Pinzgau Hut

Pinzgau Hut TVN
Location	south of the Kessel wind gap (Kesselscharte); Salzburg
Range	Kitzbühel Alps
Salzburg
Height	1,700 m

Accommodation	32 beds, 14 mattresses
Website	Website of the hut
Hut reference	DAV

The Pinzgau Hut (German: Pinzgauer Hütte) is a mountain hut at 1,700 m above sea level in the Kitzbühel Alps (Salzburg) in Austria, somewhat west of the Zellersee and Zell am See's local mountain, the Schmittenhöhe (1,965 m).

It lies in a large forest clearing just south of the Kessel wind gap (Kesselscharte) on the eastern section of the Pinzgau Ridgeway (Pinzgauer Spaziergang, long distance trail 02A), only 1½ km as the crow flies from the summit of the Schmittenhöhe and its upper cable car station.

The hut is managed by the Austrian Friends of Nature and has 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 in 2 hours; from the Schmittenhöhe cable car in half an hour
- crossing to the Bürgl Hut 6-7 hours
in winter on touring skis, 2 hours
- from Zell am See/Schüttdorf over the Areitbahn, ski downhill to the valley station of the Kapellenbahn, then 1 km

Nearby summits:

Maurerkogel (2,074 m) 1 hour
Gernkogel (2,153 m and 2,175 m) 2 to 2½ hours.

Sources, external links

Österr.Karte 1:50.000, Schmittenhöhe to Maurerkogel