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Stage 13
Ötztal Trek Stage 13
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SimilaunhüttePhoto: Roland Grüner, Ötztal
- Route: Climbing, Path
- Requirements: Step safety, dizziness, condition, high alpine experience
- Mountain path black, intersection alpine route
- Difficulties: Passage over Hochjochferner (columns); Mountain guide recommended
- Equipment: normal hiking equipment, crampons, pimples according to circumstances; In any case rope; Climbing on the glacier
- Huts: Similaun Hut, Hochjoch-Hospiz Hut
- Acess / exit point: from Vent through the Niedertal to the Martin-Busch-Hütte and further to the Similaunhütte (about 4.5 h ascent, approx. 3.75 h descent)
from Vent through the Rofental to Hochjoch-Hospiz (about 2,5 h ascent, about 2 h descent)
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SimilaunhütteHochjoch-Hospiz
Safety information
Trittsicherheit, Schwindelfreiheit, Kondition, hochalpine Erfahrung; abschnittsweise alpine Route
Passage über den Hochjochferner (Spalten); Bergführer empfohlen
Tips and hints
Did you know that…
...a memorial was erected at the finding site of the stone age mummy „Ötzi“, which is around 5250 years old?
More details about hiking In Ötztal: https://www.oetztal.com/wandern
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ÖTZI - THE ICEMAN AND GLACIER MUMMY
From the refuge hut a trail climbs steeply up a wide ridge which later turns into a boulder ridge with fixed cables for assistance. The last section of the trail to Tisenjoch saddle in South Tyrol takes you through flatter terrain. Ötzi‘s finding place at Tisenjoch is among the highlights of this stage. Once at Tisenjoch, the trail climbs for another 100 meters to Hauslabjoch before descending northwards on the Hochjochferner glacier fields. Leaving behind the glacier at approx. 3000 m, the trail joins the path coming down from Saykogel. Continue to Rofental, descending moderately at the beginning and steeply at the end. Cross Hochjochbach brook at 2500 m. In steep switchbacks down to the brook of Hintereisferner. Another challenging 100 altitude meters before you reach Hochjoch-Hospiz.
Public transport
Enjoy a both comfortable and relaxing train ride to the train station in Ötztal Bahnhof. You get off the train in ÖTZTAL Bahnhof where you change to a public bus or local taxi. The current bus schedule can be found at: http://fahrplan.vvt.at
Directions
Vent is located in the western part of Austria in the state TYROL, in a southern side valley of the Inn valley - the ÖTZTAL. For your arrival by car, you can plan the best route from your home town with the route planner online at https://www.google.at/maps
Parking
In Vent the following parking facilities are available:In front of the village and at the valley station of the chairlift (fee required)
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Equipment
It is recommended to wear hiking equipment such as breathable and weather-adapted outdoor clothing, ankle-high mountain boots, wind, rain and sun protection, cap and possibly gloves. It is also important to have enough food, as well as a first-aid package, a cell phone and a hiking map.Statistics
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