | from June 20th to the end of September | |
| accommodation | 28 beds, 0 camps | |
| Web link | Franz Kostner Hut | |
| Hut directory | ÖAV DAV | |
The Franz Kostner Hut ( Italian Rifugio Franz Kostner al Vallon , Ladin Ütia Franz Kostner ) is a refuge in the Dolomites .
Location and surroundings
The Franz Kostner Hut is located in the eastern part of the Sella at an altitude of 2536 m . It is located in the municipality of Corvara in South Tyrol , Italy .
The hut can be reached from the northeastern Corvara, from the eastern Campolongo pass or from the southeastern Arabba . It serves as a base for climbing tours on the Sella Stock. Towards the northwest you get to Piz da Lêch from here . To the southwest lies the Piz Boè , to the top of which the Vallon and Lichtenfels via ferrata lead.
history
The Bamberg section of the DuÖAV began building the hut in 1913, but the work had to be stopped when the First World War broke out. In 1971 the CAI section in Bolzano acquired the shell. In the 1980s, Erich Kostner financed the completion of the hut and named it after his father Franz Kostner, an important mountaineer and tourism pioneer in the Val Badia . The inauguration took place on August 27, 1988.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hans Kammerer: Refuge huts in South Tyrol . Tappeiner, Lana 2008, ISBN 978-88-7073-422-5 , pp. 169 .