Rotwandhütte

Rotwandhütte - Rifugio Roda di Vaèl SAT refuge  category  C
View from the south, in the background the Cima Mugoni
location	on the eastern slope of the rose garden ; Trentino , Italy ; Valley location:  Vigo di Fassa
Mountain range	Rosengarten Group , Dolomites
Regions	Middle Fassa Valley
Geographical location:	46 ° 25 '12.7 "  N , 11 ° 37' 48.9"  E Coordinates: 46 ° 25 '12.7 "  N , 11 ° 37' 48.9"  E
Altitude	2283  m slm
builder	DÖAV section Karersee - Welschnofen
owner	SAT
Built	1906
Construction type	Refuge
Development	Hiking trails
Usual opening times	June to October
accommodation	50 beds, 12  camps
Winter room	4  bearings
Web link	Rotwandhütte website
Hut directory	DAV

The Rotwandhütte ( Italian Rifugio Roda di Vaèl ) - also Ostertag-Hütte - is a refuge of the Trentiner Alpenverein (SAT) in the Rosengarten group in the Trentiner Dolomites .

Location and surroundings

The Rotwandhütte is located on the Ciampaz saddle at 2283  m slm In the west it is flanked by the Masarékamm , Teufelswand and Rotwand , in the north and east the Vajolon valley runs. The hut is located in the municipality of Vigo di Fassa in the immediate vicinity of the smaller Baita Pederiva .

Southeast view with Teufelswand, Fensterlturm and Vajolon towers

history

The initiative to build the hut goes back to a meeting of the Karersee - Welschnofen section of the German and Austrian Alpine Association . The first efforts to acquire a plot of land from the municipality of Vigo date back to 1899. In the spring of 1906 the groundbreaking took place and in August of the same year the hut was opened with a capacity of 20 overnight accommodations. In addition to the local tourism pioneer Theodor Christomannos, the sponsors included the German industrialist Karl von Ostertag-Siegle, after which the hut was finally named.

In 1921, the Italian military entrusted the hut to the Società degli Alpinisti Tridentini (SAT), the largest sub-organization of the CAI , which gave it the Italian name Rifugio Roda di Vaèl . From 1983 a new construction took place, in which, among other things, the capacity of the refuge was expanded. The new building was inaugurated in 1986. A last renovation took place between 2007 and 2008.

Tour possibilities

The hut serves as a base for two popular via ferrata and numerous climbing routes in the southern Rosengarten group.

Access to the hut

• from the Paolina hut (chairlift mountain station, 2125  m ): ¾ hour
• from the Karerpass ( 1752  m ): 1 ½ hours
• from Rifugio Ciampedie (cable car mountain station, 1998  m ): 2 hours
• from the Kölner Hütte (chairlift mountain station, 2337  m ) via the Hirzelsteig: 2–2 ½ hours

Tour destinations

• Masaré via ferrata ( difficulty C )
• Rotwand via ferrata on the Rotwand ( B / C )
• Fensterlturm ( 2670  m ) ( II-VII )

Web links

Commons : Rotwandhütte  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Rifugio Roda di Vael , website of the Società degli Alpinisti Tridentini
• Rotwandhütte in the historical Alpine archive of the Alpine clubs in Germany, Austria and South Tyrol (temporarily offline)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Rifugio Roda di Vael in the Alpine Archives. DAV , ÖAV , AVS , accessed on September 14, 2015 . 
2. ↑ Rotwandhütte. Rifugio Roda di Vaèl, accessed on September 14, 2015 . 
3. ↑ History of the Rotwandhütte. (No longer available online.) Rifugio Roda di Vaèl, archived from the original on July 19, 2015 ; accessed on September 15, 2015 . 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.