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Alpine Tour recommended route Alpine Tour  · Ötztal Alps

Crossing from the Breslauer Hütte to the Braunschweiger Hütte

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    Breslauer Hut
    Photo: Martin Berger, Dav Sektion Breslau

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    The great glacier route to the Braunschweiger Hütte leads over the partly crevassed Taschachferner, which is why you need corresponding experience and glacier equipment.
    moderate
    Distance 11.5 km
    4:30 h
    901 m
    987 m
    3,471 m
    2,603 m
    From the Mitterkarjoch, good visibility on the wide glacier areas must prevail. If the weather is good, you should definitely include the Wildspitze, the highest mountain in Tyrol. For this, about 2:30 hours and about 250 meters of elevation gain must be added to the actual hut crossing route.

    Author’s recommendation

    Since the starting point (Vent) and the end point (Mittelberg) lie in two different valleys, it is recommended to travel by bus and train.
    Difficulty
    FI35° moderate
    Overall difficulty
    moderate

    Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.

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    Highest point
    3,471 m
    Lowest point
    2,603 m
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    Cardinal direction
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    Track types

    Path 20.03%Traces of trail 77.12%Unknown 2.84%
    Path
    2.3 km
    Traces of trail
    8.9 km
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    328 m
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    Safety information

    Alpine experience and good weather are required for the crevassed Taschachferner. Additionally, you should check in advance whether the ropes of the via ferrata at Mitterkarjoch are free of snow.

    Tips and suggestions

    Braunschweiger Hütte: www.braunschweiger-huette.at

    Breslauer Hütte: www.breslauerhuette.at

    Roadbook

    From the Breslauer Hütte, follow the clear mountain path, which ascends northwest below the Urkundkopf into the wide Mitterkar. Here it bypasses two large rock ridges coming from the Wildspitze on their west side and then leads to the right for a short distance into the upper cirque of the former Mitterkar glacier. Here, turn left and climb steeply with the help of steel cables and footbars to the Mitterkarjoch, which allows the transition to the upper Taschachferner. (Here the optional ascent of the Wildspitze is possible to the right).

    Follow the Taschachferner gently descending west for a short distance and then turn right to bypass the glacier crevasse on the right in a wide curve.

    Now continue northwest still gently descending toward the Mittelberg Joch visible from afar, which you reach via clear trail tracks that lead up a steep scree slope to the right of the glacier.

    From the Mittelberg Joch, continue northeast, first gently, then one steeper descent to the large glacier basin west of the Linker Fernerkogel. Continuing in the same direction, you finally reach marker poles that lead from the glacier ski area to the Braunschweiger Hütte. Follow these to the right, reach the eastern lateral moraine, and continue in the same direction on the clear path to the Braunschweiger Hütte, visible from afar.

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    Public transport

    Public-transport-friendly

    By train to Ötztal station and then by buses (change in Sölden) to Vent.

    Directions

    Via the Inntal motorway to the beginning of the Ötztal and through it via Sölden to Vent.

    Parking

    Fee-based parking spaces in Vent.

    Coordinates

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    46.868077, 10.879267
    DMS
    46°52'05.1"N 10°52'45.4"E
    UTM
    32T 643222 5192218
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    Get there by train, car, bike, or on foot!

    Book recommendation by the author

    W. Klier AV guide "Ötztaler Alpen" Rother Verlag

    Author’s map recommendations

    AV map 30/6 "Wildspitze" 1:25000

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    Equipment

    Complete glacier equipment with harness, rope, ice axe, and crampons.

    Localization

    Parts of this content were machine translated from German.

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    Difficulty
    FI35° moderate
    Overall difficulty
    moderate

    Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.

    Distance
    11.5 km
    Duration
    4:30 h
    Ascent
    901 m
    Descent
    987 m
    Highest point
    3,471 m
    Lowest point
    2,603 m
    Public-transport-friendly Linear route Scenic

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