Long-distance hike Eagle Walk Stage O1: Ströden - Johannis Hütte

The East Tyrolean Eagle Trail begins in Ströden. If you haven't had enough after stage 24 on the Tyrolean Arlberg, you can extend the trail here and continue hiking. The start is impressive: Mighty three-thousand-metre peaks tower up and offer a tremendous panorama. The stage finish is the Johanishütte, the oldest hut in the Eastern Alps dating back to 1857, although the standard dates back to 1999.

Description

Route description: The starting point is the parking lot in Ströden, from there it goes along the Maurerbach stream after the bridge up to the Stoanalm snack station at 1,450 meters. On the orographic left side of the stream, the trail leads to the valley station of the material cable car. Continue on a path up a larch-covered valley step. After about two dozen hairpin bends, you reach the Göriacher Ochsnerhütte (1,948 meters). The trail continues, still close to the stream, over three gentle climbs into the foothills of the glacier-covered Venediger mountains and to the bridge at the upper Ochsnerhütte on the Maurerbach stream.

The powerful glacial stream separates the Göriacher from the Maurer Alpe to the west. The route now climbs up the final slope to the Essener-Rostocker Hütte, in the moraine area of the now receding Simonykees. After a well-earned break, continue from the Essener-Rostocker Hütte along the Schweriner Weg. It climbs a mountain flank in hairpin bends and crosses the south-western slope of the Kleiner Geiger after about an hour's walk. The route now leads over ice-age grinding tracks and widely scattered scree fields towards Türml with its bright red rock. At its foot lies the Türmljoch (2,772 meters). To the east of it, the looped trail leads through snow hollows and over scree and then down the eastern slope of the Dorferkamm ridge.

Approx. ¼ hour later, you turn to the northeast, crossing a few rivulets. The trail then makes another turn to the south, adapted to the terrain, over a mountain slope that leads down to the Dorfer Bach stream, where you can admire beautiful rock formations. Finally, you pass the memorial cross and cross the Zettalunitzbach stream for the last stretch to the rustic and spacious Johannishütte (2,121 meters). For route descriptions, see also: "Osttiroler Wanderbuch" by Walter Mair.