Mountain hikes Guslarspitze - starting from Vernagthütte

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Difficulty ratings: medium
Route length: 12.2 km
Duration: 4:30 h

VERNAGTHÜTTE -'> GUSLARSPITZE

Tour information

  • Requirement: medium
  • Length: 12.2 km
  • Duration: 4:30 h
  • Elevation uphill:1,355 hm
  • Elevation downhill:141 hm
Highest point3,126 m

Starting point

Vernagthütte

Finishing point

Mittlere Guslarspitze
  • Fitness level 3 / 6

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Equipment

Moderate mountain trail; for sure-footed and experienced hikers. Good physical condition, mountain experience & mountain equipment (see notice equipment) necessary. Please pay attention to the current weather report: www.oetztal.com Appropriate equipment such as breathable suitable outdoor clothes for the weather, ankle-high walking boots, wind-, rain- & sun protection, hat, possibly gloves, is for all hikes and tours necessary. Please bring a first-aid box, a mobile phone, a walking map and if there is no hut on the way a snack and enough to drink.
Source: Ötztal

Description

From Vent across Alpine meadows to the suspension bridge in Rofen, further on to the goods lift of Vernagthütte. Here you take the moderately climbing path to the hut via Platteiberg and Vernagtbachtal. From the Vernagthütte on the hut access path down a few meters to the south and after the first corner on the right at the signposted junction further south down to the glacier stream. Over a bridge and keeping to the right in the wide basin upwards. Soon after, in serpentines to the left on a wide moraine ridge and along this always gently ascending southward into the wide cirque between Hinterer and Vorderer Guslarspitze. Part over a scree slope up into the saddle between Hinterer and Mittlerer Guslarspitze, then keeping left on the broad ridge and gently ascending to the east to the broad summit with the large summit cross.

Nearby huts and mountain restaurants

Getting here

  • Arrival by public transport

    Enjoy a both comfortable and relaxing train ride to the train station in Ötztal Bahnhof. You get off the train in ÖTZTAL Bahnhof where you change to a public bus or local taxi. The current bus schedule can be found at: http://fahrplan.vvt.at

  • Parking

    The following parking options are available in the mountaineering village Vent

    - In summertime in front of the village (parking machine, only coins or EC card) and at the chairlift (at the ticket office of the mountain railways)

    - In wintertime only at the chairlift

    Cost: € 5,00 per day/car

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