Reintalanger Hut

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Country Germany Owner DAV section of Munich Phone +49 8821 7089743		Hut type DAV Hut Category I Website www.reintal.de

Location at the head of the Reintal Elevation 1,366 m (4,482 ft) above sea level Address Zugspitzgipfel, 82467 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany Similar Knorr Hut, Münchner Haus, Partnach Gorge, Höllentalanger Hut, Partnach

The Reintalanger Hut (1,366 m) is an Alpine Club hut in the Wetterstein Mountains at the head of the Reintal valley. The River Partnach has its source in the vicinity. West of the hut the valley floor climbs steeply up to the plateau of the Zugspitzplatt below Germany's highest mountain.

The hut belongs to the Munich section of the German Alpine Club and the administrative district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen. It was built in 1912 and is a Category 1 hut. The house has over 90 bedspaces and is managed from the end of May to mid-October.

Approaches

from the glacier station of Sonn Alpin on the Bavarian Zugspitze Railway via the Knorr Hut (ca. 2 hours descent).

from the Partenkirchen Ski Stadium through the Partnach Gorge and the Reintal valley (ca. 5 hours)

from the Kreuzeckhaus along the lower Bernadeinweg path, the Bock Hut and through the Reintal (4½ hours, sure-footedness required)

Crossings

Knorr Hut (2 hrs.)

via the Bock Hut and lower Bernardeinweg to the Kreuzeckhaus (5–6 hours)

via the Mauerscharte col, Stuiben Hut and Lower Bernadeinweg to the Kreuzeckhaus (so-called Schützensteig; 5½ hours; alpine experience, sure-footedness, head for heights and navigation skills required)

via the Bock Hut to the Oberreintal Hut (3 hrs.)

via the Bock Hut, Oberreintal and Schachenhaus (4 hrs.) to the Meiler Hut (6 hours; sure-footedness required)

Climbing routes

For climbers the highest Wetterstein face, the 1,400 metre high Hochwanner north face, has several options.

References

Reintalanger Hut Wikipedia

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