Elberfelder Hut


The Elberfelder Hut is a mountain hut belonging to the German Alpine Club in the Schober Group within the Austrian Alps.
The mountain hut stands at 2,346 m in the upper Gößnitz valley and is managed from mid-June to mid-September. The Wuppertal branch of the German Alpine Club is responsible for it. The Siegburg and Recklinghausen branches also participate in managing the hut.

History

The Elberfelder Hut was built in 1928. In the years 1982 and 1983, following an avalanche, the hut was renovated and extended. In 2005 repair work was carried out on the façade and roof. The hut has its own hydropower station to provide power and is exclusively supplied by helicopter.
The house is named after the Wuppertal quarter of Elberfeld.

Ascents

All timings refer to the actual journey time without stops and delays.

Tours

Summit tours

The Elberfelder Hut is on the Vienna Ridgeway, which runs from the Iselsberg to the Glocknerhaus. Its neighbouring huts are reached as follows:
On 8 September 2016, shortly after take-off, a helicopter on the return leg of a supply flight to the Elberfelder Hut, crashed into the mountainside killing its pilot, Hannes Arch. The hut manager, who had spontaneously decided to accompany Arch, was injured but was able to be rescued.

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