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Pforzheim hut

· 2 reviews · Serviced Hut · Stubai Alps · 2,308 m
Deutscher Alpenverein (DAV)
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  • Photo: Blick ins obere Gleirschtal von der Haidenspitze 2975m. Die Hütte im Vordergrund., DAV Sektion Pforzheim

Welcome to this base on 2.308 m in our natural Gleirschtal.

Below you will find all the information you need for planning your next mountain experience. The here presented activity icons show you what to expect around the hut. Below is information regarding the equipment in the cabin. If you have further questions, you please directly contact us. We are happy to meet you for a visit!

If you plan cabin stays with dogs, please clarify this in advance with us.

We are looking forward to your visit!
Your new hut team
Flo and Sonja
Currently: Is the hut closed? Expected to open from 15.06.2018 again our mountain house.

Hi dear mountain friends !

Visitors to lodge hostess Ingrid and her team with home-made cakes and Tyrolean specialities are continental in a friendly atmosphere and rich breakfast buffet leaves no wish unfulfilled for a mountain hut .

So you can enjoy the cabin stay on the sun terrace or in the warm room with a cool drink or a hot tea .

The area is known for its expansive ski and snowshoe tours in winter . While below im Sellrain in the ski resort of Kühtai is the hustle and bustle , peace and solitude in ideal terrain with many unspoilt slopes find managed Pforzheim hut ski touring around the summer and winter months in the Valley.

In the summer it is ideal place to escape the heat in the Valley . The heart are wild streams and beweidete Alpine pastures as well as the large slopes with Alpine roses in June / July .

For children to be in nature a place to play and let them run free .

You can make reservations by E-Mail and by phone .

For groups , we reserve a space for an advance payment of €10,00 / person and day like in our Mountain House .

In recent years , we have expanded our Mountain House in the winter and summer operating on renewable energy usage . For more information see http://www.alpenverein-pforzheim.de/media/mediahuetten/Arbeitseinsatz_2014/Schema-Energie-Pforzheimer_Huette-gesamt.pdf

 

Also we have included a wastewater treatment plant with biological follow-up clarification , that complies with the strict regulations of the Tyrolean Umwelschutzgesetzes .

Details see : http://www.alpenverein-pforzheim.de/media/mediahuetten/Arbeitseinsatz_2014/Schema-Abwasserbehandlung-Pforzheimer_Huette.pdf

Links :

Multi day tours on the Sellrainer hut round with Ötz - and Inn Valley loop http://sellrainer-huettenrunde.at/

Weather information : https://lawine.tirol.gv.at/schnee-lawineninfo/wetterstationen/ lamsenspitze peak 2870 m.

Avalanche report : https://lawine.tirol.gv.at/home/uebersicht/

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Author
Sektion Pforzheim
Update: October 26, 2022

Sleeping berths

Number of beds in dorm
26
Number of beds in twin rooms
2
Number of beds in dormitory
30
Winter room
10

General

AV-Classification: I
family friendly

Features

Shower

Key

 The winter room / emergency camp is always open .

Seminar

Our Conference room is suitable for approximately 20 persons . Beamer , screen are available .

Preferably we can a Conference offer by Sunday under prepare until Friday .

Winterroom

Winterroom available
 The winter room is not blocked . Only limited/not usable in management of the hut.

Prices

from   €5.00

Downloads

Hüttenbroschüre 2019 Pforzheimer Hütte Tourenbericht von Stefan Herbke Mit Ski durchs das Sellrain. PANAORAMA Ausgabe 1/2020 Sellrainer Hüttenrunde Broschüre 2021

Awards

Eco-certificated  Family-friendly 

Address

Pforzheim hut
Haus 19a
6184 St. Sigmund im Sellrain/Tirol
Tirol

Public transport

International railway connections to Innsbruck or Ötztal station, continue with the bus after Sellrain. Ski bus connection to Kühtai. Http://www.VVT.at/ see details

By road

From Munich: on the highway A8 and A93 A12 Innsbruck, exit Zirl OST direction Kematen in the Sellrain Valley after A-6184 St. Sigmund.

From Stuttgart: via motorway A8 to Ulm and A7 to Füssen. About the B189 to the fern pass, about about the Ötztal, Ötz and Kühtai in the Sellrain Valley A6184 St. Sigmund/Tyrol.

South Tyrol: with the highway A22 Brenner to Innsbruck and the A12 to the exit Zirl ost. Direction of Kematen in the Sellrain Valley A6184 St. Sigmund/Tyrol...

Recommendation:

It is ideal at the beginning or at the end of the tour in the Sellrain, to spend the night in the Ötztal Valley or in the Inn Valley. Information and bookings at the tourism office or online at www.innsbruck.info and www.oetztal.com

Parking

Car park at the entrance to the Gleirschtal in A-6184 St. Sigmund im Sellrain Tirol. 

Coordinates

DD
47.154722, 11.072639
DMS
47°09'17.0"N 11°04'21.5"E
UTM
32T 657115 5224442
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Arrival by train, car, foot or bike

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recommended route Difficulty moderate
Distance 7.4 km
Duration 2:30 h
Ascent 811 m
Descent 26 m

St. Sigmund taking rose to around two and a half hours to the Pforzheimer hut.

1
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Distance 7.4 km
Duration 3:30 h
Ascent 793 m
Descent 0 m

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Distance 367.6 km
Duration 390:00 h
Ascent 7,930 m
Descent 5,891 m

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The Mountain House is open in the winter season from February to April and during the summer time from June to September.

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Special features

family friendly Shower Family-friendly Eco-certificated

Pforzheim hut

Nora Rosche
Haus 19a
6184 St. Sigmund im Sellrain/Tirol
Tirol
Phone 0043/5236/521 Mobile phone 0043/699/13294581

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