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Sleeping beds
Features
ShowerServices
Luggage transportWireless coverage
General
AV-Classification: ISeminar
Suitable for seminarsWinterroom
Winterroom availableKey required
Prices
from €11.00Awards
Eco-certificated "So schmecken die Berge"Address
Rüsselsheim LodgePiösmes 67
6481 St. Leonhard
Public transport
Getting there by train/train station: Imst - PitztalGetting there by bus/bus stop: Postbus route Imst - Pitztal/Weißwald
Directions
Plangeross–WeißwaldParking
Into the valley, just past WeißwaldCoordinates
Access trail to the mountain hut
The shortest approach to the Rüsselsheimer Hut from the beautiful Pitztal.
Large high alpine undertaking. The route leads above 2,700 m. Appropriate clothing (weather and sun protection) is required. Glacier-free crossing ...
This hut approach is rather unusual.
Recommendations nearby
Gahwinden is an excellent viewing and rest area high above the Pitztal valley.
Hidden glacial lake in high alpine surroundings.
A rewarding round tour in a magnificent alpine landscape, half-day tour for via ferrata beginners, pleasure hikers and also suitable for families ...
Summit tour to the Queen of the Geigenkamm with magnificent views along the entire tour.
Large high alpine undertaking. The route touches the three-thousand-meter mark at the Weißmaurachjoch. Appropriate clothing (weather and sun ...
Large high alpine undertaking. The route leads above 2,700 m. Appropriate clothing (weather and sun protection) is required. Glacier-free crossing ...
As a new E5 variant, the continuation of the route "From the Kaunergrathütte to the Rüsselsheimer Hütte," also described on alpenvereinaktiv.com, ...
Great hike through a quiet primeval landscape on mountain paths. Highlights are the viewpoints Gahwinden and the Kapuzinerjoch (also marked as ...
Routes to neighboring mountain huts
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Type
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Name
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Distance |
Duration |
Ascent |
Descent |
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recommended route
From the Kaunergrat Hut to the Rüsselsheimer Hut, new E5 variant
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8.7 km
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5:00 h
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733 m
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1,217 m
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recommended route
Crossing from the Rüsselsheimer Hut to the Braunschweiger Hut
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10.2 km
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10:00 h
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1,306 m
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858 m
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recommended route
Crossing from the Braunschweiger Hut to the Rüsselsheimer Hut
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10.2 km
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10:00 h
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880 m
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1,300 m
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Localization
Opening times
Rüsselsheim Lodge
6481 St. Leonhard
+43 5413 20300 http://www.dav-ruesselsheim.de E-mail: info@ruesselsheimerhuette.at
Holder
Gahwinden is an excellent viewing and rest area high above the Pitztal valley.
Hidden glacial lake in high alpine surroundings.
A rewarding round tour in a magnificent alpine landscape, half-day tour for via ferrata beginners, pleasure hikers and also suitable for families ...
Summit tour to the Queen of the Geigenkamm with magnificent views along the entire tour.
Large high alpine undertaking. The route touches the three-thousand-meter mark at the Weißmaurachjoch. Appropriate clothing (weather and sun ...
Large high alpine undertaking. The route leads above 2,700 m. Appropriate clothing (weather and sun protection) is required. Glacier-free crossing ...
As a new E5 variant, the continuation of the route "From the Kaunergrathütte to the Rüsselsheimer Hütte," also described on alpenvereinaktiv.com, ...
Great hike through a quiet primeval landscape on mountain paths. Highlights are the viewpoints Gahwinden and the Kapuzinerjoch (also marked as ...
The shortest approach to the Rüsselsheimer Hut from the beautiful Pitztal.
Large high alpine undertaking. The route leads above 2,700 m. Appropriate clothing (weather and sun protection) is required. Glacier-free crossing ...
This hut approach is rather unusual.
High alpine connection from hut to hut. The route follows the well-maintained hut access paths from the Pitztal. Since the normal E5 route leads ...
The magnificent Mainzer Höhenweg culminates at the more than 3200-meter-high Wassertalkogel and is thus one of the most impressive hut crossings ...
The magnificent Mainz High Route culminates at the over 3200 meter high Wassertalkogel and is thus one of the most impressive hut crossings in the ...

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