Long-distance hike Eagle Walk Stage O3: Eisseehütte - Bonn-Matreier-Hütte

This stage runs along the Venediger Höhenweg and delights with magnificent panoramic views. Today we consume summit experiences along the high trail without climbing any of them. We finally reach the cozy Bonn-Matreier hut via the Eselrücken ridge, which lies like an eagle's nest in the middle of the Venediger group.

Description

Route description: From the Eisseehütte hut, descend a short distance to the signposts of the Venediger Höhenweg trail, where it leads into the left eastern slope area of the Timmeltal valley. The crossing of the south-western ridge of the Hexenkopf is easy to manage, immediately afterwards you overcome the western rocky ridge of the Hoher Eicham. The previously easy and almost flat ascent now becomes steeper as it meets the western foothills of the Wunwand, with which you remain in close contact for a while. Stone steps provide safety, and there is also a steel cable along a short section of the route.

There are a few more hairpin bends uphill, you cross a meadow flank, about one kilometer to the Wunwand southwest ridge. In this area, there is a turn-off to the Wallhornalm in the Timmeltal valley, but the high-level trail continues across a meadow flank south of the Wunwand to the south ridge of the Wunspitze. There, you climb for around ½ hour up to a rocky niche. A little higher up, the trail splits and you could turn left to the Obere Wunalm and right to the Untere Wunalm. The route of the Venediger Höhenweg now runs high above the Virgental valley, partly under the fragments of an old rockslide and finally leads to the Eselsrücken ridge, which opens up access to the Große Niltal valley. 15 narrow hairpin bends lead from the hill through a narrow grassy gully down to the sandy bottom. There, a few steps over the slender outflow from the Nilkees. The stage destination, the Bonn-Matreier hut, has long been in sight. A good path and stone steps carved into the rock take you to the area of the stately, shingle-clad shelter, which offers the best food and drink. For route descriptions, see also: "Osttiroler Wanderbuch" by Walter Mair.