Mountain hikes Stage 7 Alpine Variant: the Advocates' Trail & Hoppe-Seyler Trail

St. Christoph am Arlberg / Verwall
Difficulty ratings: difficult
Route length: 9.6 km
Duration: 7:00 h

Darmstädter Hütte – Schneidjöchli – Kieler Wetterhütte – Obere Fatlarscharte – Sessgrat – Niederelbe Hütte

Tour information

  • Requirement: difficult
  • Length: 9.6 km
  • Duration: 7:00 h
  • Elevation uphill:962 hm
  • Elevation downhill:979 hm
Highest point2,833 m

Starting point

Darmstädter Hütte

Finishing point

Niederelbehütte

Features

  • Multi-day hike

Best time of year

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Source: St. Anton am Arlberg (Region)

Description

Alpine variant: From the Darmstädter lodge via the Advokatenweg to Schneidjöchli at 2,841 metres. Continue on the Hoppe-Seyler Trail into the Vergrößkar, via a narrow path in the direction of Fatlarspitze to the Kieler Wetterhütte at 2,800 metres. From the hut, a challenging, marked path leads down to the Niederelbehütte.

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