The Höllentalanger Hut is a managed hut owned by the German Alpine Club

German Alpine Club

The German Alpine Club or DAV is the largest climbing association in the world and the eighth largest sports union in Germany. It is organised into 354 legally independent branches with a total of around 815,000 members...

 in the Wetterstein Mountains of Bavaria

Bavaria

Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...

, in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Garmisch-Partenkirchen is a mountain resort town in Bavaria, southern Germany. It is the administrative centre of the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in the Oberbayern region, and the district is on the border with Austria...

. The hut lies in a narrow defile between the Höllental-Blassen and Waxenstein

Waxenstein

Waxenstein is a mountain of Bavaria, Germany....

-Riffelwand crest and is open from the end of May to mid-October. It has more than 80 bedspaces.

History

The category 1 hut was built in 1894 and has had its present appearance since 1925 when it was extended. Since 2004 a completely new hut has been in planning. The cost of construction has been assessed by the German Alpine Club at € 2.3M. The new hut is intended to take the extreme avalanche situation in the Höllental into account. In addition it is intended to expand its overnight capacity. The winter room was closed by the authorities in 2004 or 2005 due to the avalanche danger in winter.

As part of the complete demolition the blockhouse, which is the original core of the hut, will be moved to the garden of the Alpine Museum in Munich.

Approaches

• From Hammersbach
  Hammersbach (Grainau)
  Hammersbach is a village in the municipality of Grainau at the foot of the Wetterstein Mountains in South Germany. It is located at the southwestern end of the market town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen and is an important base for tours by mountaineers and hikers.- Summits :From Hammersbach the...
  
   and Obergrainau through the Höllental valley and the Höllental Gorge (ca. 2 hrs) or along the Stangensteig trail (2½ hrs).
• From the Kreuzeckhaus over the Hupfleitenjoch saddle and the Knappenhäuser (2½ hrs, surefootedness required).
• From the Osterfelderkopf (valley station of the Alpspitzbahn) over the Rinderscharte col (ca 4.5 hours) or over the Hupfleitenjoch saddle and Knappenhäuser (ca. 4 hours), for both routes surefootedness is required).

Tours

• to the Zugspitze
  Zugspitze
  The Zugspitze, at 2,962 metres above sea level, is the highest peak of the Wetterstein Mountains as well as the highest mountain in Germany. It lies south of the town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, and the border between Germany and Austria runs over its western summit. South of the mountain is...
  
    over the Höllentalferner
  Höllentalferner
  The Höllentalferner is a glacier in the western Wetterstein Mountains. It is a cirque glacier that covers the upper part of the Höllental valley and its location in a rocky bowl between the Riffelwandspitzen and Germany's highest mountain, the Zugspitze, means that it is well-protected from direct...
  
   (glacier crossing) in 5 hours,
• to the Alpspitze
  Alpspitze
  Alpspitze is a mountain of Bavaria, Germany. At its base is the 'AlpspiX Viewing Platform', 2 curved metal walkways reaching out 13 metres over a cliff, crossing over each other, making the shape of on X.-External Links:*...
  
    over the Matthaisenkar and the Grieskarscharte in 4 hours,

For both tours klettersteig experience is needed.

• to the Großer Waxenstein
  Waxenstein
  Waxenstein is a mountain of Bavaria, Germany....
  
    in 2 - 3 hours.
• over the Riffelscharte  to the Eibsee in 4 hours.

Sources

• Stefan Beulke: AVF Wetterstein, Bergverlag Rother
  Bergverlag Rother
  Bergverlag Rother is a German publisher with its headquarters in Oberhaching, Upper Bavaria. Since 1950 the company, that formerly went udern the name of Bergverlag Rudolf Rother, has published the Alpine Club Guides in cooperation with the German Alpine Club , the Austrian Alpine Club and the...
  
  , Ottobrunn, ISBN 978-3-7633-1119-4
• Helmut Pfanzelt: GF Wetterstein und Mieminger Kette, Bergverlag Rother, Ottobrunn, ISBN 978-3-7633-3129-1

External links

• Munich section of the DAV