Hörnlihütte
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 Hörnlihütte with a new extension and Gorner glacier |
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| location | Hörnligrat, northeast ridge of the Matterhorn; Canton of Valais , Switzerland | |
| Mountain range | Valais Alps | |
| Geographical location: | 618 403 / 92323 | |
| Altitude | 3260 m above sea level M. | |
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| builder | SAC Monte Rosa | |
| owner | Zermatt civic community | |
| Construction type | hut | |
| Usual opening times | July to September | |
| accommodation | 130 beds | |
| Winter room | 20 bearings | |
| Web link | Hörnlihütte | |
| Hut directory | SAC | |
The Hörnlihütte is an alpine refuge in the Swiss Alps . It is located at the foot of the Matterhorn on the foothills of the NE ridge (Hörnligrat) above Zermatt at an altitude of 3260 m . The hut was owned by the Monte Rosa in Sion section of the Swiss Alpine Club (SAC), which sold the hut to the Zermatt civic community in 2012 . The hut was extensively renovated for the 150th anniversary of the first ascent of the Matterhorn by 2015.
The Hörnlihütte mainly serves as a base for climbing the 4478 m high Matterhorn over the Hörnli and Zmuttgrat ridge.
history
The first Hörnlihütte was built in 1880 and had 17 beds. It has since been expanded and rebuilt several times. In 1911, the Zermatt civic community built the Hotel Belvédère (also Berghaus Matterhorn ) right next to it . Both were merged in 1987 and managed by the civic community and have offered 170 beds since the last renovation in 1982. From 2013 to 2015 the Belvédère was renovated and a new extension was built. The original Hörnlihütte was dismantled. The new Hörnlihütte offers 130 beds.
Hüttenwart was Kurt Lauber from 1995 to 2018, successors are Martin and Edith Lehner.
Ascent
The usual ascent to the hut starts at the mountain station of the Schwarzseebahn ( 2583 m ) on the lake of the same name . From there in about 2-3 hours to the hut. The ascent directly from Zermatt without using the cable car takes 4½ hours.
The way to the Hörnlihütte
Wire rope safety at the hut entrance
Hörnlihütte on the Hörnligrat
Hörnlihütte with v. l. To the right: Rimpfischhorn , Strahlhorn , Monte Rosa , Liskamm , Breithorn
Hörnlihütte
The breakfast room of the Hörnlihütte
Tour possibilities
source
- Summit tours
- Matterhorn via Hörnligrat, ZS +, III +, 5–6 h
- Mountain hikes
- Schönbielhütte via Stafelalp (Zmuttal) , 5 hours
- Hotel Schwarzsee (Zermatt) , 2–3 hours
- Gandegghütte via the glacier hiking trail , 4–5 hours
- Full speed
- Rifugio Duca degli Abruzzi all'Oriondé via Breuil-Joch , L +, 2½ hours
- Rifugio Jean-Antoine Carrel via Matterhorn (Hörnligrat and Liongrat), ZS, 9 h
literature
- Kurt Lauber: The Guardian of the Matterhorn. My life at the Hörnlihütte. Droemer, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-426-27573-3 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ SAC cedes Hörnlihütte to Zermatt civic community. (No longer available online.) May 4, 2012, archived from the original on May 19, 2014 ; Retrieved June 28, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b Project Hörnlihütte 2015. ( PDF ).
- ↑ Hörnlihütte: The former SAC hut is disappearing ( memento from July 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), zermatt.ch from August 11, 2014.
- ^ Daniel Röthlisberger: The guardian of Horu. In: Schweizer Familie , 2018.
- ↑ Wolfgang Pusch, Edwin Schmitt, Ralf Gantzhorn and Michael Waeber: Hochtouren Westalpen Volume 1 . In: Alpine tours in the West Alps . 5th edition. tape 1 . Bergverlag Rother GmbH, Munich 2018, ISBN 978-3-7633-3028-7 , p. 216 .
