Snowshoe tour to Neue Bamberger Hütte

Hopfgarten im Brixental / Kitzbühel Alps

4.5 km

2:00 h

Lovely snowshoe hike to the popular Neue Bamberger Hütte with approach via the avalanche-protected winter path.

Tour information

Length: 4.5 km
Duration: 2:00 h
Elevation uphill:610 hm
Elevation downhill:610 hm

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Elevation profile

Snowshoe tour to Neue Bamberger Hütte.gpx

Highest point1,758 m

Starting point

Gasthof Wegscheid, 1.144m

Finishing point

Bamberger Hütte, 1.756 m

Fitness level 2 / 6
Technique 2 / 6

Best time of year

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Equipment

Alpine winter equipment When travelling off-piste, please always carry the recommended emergency equipment with you – the following items per person:
1. Avalanche transceiver (avalanche beacon) – switched on and worn on the body under the top layer of clothing
2. Avalanche probe (in rucksack)
3. Avalanche shovel (in your rucksack)
Additionally recommended: mobile phone, navigation equipment, first aid kit, bivouac sack and possibly an airbag rucksack, additional thermal protection.

Source: Kitzbüheler Alpen Management GmbH

Description

Arrival: Via the A12 motorway, exit Wörgl Ost, in the direction of Kitzbühel until Bruckhäusl.. Take the road to the right there and follow the sign Brixental and Hopfgarten. In Hopfgarten, after the railway underpass, go straight on to Kelchsau and further on to the junction Kurzer Grund and langer Grund. Take the left road to Langer Grund and park the car at the inn Gasthaus Wegscheid (free parking). Ascent: From the parking lot at GH Wegscheid follow the forest road for about 200 m. Turn right then and continue on the marked path (Bamberger Hütte) into the forest. Stay on this “winter path” and walk past the idyllically situated pasture Kuhwildalm until you finally arrive at the Neue Bamberger Hütte.

Nearby huts and mountain restaurants

Alpine inn Gasthof Wegscheid
Place:Kelchsau
:Restaurant, Alpine pasture / hut / mountain restaurant
see restaurant details: Alpine inn Gasthof Wegscheid
Neue Bamberger Hütte
Opening hours:Today closed
Place:Kelchsau
:Alpine pasture / hut / mountain restaurant
see restaurant details: Neue Bamberger Hütte