Franz Senn Hut
The Franz Senn Hut
Franz Senn Hut is located in Austria
Franz Senn Hut
Franz Senn Hut
Coordinates47°05′06″N 11°10′08″E / 47.085°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

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]

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. 1 2 3 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. 1 2 Walter Klier, Stubaier Alpen, Alpenvereinsführer
  5. Die Lüsenserspitze 3230m at www.franzsennhuette.at. Retrieved 5 Dec 2015.
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