Mountain hikes Ascherhütte via Urgjoch

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Serfaus / Samnaun Group
Difficulty ratings: difficult
Route length: 7.0 km
Duration: 5:00 h

A challenging mountain hike via Urgjoch to the Ascherhütte, featuring impressive mountain views and untouched alpine scenery.

Tour information

  • Requirement: difficult
  • Length: 7.0 km
  • Duration: 5:00 h
  • Elevation uphill:833 hm
  • Elevation downhill:552 hm
Highest point2,804 m

Starting point

Komperdell top station

Finishing point

Ascherhütte
  • Fitness level 3 / 6

Best time of year

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Source: Serfaus-Fiss-Ladis

Description

From the Komperdell top station (S201) on trail no. 21 (Weitwanderweg trail 702) to the signpost (S208). On trail no. 22 ascend to the Unteren Glockhäuser (small lake, S261), as the large gully is called in local dialect. Exit from the gully in steep curves to the Urgjoch (2,759 m, S271). From the Urgjoch, northwestwards over snowfields which are even dangerous in summertime to the Kübelgrubenscharte (S273), then descend into the Kübelgrubengrund, continue to the Ascherhütte. At the signpost (S276) ascend to the Rotpleiskopf (2,936 m) possible (1 hour).

Nearby huts and mountain restaurants

Getting here

  • Arrival by public transport

    Take the bus to Serfaus. From there, take the Lazidbahn to the mountain station, the starting point of the tour.

  • Parking

    Parking is available at the car park at the entrance to Serfaus. From there, you can take the underground railway to the village centre or the starting point of the tour.

Weather

Today

light rain showers
21°C/12°C
85%20l5 km/h

Thu

cloudy
18°C/10°C
45%0.4l5 km/h

Fri

Thunderstorm
17°C/10°C
60%7.2l5 km/h
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