Oberwalderhütte

Oberwalderhütte ÖAV hut  category  I
location	at the Great Burgstall; Carinthia , Austria
Mountain range	Glockner group
Regions	Hohe Tauern National Park
Geographical location:	47 ° 6 '18 "  N , 12 ° 42' 55"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 6 '18 "  N , 12 ° 42' 55"  E
Altitude	2973  m above sea level A.
owner	Alpine Association Austria of the PES
Built	opened in 1910, expanded in 1929, 1944 and 1983/85
Construction type	hut
Usual opening times	Early June to late September
accommodation	46 beds, 63  camps , 30 emergency camps
Winter room	10  bearings
Web link	Oberwalderhütte
Hut directory	ÖAV DAV

The Oberwalderhütte is an alpine refuge of the Alpenverein Austria in the ÖAV .

The first category hut is located in the eastern Glockner group at an altitude of 2973  m on the summit of the Großer Burgstall, a rocky knoll in the glacier landscape of the Pasterze . Outside of the hut's management hours, a winter room is available, which is accessible via an AV lock, for which members of the Alpine clubs receive a key from their section for a nominal fee.

history

The hut was opened on August 15, 1910 and is named after Thomas Oberwalder, who financed the construction of the hut and was buried in an avalanche on the Pasterze in 1906. It was last modernized from 1982 to 1985. In cooperation with the Vienna University of Technology, a shell-shaped thermal protection concept was implemented, which should guarantee frost protection in the innermost shell even in winter without heating. The mountain schools of the German Alpine Association and the ÖAV use the hut as a base for alpine training courses.

Approaches

• From Franz-Josefs-Höhe ( 2370  m ), which can be reached by car via the toll Grossglockner High Alpine Road , after a descent to the Pasterze, walking time 2½ to 3 hours.
• From Heiligenblut ( 1288  m ), 6 hours.

Tours

Due to its location at high altitude and in the middle of the glacier landscape on the east side of the Großglockner , the Oberwalderhütte is the base for a variety of alpine tours. The following list is in no way intended to be exhaustive:

• Johannisberg ( 3453  m ) in 3 hours
• High Riffl ( 3338  m ) in 3½ hours
• Klockerin ( 3425  m ) in 5½ hours
• Great Wiesbachhorn ( 3564  m ) over Bockkar- and Keilscharte in 5½ hours
• Fuscherkarkopf ( 3331  m ) via Fuscherkarscharte in 3 hours

Transitions to the following huts are also possible:

• To the mountain hotel Rudolfshütte ( 2315  m ) on the Weißsee in 4½ to 5 hours
• To the Schwarzenberghütte ( 2267  m ) in 3½ hours
• To the Heinrich-Schwaiger-Haus ( 2802  m ) on the Wiesbachhorn in 5½ hours
• To the Erzherzog-Johann-Hütte ( 3454  m ) on the summit of the Großglockner via the Pasterze and the Hofmannsweg in 5 to 6 hours
• To the Gruberscharten bivouac ( 3110  m ) in 2½ hours

cards

• Alpine Club Map No. 40, Glockner Group (1: 25,000)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ PES page on the history of the Oberwalderhütte ( memento of the original from November 19, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ Alpine Club Maps of the Eastern Alps. Retrieved September 27, 2019 . 

photos

Panorama of the Glockner group and the Grossglockner, taken near the Oberwalderhütte (2973 m)