Mountain hikes Lech Rüfikopfbahn - Stuttgarter Hütte

Difficulty ratings: medium
Route length: 5.4 km
Duration: 3:50 h

The Stuttgarter Hütte is located in Tyrol just on the border with Vorarlberg in Austria.

Tour information

  • Requirement: medium
  • Length: 5.4 km
  • Duration: 3:50 h
  • Elevation uphill:275 hm

Starting point

Lech Rüfikopfbahn valley station

Finishing point

Stuttgarter Hütte
  • Fitness level 2 / 6
  • Technique 2 / 6

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Trail condition

hiking trail

Equipment

Good equipment is essential for your hike. The following items should definitely be in your rucksack: - Food and drink - Functional clothing for rain, wind and cold - A change of clothes - Sun protection - First aid kit - Mobile phone with a full battery (Euro emergency number 112) - Hiking map or GPS - Hiking poles Nevertheless, the following applies: light luggage is also easier to carry, so you should not weigh down your rucksack with unnecessary ballast. In addition, your hiking equipment should of course also be adapted to your particular hiking tour.

Description

From the Rüfiplatz hiking starting point, take the Rüfikopfbahn cable car up to the Rüfikopf (2,350 m). From here, take the wide alpine path downhill to the signpost, where you take the hiking trail to the left up to a ridge.
From there, descend relatively steeply in serpentines to a saddle and follow the path further downhill to the valley floor of the Ochsengümple. Follow the path to the right without any significant difference in altitude until the end of the valley, only from here do you walk uphill, first moderately and then more steeply, until you reach a fork.
From here, hike to the right up to the Rauhkopfscharte, 
now walk gently downhill to the Stuttgarter Hütte. After your refreshment stop, follow the path moderately steeply downhill until you reach a torrent. Here the trail descends quite steeply to the valley floor of the Pazüeltal.
From now on, the trail descends slightly to the Trittalpe, continuing leisurely downhill on a goods road until you reach a paved side road in Zürs. Follow the road further downhill, past the mountain church until you reach the main road. From there, the hiking bus will take you back to the starting point.
 

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Getting here

  • Arrival by public transport

    Hiking bus line 110 stop Lech-Rüfikopfbahn

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