Pinzgau Hut

The hut stands west of the Zellersee and Zell am See's local mountain, the Schmittenhöhe (1,965 m), below the Hahnkopf.[1] The hut lies in a large forest clearing just south of the Kessel wind gap (Kesselscharte) on the eastern section of the Pinzgau Ridgeway (Pinzgauer Spaziergang) on long-distance trail 02A, only 1½ km as the crow flies from the summit of the Schmittenhöhe and its upper cable car station.

The Pinzgau Hut is managed by the Austrian Friends of Nature and has 46 places:[1] 6 twin and 5 four-bed rooms and 14 mattress spaces. It is open from the beginning of June to mid-October; and in winter from Christmas to mid-April.[1]

• In summer, from Piesendorf in two hours; from the Schmittenhöhe cable car in half an hour
  • Crossing to the Bürgl Hut six–seven hours
• In winter, on touring skis, two hours
  • From Zell am See/Schüttdorf over the Areitbahn, ski downhill to the valley station of the Kapellenbahn, then one km

• Maurerkogel (2,074 m) 1½ hours[2]
• Gernkogel (2,175 m) 2½ hours.[2]

• Österr.Karte 1:50.000, Schmittenhöhe to Maurerkogel