Leglerhütte
Leglerhütte SAC hut |
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View of the Leglerhütte |
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Mountain range | Glarus Alps | |
Geographical location: | 725 018 / 198 655 | |
Altitude | 2273 m above sea level M. | |
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owner | SAC section Tödi | |
Built | 1908 | |
Construction type | Hut; Wood | |
Winter room | 6 beds | |
Web link | Site of the hut | |
Hut directory | SAC |
The Leglerhütte is located at 2273 m above sea level. M. Höhe in the Glarus Alps at the foot of the Kärpf massif in the canton of Glarus . It is open all day in summer and on weekends in winter and is an important base for tours in Freiberg Kärpf , the oldest game reserve in Switzerland. In winter the hut is an excellent base for many ski tours.
history
The Leglerhütte was donated in 1901 by Captain Mathias Legler, a member of a wealthy family of textile manufacturers in Diesbach , and after completion in 1908 it was given to the Tödi section of the Swiss Alpine Club . The hut differed from other huts in its elaborate construction with a small cross gable . The deed of gift reserved a room exclusively for the Legler family. It was expanded for the first time in 1949 when the winter rooms, a new kitchen, additional rooms and a keeper's room were added. A cubic extension by aschmann ruegge architekten ag , which emerged from a competition and was built in 2007, has expanded its capacity to 54 beds. It was constructed with local building materials, such as slate floors made of Engi , fiber cement wall cladding and local timber. In addition, the hut's energy supply and sanitation were brought up to date:
- A photovoltaic system on the roof and the SAC's first block-type thermal power station, heated with rapeseed oil, provide electrical energy and hot service water.
- Drying faeces makes odorless use of waterless toilet facilities possible.
Accesses
- From Mettmenalp ( 1609 m ) on the Hüttenweg over the Chüeboden, walking time: 2½ hours; or via the Matzlenfurggelen.
- From Elm ( 977 m ) or the Ämpächli mountain station ( 1485 m ) via the Wildmadfurggeli ( 2292 m ), walking time: 4 hours.
- From Betschwanden ( 597 m ), the longest ascent to a hut, 5 hours (official indication of the signpost from Diesbach-Betschwanden train station).
Mountaineering
- Chli Kärpf 2700 m
- Gross Kärpf 2794 m
- Hanenstock 2540 m
- Chalchstöckli 2500 m
- Bützistock 2340 m
Climbing garden
The Unter Kärpf ( 2435 m ) right next to the hut is a climbing garden with around 50 routes of almost all levels of difficulty in the 100 m high wall made of quartz porphyry .
literature
- Albert Schmidt : The Leglerhütte. A look back at its 90th anniversary (1908–1998). In: New Year's Messenger for the Glarus Hinterland, Glarus 1999.
- Peter Straub, Rudolf Trümpi and others: Alpine guide Glarus Alps: from Tödi to Walensee. SAC-Verlag, Bern 2004.
- Felix Ortlieb: Glarnerland climbing guide: Brüggler, Widerstein, Unter Chärpf. Felix Ortlieb, Schwanden 1994.
Web links
- Site of the hut
- Leglerhütte. In: sac-toedi.ch. Description of the hut by the SAC.
- Leglerhütte SAC 2273 m. In: hikr.org. Tour reports.
- Mettmen Alp and Freiberg Kärpf. In: mettmen-alp.ch. Kies – Mettmen aerial cableway.
Individual evidence
- ↑ SAC Club hut album 1928/1931. Supplemented 1937/1946. Graphic art institute Brunner & Cie. A.-G., Zurich.