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Mountain Hut Mountain Hut · Totes Gebirge (eng. Dead Mountains) · 1,726 m
Österreichischer Alpenverein (ÖAV)

Welser Hütte

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  • Welserhütte with terrace
    Welserhütte with terrace
    Photo: Herbert Peterstorfer, Alpenverein Wels
Herzlich willkommen auf der Welser Hütte!

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Sleeping beds

Number of beds in dorm
65
Number of beds in dormitory
62
Winter room
12

General

AV-Classification: I
family friendly

Leisure

Climbing wall

Services

Luggage transport
Wireless coverage

Seminar

Suitable for seminars

Winterroom

Winterroom available
Key required

Awards

Family-friendly 

Address

Welser Hütte
Hetzau 9
4645 Grünau im Almtal

Public transport

Anreise per Zug / Bahnhof: Grünau
Anreise per Bus / Bushaltestelle: Jägersimmerl

Directions

Almtalerhaus

Parking

beim Almtalerhaus

Coordinates

DD
47.723621, 14.049250
DMS
47°43'25.0"N 14°02'57.3"E
UTM
33T 428700 5286020
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Access trail to the mountain hut

recommended route Difficulty moderate
Distance 11.9 km
Duration 4:30 h
Ascent 1,160 m
Descent 17 m

A longer ascent that is absolutely worth it!

5
from Csaba Szépfalusi,   alpenvereinaktiv.com
recommended route Difficulty T3 moderate
Distance 6.4 km
Duration 3:00 h
Ascent 1,000 m
Descent 10 m

A nice, varied approach over wide hiking trails and narrow, rope-secured paths, through mixed forest and over rocks. Some sections are secured with ...

4
from ÖAV Abteilung Hütten und Wege,   alpenvereinaktiv.com
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Hy, meine Gruppe macht bei euch eine wandertour mit nächtigung im August, eine Frage kann ich mit Hund ein Zimmer haben 😉LG Manuela Lappi 7 Aug bis 8 Aug

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Welser Hütte

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Hetzau 9
4645 Grünau im Almtal
http://www.welserhuette-gruenau.com E-mail: welserhuette@gmail.com

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