Ackerl Hut

Ackerl Hut
Ackerl Hut
	View of the Kaiser Mountains from the Ackerl Hut
	Ackerl Hut
Coordinates	47°32′58″N 12°20′28″E / 47.54944°N 12.34111°E
Country	Austria
Administrative; district	Tyrol
Mountain range	Wilder Kaiser
Location	south of the Ackerlspitze
Nearest; settlement	Going
Elevation	1,456 m (4,777 ft) AA
Administration
Hut type	OeAV self-service hut Category I
Owner	Kitzbühel Section
Website	www.alpenverein.at/kitzbuehel/Huetten/index.php?navid=9
Facilities
Mattresses	15
Accommodation	AC key
Opening times	supervised at weekends from June to October
Footnotes
Hut reference	OeAV DAV

The Ackerl Hut (German: Ackerlhütte) is an Alpine club hut in the Wilder Kaiser mountains in Austria. It is run by the Kitzbühel section of the Austrian Alpine Club and lies at a height of 1,455 metres (4,774 ft)^[1] (according to other sources 1,456 m^[2] or 1,465 m^[3]) below the south faces of the Regalmspitze, Ackerlspitze and Maukspitze.

Facilities

It is a self-service hut with 15 mattresses that serves as a base for mountaineers and climbers. From June to September the Ackerl Hut is managed, at a least at weekends, otherwise it is not open and only accessible with an Alpine Club key.

Approaches

From Hüttling/Prama (near Going) via the Graspoint Niederalm and Schleier Waterfall in 2 hours.
From Wochenbrunner Alm via the Gaudeamus Hut and along the Höhenweg trail in 2 hours.
From St. Johann in Tirol along the Adlerweg trail, (here known as the Wilder Kaiser Trail (Steig)) in 3 hours.

Crossings

Gaudeamus Hut (1,270 m) via the Wilder Kaiser Trail, duration: 1 hour
Fritz Pflaum Hut (1,865 m) via the Ackerlspitze, difficult, duration: 5.5 hours
Fritz Pflaum Hut (1,865 m) over the Wilder Kaiser Trail, Gildensteig and Kleines Törl, duration: 3.5 hours
Grutten Hut (1,620 m) over the Wilder Kaiser Trail and Jubiläumssteig, medium difficult, duration: 3 hours

Ascents

Maukspitze (2,231 m) in 2.5 hours
Ackerlspitze (2,329 m) in 3 hours
Regalmspitze (2,253 m) in 3 hours

References

^ Österreichische Karte 1:50,000 series.
^ According to the Kitzbühel Alpine Club Branch. Retrieved 17 Oct 2014.
^ According to the sign on the hut itself

External links

Ackerl Hut on the Kaisergebirge home page (in German)

[1] Österreichische Karte 1:50,000 series.

[2] According to the Kitzbühel Alpine Club Branch. Retrieved 17 Oct 2014.

[3] According to the sign on the hut itself

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