Kaindl Hut
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| Kaindl Hut | |
|---|---|
 The Kaindl Hut in the Kaiser Mountains of the Tyrol | |
  Kaindl Hut | |
| Coordinates | 47°33′58″N 12°13′54″E / 47.56611°N 12.23167°E |
| Country | Austria |
| Elevation | 1,318 m (4,324 ft) AA |
| Administration | |
| Owner | Michael Gruber |
| Website | www |
| Facilities | |
| Beds/Bunks | 27 |
| Mattresses | 20 |
| Opening times | beginning of May to beginning of November |
| Footnotes | |
| Hut reference | OeAV DAV |
The Kaindl Hut (German: Kaindlhütte) is a privately run mountain hut at a height of 1,293 metres (4,242 ft) in the Kaiser mountains in the Austrian state of Tyrol.[1][2][3][4]
The Kaindl Hut lies in the western part of the Kaiser on an Alpine meadow, the Steinbergalm, and at the foot of the Zettenkaiser, Scheffauer and Hackenköpfe mountains. North of the Kaindl Hut is the rather unimpressive Gamskogel (1,448 m) and the wooded ridge of the Brentenjoch. The hut is located in the Wilder Kaiser nature reserve.[5]
Access
- by car on the A12 (Austria) and A93 (Germany) motorway to the Kufstein Nord exit and then to the valley station of the Kaiser Lift, or to Kufstein Mitterndorf to the car park on the edge of the wood.
- by rail to Kufstein railway station and then on foot to the start of the trail in Kienbichl.
Approaches
There are several possible approaches to the Kaindl Hut:
- from the valley station of the chair lift in Kufstein via the Brentenjoch in 2.5 hours.
- from the "Aschenbrenner" mountain inn in 1.5 hours, also possible by bicycle.
- from the Hintersteiner See near Scheffau via the Walleralm in 2.5 hours.
- from Kufstein-Sparchen (Josef Madersperger monument) via the Duxeralm and Gamskogel in 3 hours.
The chair lift to Brentenjoch, from where the hut is reached in 40 minutes with little elevation gain, was closed in 2012 but re-opened in May 2015. The journey takes about 20 minutes and takes passengers to a height of 1,200 m.[6]