The Lizumer Hütte is an
Alpine club hut of the Hall in Tirol section of the
Austrian Alpine Club
The Austrian Alpine Club (german: Österreichischer Alpenverein) has about 573,000 members in 196 sections and is the largest mountaineering organisation in Austria. It is responsible for the upkeep of over 234 alpine huts in Austria and neighbour ...
in the
Tux Alps
The Tux Alps (german: Tuxer Alpen) or Tux Prealps (''Tuxer Voralpen'') are a sub-group of the Austrian Central Alps, which in turn form part of the Eastern Alps within Central Europe. They are located entirely within the Austrian federal state of ...
in the Austrian state of
Tyrol
Tyrol (; historically the Tyrole; de-AT, Tirol ; it, Tirolo) is a historical region in the Alps - in Northern Italy and western Austria. The area was historically the core of the County of Tyrol, part of the Holy Roman Empire, Austrian Emp ...
. The hut is located in the rear
Wattental in the middle of the extensive ski touring and hiking area of the
Wattentaler Lizum {{Coord, 47, 10, 21, N, 11, 38, 16, E, region:AT-7_type:landmark, display=title
The Wattentaler Lizum (locally also Wattener Lizum) is the name of the head of the Wattental valley which branches off the lower Inn valley near Wattens. ''Lizum'' mean ...
. Due to its location and size, the hut is also used for a wide variety of alpine courses and seminars.
History
Lizumer Hütte was built in 1912 by members of the Haller Alpenverein as a base for ski tours and was expanded in 1932. In the years 1938/39 the hut was expropriated by the
German Reich. After the
war, it became the property of the French occupation before being transferred to the Austrian government in 1955, which owns it to this day. In 2006, the hut was completely renovated by the Hall section of the Alpine Club, equipped with climbing walls inside and out, and in 2007 it was awarded the hut quality seal of the Austrian Alpine Club.
Ascents
Lizumer Hütte can be reached in two hours from the parking lot at the Walchen camp. You can either take the military road on the western side of the valley or the Zirbenweg on the opposite side of the valley. Access by mountain bike via the military road is not permitted.
As a way to the Lizumer Hütte there are also some yoke crossings, namely the Klammjoch from the
Navistal, the Torjoch from the
Tuxer Tal and the Grafensjoch from
Weerberg. The transition from the Lizumer Hütte to the Glungezerhütte via the Navisjoch and the
Rosenjoch
The Rosenjoch is a mountain, , and the highest point of the Voldertal and ''Arztal'' in the western Tux Alps. The top which bears a summit cross lies on the Inn Valley Mountain Trail (''Inntaler Höhenweg'') between the Glungezer Hut and Lizu ...
takes seven to nine hours of walking. It takes about five hours to walk to the Weidener Hütte.
The Lizumer Hütte is a base on a number of long-distance hiking trails, such as variant 02A of the Central Alpine Trail,
the
Via Alpina
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, the
Munich
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Venice
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route (Munich-Venice dream trail) or the Tyrolean Eagle Walk.
See also
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Gaudeamus
References
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Mountain huts in Tyrol (federal state)
Tux Alps