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Eastern Knotenspitze

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    Ski mountaineering route from the Franz Senn Hut over the Knotenspitzferner to the Eastern Knotenspitze
    moderate
    Distance 3.8 km
    3:00 h
    956 m
    956 m
    3,072 m
    2,116 m
    Ascend from the Franz-Senn-Hütte in a southeast direction. After the rock barrier of the Stiergschwez, head southwest into the flat ground and then at the beginning climb steeply towards the Knotenspitzferner. At the end of the glacier, ski depot and then on foot up the approximately 43° steep gully to the ridge. Follow the ridge to the summit (climbing grade II). In very good conditions, skis could be carried from the ski depot through the gully to the ridge and the gully descended on skis.

    Author’s recommendation

    The Franz Senn Hut still offers a wide variety of ski mountaineering opportunities and is the ideal training base for ski mountaineering!
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    Lowest point
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    Franz Senn Hut

    Safety information

    Steep gully and exposed ridge to the summit!

    Crampons and ice axe are advantageous – rope possibly necessary.

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    Franz Senn Hut

    https://www.franzsennhuette.at

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    Roadbook

    Ascend from the Franz-Senn-Hütte in a southeast direction. After the rock barrier of the Stiergschwez, head southwest into the flat ground and then at the beginning climb steeply towards the Knotenspitzferner. At the end of the glacier, ski depot and then on foot up the approximately 43° steep gully to the ridge. Follow the ridge to the summit (climbing grade II). In very good conditions, skis could be carried from the ski depot through the gully to the ridge and the gully descended on skis.
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    Franz Senn Hut

    Public transport

    Only possible up to Neustift in the Stubai Valley – from there possibly by taxi to Seduck

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    Directions

    On the A13 Brenner Autobahn into the Stubai Valley to Neustift and on to Seduck.

    Ascent in about 3 hours to the Franz-Senn-Hütte

    Parking

    Limited number of free parking spaces in Seduck.

    Coordinates

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    47.085060, 11.168766
    DMS
    47°05'06.2"N 11°10'07.6"E
    UTM
    32T 664617 5216898
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    Get there by train, car, bike, or on foot!

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    Author’s map recommendations

    Alpine Club map 31/1 or 31/4 Stubai Alps, paths + ski

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    Equipment

    Standard ski touring equipment including emergency kit (avalanche transceiver, shovel, probe, first aid kit, bivy sack, mobile phone) AND glacier equipment as well as crampons, ice axe and rope.

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    Parts of this content were machine translated from German.

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    Difficulty
    moderate
    Overall difficulty
    moderate

    Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.

    Distance
    3.8 km
    Duration
    3:00 h
    Ascent
    956 m
    Descent
    956 m
    Highest point
    3,072 m
    Lowest point
    2,116 m
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