Sander«No-Shows» in SAC-Hütten: Kommt jetzt die Reservationsgebühr?
Today we went to the Gornergrat and had beautiful views over the white giants. Saw the Monte-Rosa-Hütte for the first time, pretty camouflaged in the snow. Can you find it? Mastodon does sometimes bad things to the quality of the uploaded pictures, like this time. Still visible but difficult.
On the left by the way the Defourspitze (highest point of Switzerland), on the right the Liskamm with the Grenzgletscher flowing down between them.
SAC-Hütten verzeichnen so viele Übernachtungen wie noch nie | Schweizer Alpen-Club SAC 
SAC-Hütten verzeichnen so viele Übernachtungen wie noch nie
Die SAC-Hütten haben im Hüttenjahr 2025 insgesamt 409 000 Übernachtungen verzeichnet. Das sind 12,7 Prozent mehr als im Vorjahr. Besonders stark entwickelte sich die Wintersaison, die damit massgeblich zum erfreulichen Ergebnis beitrug. Gleichzeitig zeigt sich, dass die SAC-Hütten angesichts des Klimawandels, zunehmender Naturgefahren und hoher Anforderungen an Bauprojekte vor grossen Investitionen stehen.
TimThird day of our take on the Kaisertour was really chill. After a diverting hike up to the Stripsenkopf it was a steep descent to reach the Anton-Karg-Haus.
Two foxes visited us while we were having dinner there (see photos 9 and 10).
Duration: 3 hours (excluding breaks)
Length: 5.5 km
Elevation: 827 m to 1807 m
Ascent/Descent: 230 m ↑ and 980 m ↓
[This is a Pixelfed post with 12 photos, you can see the complete post at: https://mountains.photos/p/OneiricBotcelot/950368004010709811 ]
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Two foxes visited us while we were having dinner there (see photos 9 and 10).
Duration: 3 hours (excluding breaks)
Length: 5.5 km
Elevation: 827 m to 1807 m
Ascent/Descent: 230 m ↑ and 980 m ↓
[This is a Pixelfed post with 12 photos, you can see the complete post at: https://mountains.photos/p/OneiricBotcelot/950368004010709811 ]
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Hochstubaihütte (3173 m) with the Hoher Nebelkogel (3211 m) in the Stubaier Alps, Austria.
🗓️ July 2007
On day 2 we hiked from Vorderkaiserfeldenhütte to Stripsenjochhaus. Because the chances for experiencing a thunderstorm in the early afternoon were relatively high, we sadly decided against taking the panoramic (and much longer!) route traversing several peaks and took the direct one instead. Nevertheless a nice day!
Duration: 4 hours (excluding breaks)
Length: 9 km
Elevation: 1300 m to 1600 m
Ascent/Descent: 625 m ↑ and 435 m ↓
[This is a Pixelfed post with 8 photos, you can see the complete post at: https://mountains.photos/p/OneiricBotcelot/947862443316211812 ]
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Duration: 4 hours (excluding breaks)
Length: 9 km
Elevation: 1300 m to 1600 m
Ascent/Descent: 625 m ↑ and 435 m ↓
[This is a Pixelfed post with 8 photos, you can see the complete post at: https://mountains.photos/p/OneiricBotcelot/947862443316211812 ]
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During this year's General Assembly meeting of the SAC Sektion Niesen the hut warden couple of the Almagellerhütte (which belongs to the Sektion) were celebrated. They have been the wardens for 40 years! Their son is taking over now, so it stays in the family.
Found a nice video by the son about being a warden of the hut (in Walliser German but with English subs).
Hut warden at the Almagellerhütte
In August 2024 I went for a short hut trekking tour planned a week in advance. Together with some friends I travelled to Kufstein by train where we took the bus to a small village called Ebbs. After waiting for roughly two hours in a café (thunder and heavy rain upon arrival) we started around half past three in the afternoon towards the Vorderkaiserfeldenhütte.
Duration: 2 hours and 20 minutes (excluding breaks)
Length: 5.5 km
Elevation: 474 m to 1389 m
Ascent/Descent: 915 m ↑ and 0 m ↓
[This is a Pixelfed post with 9 photos, you can see the complete post at: https://mountains.photos/p/OneiricBotcelot/942737670004950621 ]
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Duration: 2 hours and 20 minutes (excluding breaks)
Length: 5.5 km
Elevation: 474 m to 1389 m
Ascent/Descent: 915 m ↑ and 0 m ↓
[This is a Pixelfed post with 9 photos, you can see the complete post at: https://mountains.photos/p/OneiricBotcelot/942737670004950621 ]
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Haven't posted in a while - life happened.
Final day of the Lechquellenrunde and we jumped at the chance for another summit ascent. From Biberacher Hütte we hiked up to the Hochkünzelspitze before descending down into the valley and ending another multi-day hut trekking tour.
Duration: 8 hours and 15 minutes (including 3 hours of breaks)
Length: 10.5 km
Elevation: 1090 m to 2397 m
Ascent/Descent: 590 m ↑ and 1340 m ↓
[This is a Pixelfed post with 12 photos, you can see the complete post at: https://mountains.photos/p/OneiricBotcelot/940260317890902435 ]
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Final day of the Lechquellenrunde and we jumped at the chance for another summit ascent. From Biberacher Hütte we hiked up to the Hochkünzelspitze before descending down into the valley and ending another multi-day hut trekking tour.
Duration: 8 hours and 15 minutes (including 3 hours of breaks)
Length: 10.5 km
Elevation: 1090 m to 2397 m
Ascent/Descent: 590 m ↑ and 1340 m ↓
[This is a Pixelfed post with 12 photos, you can see the complete post at: https://mountains.photos/p/OneiricBotcelot/940260317890902435 ]
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Was on the site of SAC Sektion Niesen to register for the upcoming General Assembly and reread a bit on the history of the Sektion.
One of the two huts that the Sektion runs is the Almagellerhütte (built in 1984) and it has been too long since I have been there.
