Franz Senn Hut

The Franz Senn Hut (German: Franz-Senn-Hütte) is a large and very popular Category I alpine hut in the Stubai Alps owned by the Austrian Alpine Club (Österreichischer Alpenverein).[1] It is a large, well-appointed hut, named after Franz Senn. Access is from Oberiss in the Oberbergtal off the Stubaital above Neustift.[2]

Franz Senn Hut
The Franz Senn Hut
Franz Senn Hut is located in Austria
Franz Senn Hut
Franz Senn Hut
Coordinates47.085°N 11.16889°E / 47.085; 11.16889
CountryAustria
Administrative
district		Tyrol
LocationHinteres Oberbergtal
Elevation2,147 m (7,044 ft) AA
Construction
Built in1885 (1885)
Administration
Hut typeOeAV Hut Category I
OwnerInnsbruck Section
Websitewww.franzsennhuette.at
Facilities
Beds/Bunks180
Mattresses80
Emergency beds100
Winter room12
Accommodationopen
Opening timesmid-June to mid-October
Footnotes
Hut referenceOeAV DAV
View down valley to the hut

History

The Franz Senn Hut was opened on 15 September 1885 having cost 3,000 florins. At the time it had accommodation for 37 people including 4 women. It was extended in 1907/08 to 20 beds and 60 shakedowns and again in 1932/33 to 80 beds and 80 sleeping places. During the Second World War a goods cableway was erected. In 1960 the hut's capacity was increased to 220.[3]

The hut was named after a mountaineering pastor.[1]

Access

Ascent
  • Neustift im Stubaital (1154 metre climb, duration: c. 4½ hours)
  • Oberiss Alm (402 metre climb, duration: c. 1½ hours)[1]

Summits accessible from the Franz Senn Hut
  • Ruderhofspitze (3,474 m), height difference 1327 m, duration c. 5 hours, high tour[4])
  • Lisenerspitze (3,230 m, height difference 1080 m, duration c. 3.5 hours, glacier tour)[5]
  • Lisenser Fernerkogel (3,266 m, height difference 1150 m, duration c. 4.5 hours, glacier tour[4])
  • Schafgrübler (2,921 m, height difference 780 m, duration c. 3 hours)
  • Rinnenspitze (3,003 m, height difference 850 m, duration 2.5 to 3 hours, sections of the summit ridge are secured)
  • Östliche Seespitze (3,416 m), popular but challenging ski tour
  • Westliche Seespitze (3,355 m)
  • Wildes Hinterbergl, (3,288 m), much frequented ski tour

Transits

The hut is on the Stubai Hohenweg, an 8-day high level trail around the Stubai; neighbouring huts on the trail are the Starkenburger Hut and the New Regensburg Hut.

Huts
  • Amberger Hut (2,135 m, duration: c. 6 hours)
  • Neue Regensburger Hut (2,286 m, duration: c. 4 hours auf dem Stubaier Höhenweg)
  • Starkenburger Hut (2,237 m, duration: c. 7 hours auf dem Stubaier Höhenweg
  • Adolf Pichler Hut (1,977 m, duration: c. 7 hours)
  • Westfalenhaus (2,273 m, duration: c. 6 hours)
  • Potsdamer Hut (2,020 m, duration: 5–7 hours)

Places

See also
  • Pic of the hut at dusk
  • Pic up valley

References
  1. Reynolds, Kev (2009). Walking in Austria, 1st ed., Cicerone, Milnthorpe, p. 125, ISBN 978-1-85284-538-4.
  2. Walter Klier: AVF alpin Stubaier Alpen, Bergverlag Rother, Ottobrunn, ISBN 978-3-7633-1271-9
  3. Die Chronik in aller Kürze at www.franzsennhuette.at. Retrieved 5 Dec 2015.
  4. Walter Klier, Stubaier Alpen, Alpenvereinsführer
  5. Die Lüsenserspitze 3230m at www.franzsennhuette.at. Retrieved 5 Dec 2015.
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