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Route The summit of Saykogel offers a beautiful view of the route. © Markus StadlerPhoto: Markus Stadler, Rother Bergverlag
The most beautiful ski tour mountains in the Ötztal Alps are hidden above the remote mountain village of Vent. The journey to the farthest corner of the Ötztal already raises the question of how on earth the first settlers came up with the idea to build their houses here. Surrounded by ice-covered three-thousanders, the little village is separated from the upper Ötztal by a narrow, 12-kilometer-long valley that is constantly threatened by avalanches in winter. In addition, the long way along the Ötz down into the Inn Valley was made difficult by several impassable gorges. It is therefore no wonder that the settlement of the upper Ötztal occurred from the south. Even today, there are old grazing rights according to which South Tyrolean farmers drive their sheep from the Schnalstal over the partly glaciated passes into the Ötztal.
How long the passes have been used can be traced by the discovery of the world-famous "Ötzi". About 5000 years ago, the man, probably from the Eisack Valley, died near the Hauslabjoch and was preserved by the glacier ice that soon covered him until 1991, the year of his discovery. The find site can be easily reached by a short detour from the Similaun hut.
Now to the Similaun, our actual destination. Due to its even slopes and the relatively crevasse-sparse glacier, it is one of the easier ski destinations above 3500 meters in the Eastern Alps. In addition, it is exceptionally comfortably developed with two well-managed huts along the route. Aspirants do not avoid the long approach through the Nieder valley to the Martin-Busch-Hütte. It is advisable to stay here for several days and to climb one or two more peaks in the large touring area.
Ascent to the hut From the car park at its southwest end to a bridge and then left over the Venter Ache. Now left of the stream through the village and over the Spiegelache to the left to a ski lift. We climb up a section on the piste until a cross path leads left into the valley. On the path now quite flat uphill into the valley to the last larch fields. The further route stays always right a bit above the stream and now leads gently but continuously ascending to the Martin-Busch-Hütte. In case of avalanche danger from the right flanks or very unpleasant avalanche cones, there is also the possibility from about the Schäferhütte to ascend in the valley bottom or right next to it and climb the last part from the confluence of the Schalfbach to the hut. But this ascent is not completely safe from avalanches either.Ascent to the summit From the Martin-Busch-Hütte the route initially goes almost flat through the Niederjoch valley towards the southwest. After about half an hour, the slope
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