The Pinzgau Hut or Pinzgauer Hut (german: Pinzgauer Hütte) is a

mountain hut A mountain hut is a building located high in the mountains, generally accessible only by foot, intended to provide food and shelter to mountaineers, climbers and hikers. Mountain huts are usually operated by an Alpine Club or some organization d ...

at 1,700 m (5,577 ft)Reynolds, Kev. ''Walking in Austria''. p. 201. above sea level in the

Kitzbühel Alps The Kitzbühel Alps (german: Kitzbüheler Alpen or ''Kitzbühler Alpen'') are a mountain range of the Central Eastern Alps surrounding the town of Kitzbühel in Tyrol, Austria. Geologically they are part of the western slate zone (greywacke zone) ...

Salzburg Salzburg (, ; literally "Salt-Castle"; bar, Soizbuag, label=Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian) is the List of cities and towns in Austria, fourth-largest city in Austria. In 2020, it had a population of 156,872. The town is on the site of the ...

, Austria.

Location

The hut stands west of the Zellersee and

Zell am See Zell am See is the administrative capital of the Zell am See District in the Austrian state of Salzburg (state), Salzburg. Located in the Kitzbühel Alps, the town is an important tourist destination due to its Ski resort, ski resorts and shorel ...

's local mountain, the

Schmittenhöhe The Schmittenhöhe is a mountain, high, on the eastern edge of the Kitzbühel Alps. It is the local mountain of the district capital of Zell am See, from where a cable car was built in 1927 by Adolf Bleichert & Co. that runs to the summit. The ca ...

(1,965 m), below the Hahnkopf. The hut lies in a large forest clearing just south of the Kessel wind gap (''Kesselscharte'') on the eastern section of the

Pinzgau Ridgeway The Pinzgau Ridgeway (german: Pinzgauer Spaziergang or ''Pinzgauer Höhenweg'') is a roughly 25 kilometre long ridgeway in the Kitzbühel Alps in the Austrian federal state of Salzburg. Location and route The ridgeway runs parallel to the S ...

(''Pinzgauer Spaziergang'') on long-distance trail 02A, only 1½ km as the crow flies from the summit of the Schmittenhöhe and its upper cable car station.

Description

The Pinzgau Hut is managed by the Austrian

Friends of Nature Friends of Nature (international abbreviation: NFI, for German: Naturfreunde International) is a non-profit organisation with a background in the social democratic movement, which aims to make the enjoyment of nature accessible to the wider communi ...

and has 46 places: 6 twin and 5 four-bed rooms and 14 mattress spaces. It is open from the beginning of June to mid-October; and in winter from Christmas to mid-April.

Approaches

* In summer, from

Piesendorf Piesendorf is a municipality in the district of Zell am See (district), Zell am See (Pinzgau region), in the state of Salzburg (state), Salzburg in Austria. It lies in the Kitzbühel Alps between Kitzbühel and Zell am See. Due to its location betw ...

in two hours; from the Schmittenhöhe cable car in half an hour ** Crossing to the

Bürgl Hut The Bürgl Hut (german: Bürglhütte) is a private mountain hut at in the Kitzbühel Alps in the Austrian federal state of Salzburg. The formerly self-catering hut is today partially managed (ca. 20 beds and 25 mattress places) and is found on th ...

six–seven hours * In winter, on touring skis, two hours ** From

/Schüttdorf over the ''Areitbahn'', ski downhill to the valley station of the ''Kapellenbahn'', then one km

Summits

* Maurerkogel (2,074 m) 1½ hours''Pinzgauer Hütte''
at www.bergwelten.com. Retrieved 30 Mar 2018. * Gernkogel (2,175 m) 2½ hours.

References

External links

Österr.Karte 1:50.000, Schmittenhöhe to Maurerkogel
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pinzgauer Hutte Mountain huts in Austria Zell am See District Kitzbühel Alps Buildings and structures in Salzburg (federal state)