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Long Distance Hiking recommended route Stage 13

Ötztal Trek Stage 13

Long Distance Hiking · Ötztal
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  • Similaunhütte
    Similaunhütte
    Photo: Roland Grüner, Ötztal
Similaunhütte (3.017 m) –> Hauslabjoch (3.283 m) –> Hochjoch-Hospiz (2.412 m)
difficult
Distance 8.5 km
3:30 h
390 m
997 m
3,279 m
2,286 m
  • Route: Climbing, Path
  • Requirements: Step safety, dizziness, condition, high alpine experience
  • Mountain path black, intersection alpine route
  • Difficulties: Passage over Hochjochferner (columns); Mountain guide recommended
  • Equipment: normal hiking equipment, crampons, pimples according to circumstances; In any case rope; Climbing on the glacier
  • Huts: Similaun Hut, Hochjoch-Hospiz Hut
  • Acess / exit point: from Vent through the Niedertal to the Martin-Busch-Hütte and further to the Similaunhütte (about 4.5 h ascent, approx. 3.75 h descent)
    from Vent through the Rofental to Hochjoch-Hospiz (about 2,5 h ascent, about 2 h descent)
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Author
Roland Grüner 
Update: March 16, 2024
Difficulty
difficult
Technique
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Landscape
Highest point
3,279 m
Lowest point
2,286 m
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Rest stops

Similaunhütte
Hochjoch-Hospiz

Safety information

Trittsicherheit, Schwindelfreiheit, Kondition, hochalpine Erfahrung; abschnittsweise alpine Route

Passage über den Hochjochferner (Spalten); Bergführer empfohlen

Tips and hints

Did you know that…
...a memorial was erected at the finding site of the stone age mummy „Ötzi“, which is around 5250 years old?

More details about hiking In Ötztal: https://www.oetztal.com/wandern 

Start

Similaunhütte
Coordinates:
DD
46.772371, 10.854696
DMS
46°46'20.5"N 10°51'16.9"E
UTM
32T 641600 5181539
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Destination

Hochjoch-Hospiz

Turn-by-turn directions

ÖTZI - THE ICEMAN AND GLACIER MUMMY

From the refuge hut a trail climbs steeply up a wide ridge which later turns into a boulder ridge with fixed cables for assistance. The last section of the trail to Tisenjoch saddle in South Tyrol takes you through flatter terrain. Ötzi‘s finding place at Tisenjoch is among the highlights of this stage. Once at Tisenjoch, the trail climbs for another 100 meters to Hauslabjoch before descending northwards on the Hochjochferner glacier fields. Leaving behind the glacier at approx. 3000 m, the trail joins the path coming down from Saykogel. Continue to Rofental, descending moderately at the beginning and steeply at the end. Cross Hochjochbach brook at 2500 m. In steep switchbacks down to the brook of Hintereisferner. Another challenging 100 altitude meters before you reach Hochjoch-Hospiz.

Public transport

Enjoy a both comfortable and relaxing train ride to the train station in Ötztal Bahnhof. You get off the train in ÖTZTAL Bahnhof where you change to a public bus or local taxi. The current bus schedule can be found at: http://fahrplan.vvt.at

 

Directions

Vent is located in the western part of Austria in the state TYROL, in a southern side valley of the Inn valley - the ÖTZTAL. For your arrival by car, you can plan the best route from your home town with the route planner online at https://www.google.at/maps

 

Parking

In Vent the following parking facilities are available:

In front of the village and at the valley station of the chairlift (fee required)

Coordinates

DD
46.772371, 10.854696
DMS
46°46'20.5"N 10°51'16.9"E
UTM
32T 641600 5181539
w3w 
///genius.oxtails.curtails
Get there by train, car, bike, or on foot!

Equipment

It is recommended to wear hiking equipment such as breathable and weather-adapted outdoor clothing, ankle-high mountain boots, wind, rain and sun protection, cap and possibly gloves. It is also important to have enough food, as well as a first-aid package, a cell phone and a hiking map.

Similar routes nearby

  • Ötztal Trek Route 4
  • Ötztal Trek Stage 12
  • Ötztal Trek Stage 14
  • Ötztal Trek Stage 16
  • Ötztal Trek Stage 15
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Difficulty
difficult
Distance
8.5 km
Duration
3:30 h
Ascent
390 m
Descent
997 m
Highest point
3,279 m
Lowest point
2,286 m
Scenic Refreshment stops available Linear route

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