Fritz Pflaum Hut

Fritz Pflaum Hut
Fritz Pflaum Hut Fritz Pflaum Hut (Austria)
Coordinates	47°33′51″N 12°20′14″E / 47.56417°N 12.33722°E / 47.56417; 12.33722Coordinates: 47°33′51″N 12°20′14″E / 47.56417°N 12.33722°E / 47.56417; 12.33722
Country	Austria
Administrative district	Tirol
Mountain range	Kaiser Mountains
Elevation	1,865 m (6,119 ft) AA
Construction
Built in	1912
Administration
Hut type	DAV self-service hut Category I
Owner	German Alpine Club (DAV) - Bayerland Section
Website	www.fritzpflaumhuette.de
Facilities
Mattresses	19
Footnotes
Hut reference	OeAV DAV

The Fritz Pflaum Hut (German: Fritz-Pflaum-Hütte) is an Alpine club hut belonging to the Bayerland Section of the German Alpine Club, located in the Kaisergebirge mountains in the Austrian federal state of Tyrol.

Location

The Fritz Pflaum Hut lies in the Griesner Cirque (Griesner Kar) at a height of 1,865 metres (6,119 ft) and is thus the highest hut in the Wilder Kaiser. It is accessible with an Alpine Club key (AV-Schlüssel).

History

The hut was named after the Alpinist, Fritz Pflaum, who was born in 1871. He was a keen nature lover and sportsman and loved the Wilder Kaiser. On 25 August 1908 he died during a difficult mountain tour. Relatives, friends and acquaintances donated 8,000 marks for the construction of the Fritz Pflaum Hut, which was opened on 25 August 1912, exactly four years after his death. Subsequent attempts to rename it the Griesnerkar Hut have not succeeded. An attempt to provide a basic managed service in the spring of 2007 failed because of a ban by the district commission.

Approaches

The normal approach to the hut is from the Griesner Alm in the Kaiserbach valley over a good path with numerous bends that takes 2¹⁄₂ hours (height difference: 870 metres (2,850 ft)). The alternative is a rarely used climb from the Fischbachalm, also down in the Kaiserbach valley, via the pine oil distillery (Latschenölbrennerei) and the Kleiner Griesner Tor which takes 3 hours. This route is rather more challenging and requires sure footing.

Crossings

• Gaudeamus Hut (1,270 m (4,170 ft)), via the Kleines Törl, Gildensteig and Wildererkanzel, duration: 3¹⁄₂ hours
• Ackerl Hut (1,460 m (4,790 ft)), via the Kleines Törl, Gildensteig and Wilder Kaiser Path, duration: 3 hours
• Ackerl Hut (1,460 m (4,790 ft)), via the Ackerlspitze and Maukspitze, challenging, duration: 5 hours
• Grutten Hut (1,620 m (5,310 ft)), via the Kleines Törl, Gildensteig, Wilder Kaiser Path, Jubiläumssteig, duration: 4 hours
• Stripsenjochhaus (1,577 m (5,174 ft)), via the Großes Griesner Tor, Hüttenweg, easy, duration: 2¹⁄₂ hours

Ascents

• Mitterkaiser (2,011 m (6,598 ft)), duration: 1 hour, medium difficulty
• Regalmspitze (2,253 m (7,392 ft)), duration: 2 hours, difficult
• Ackerlspitze (2,329 m (7,641 ft)), duration: 2 hours, medium difficulty
• Maukspitze (2,231 m (7,320 ft)_, duration: 3 hours, difficult
• Lärcheck (2,123 m (6,965 ft)), duration: 2 hours, difficult

External links

• Bayerland Section of the DAV (German)
• The climbing garden (Klettergarten) at Fritz Pflaum Hut (German)