Hut category
Hut categories are a classification of shelters in terms of their location and equipment. This is done by Alpine clubs .
Categories according to DAV and ÖAV
This classification is used by the German and Austrian Alpine Clubs , as do some other mountain clubs. Each category has its own hut regulations. The overnight fees also depend on the category of the hut.
Category I.
Category I huts are shelters that have to preserve their original character as a base for mountaineers and hikers. This requires simple furnishings and, in the case of managed huts, simple but sufficient catering. They can be found in areas that are important for mountaineering and are usually over an hour's walk from the nearest base. These huts can only be reached mechanically in exceptional cases. In this category there are both managed and maintained huts and bivouac boxes . Category I huts generally have a winter room .
Example: Tutzinger Hut on the Benediktenwand
Category II
These are huts in much-visited areas. Because of the better equipment and catering compared to Category I, these huts are also suitable for stays of several days and holidays, both in winter and in summer. Huts in this category are usually managed all year round. Mechanical accessibility is available in many cases, but is not a mandatory criterion. Category II huts do not necessarily have a winter room.
Example: Munich house on the Zugspitze
Category III
This refers to mechanically accessible huts, which mainly serve as a destination for day trips and therefore only have a small number of overnight stays. Accordingly, the gastronomic offer is adapted to the local conditions. This corresponds to the name Alpengasthaus, Alpenwirtshaus, which is not used by the Alpine associations in this context .
Examples: Glocknerhaus in the Hohe Tauern , Lustenauer Hütte in the Bregenz Forest Mountains
Category MH (low mountain hut)
This category includes huts belonging to the Alpine Club that are not located in the Alps but in the German low mountain range. Such huts must offer good opportunities as a starting point or starting point for climbing and / or skiing or otherwise be of mountaineering importance.
Examples: Enzianhütte (Rhön) , Würzburger Bergbund-Hütte
Categories according to CAI
The Club Alpino Italiano (CAI) uses a different classification and uses a breakdown into main groups, to which categories are then assigned. It is generally based on how difficult or easy it is to look after a hut. The division then has an effect on the room and board prices applicable in the hut. The corresponding division must be visibly displayed in the huts.
Upper group shelters
Category A
Huts that can be reached via a public road or are located on such a road. In winter, such huts can be assigned to a different category if the road is not passable in winter (e.g. closed in winter).
Category B
Huts that can be reached by means of generally accessible climbing aids or are in their vicinity, including z. B. Cable cars, but no ski lifts.
Upper group of alpine refuges
Category CDE
A classification is made here according to the criteria of how high the hut is, how long it takes to reach it and how it can be reached. It is taken into account whether the supply is facilitated in a technical (e.g. material ropeway) or other (forest road) way. There can still be sub-categories for category C.
Upper group bivouac boxes - shelters - club huts
This main group is not arranged in categories.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ such as the topographical settlement identification according to STAT (Agh, this also includes the term alpine hotel for houses with plenty of overnight stays), categories I and II are listed there as refuge (Schh); Especially in connection with winter sports areas, Statistics Austria also runs the Schihütte , Schiheim (Schih) class - the common feature of the structure is that the OEAV is traditionally an important source for the official surveying and statistics of mountain areas. Similarly, the card signature (symbols) follows the Austrian BEV card .
- ↑ Association huts ( Italian Capanne sociali ) are those huts that are usually only open to section or club members. They usually only have limited opening times, e.g. B. only on weekends.
- ↑ hut rules of the CAI ( Regolamento generale rifugi ) of 16 March 1992 with modifications from 1 March 1997 (Italian, cabin categories in Article 2; PDF; 151 KB), English translation of cabin categories ( Memento of the original on 15 May 2006 in Internet Archive ) 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. (PDF file; 147 kB)
- ↑ Categorie on rifugi.cai.it, accessed 4 November 2010
