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Huts
H1 Salbit hut 2105m 685.18/170.08 tel044 654 31 SAC, 60 beds,
P 15 June- 15 Oct. Signposted fromPt 1195min the Goschener Tal
(car park). Goods lift from Ulmi to Regliberg. 2 V2hr
H2 Salbit bivouac hut 2402m 683.03/170.03 SAC, 17 places.
PD Approach from
Wiggen in the Goschener Tal. Take path to the
Voralp hut almost to Horefelli then climb a
couloir Nwards to the
hut. There are fixed ropes in places. 3V2hr.
Alternatively approach
from the Salbit hut by a path engineered by the guardian. 1 V2hr
H3 Bachlitalhut
2328m 664.68/159.87 tel036731114SAC,
P 50 beds, weekends.
Approach from the Raterichbodensee below the
Grimselpass on the N side (car park below the
dam). 2hr
H4 Grueben hut 2512m 662.85/161.95 no tel SAC, 28 beds,
PE occasional
guardian. Approach from Handegg. 3hr
H5 Lauteraar hut
2392.5m 660.08/157.94 te1036 73 11 10 SAC,
PE 50 beds, 15 June-
Sept. Start at the Grimsel Hospiz. Descend steps
on the N side and cross the dam. A tunnel leads to a path above the
Grimse1see on its N side. Follow the path,
passing the slabs of
Eldorado at the W end of the reservoir, to
the moraine on the N side
of the Lauteraar glacier. Descend onto the rubble-strewn glacier
and follow way-marks (
before leaving it on the R (signpost) to join
a path which climbs
quite steeply up a coombe before contouring
round to the hut. 4hr
H6 Lauteraar hut-
Oberaarjoch hut connection. See Route 7.
H7 Gauli hut
2205m 659.58/163.91 tel036 71 31 66 SAC, 55 beds,
P Aug - Oct at
week-ends and other times for large parties. Approach
from the road head in the Urbachtal (drive from Innertkirchen). Shr
H8 Obersarjoch hut 3258m 656.35/153.01 tel: 036 73 13 82 SAC,
F 55 beds, most of the
spring and summer. Approach from the
Grimselpass, see Route 4.
H9 Oberaarjoch hut -
Finsteraarhorn hut connection.See Routes 70
F and 71. An alternative to crossing the Gemschlicke is to descend the
Studerfirn Swards onto the Galmi glacier and
follow this SW
(crevasses)
to S of Pt 2843.3m where the Fiescher glacier is joined.
Climb its E bank to the glacier bay inlet
just NW of the
Finsteraarhorn hut. Climb this to the hut. 2-2.5 hr
H10 Engelhorn hut
1901m 656.17/170.48 tel036 71 47 26 AAC Bern
P (SAC rec.
rights), 60 beds, June- Oct at week-ends. Approach
from Rosenlaui by taking the path to the
Rosenlauischlucht then the
L fork (signpost). 1.5 hr
H11 Dossenhut 2663m 655.95/167.36 tel036714494SAC,65beds,
PE Aug and Sept, order
meals in advance. Approach from Rosenlaui by
taking the path to the Rosenlauischlucht then
the R fork heading S.
Pass the Rosenlaui bivouac hut (SAC, closed
in summer, enquiries
to Kaltenbrunnen restaurant) before finally reaching the ridge on
which the hut stands. 4.5 hr
H12 Aar bivouac hut 2731m
654.72/156.27 tel035 2 4107 SAC,
F 17 beds, no resident
guardian, take cooking equipment (emergency
gas stove). Water supply can be a problem. If
the trickle close to the
hut has dried up the glacier below the hut is
the only scource.
Approach from the Grimsel Hospiz as for the
Lauteraar hut.
Instead of turning off the glacier continue up it on the R side of the
central moraine (cairns) to where the glacier
becomes flatter and the
going eases. Keep on the flat part for some
distance until roughly
level with the Lauteraar hut. A large cairn
marks the place where a
descent can be made L onto bare ice in the
middle of the glacier.
Continue in a sort of valley to where this
glacier joins the Finsteraar
glacier. Keep up the R side of this to some
large boulders and way-
marks which indicate the way onto the rubble
strewn Strahlegg
glacier. Climb this for a little way, still
way-marked, working up to
the R of the central moraine before turning R
to reach the hut. 6-7hr
Aar bivouac hut- Schreckhorn hut connection.
See Routes 49 and 50.
H13 Finsteraarhornhut
3048m 651.86/152.52 tel 03 - 6552955SAC,
F 115 beds, Mid April- mid
June and July - mid Sept.
Approach from Fieschertal via the Fiescher
glacier. Follow
the road for about 2km beyond the village and
park at a fork in the
road. Follow signs in either direction to the
Fiescher glacier and
reach this in about 192hr, after following a water pipeline above the
glacier. Go up the L side of the glacier
(rubble) to Pt 2028.6m
(bivouac
site) and then, a little above this and after a crevassed zone,
get onto a grassy terrace on the L
(way-marked). Follow this before
descending again to the glacier. Continue up
the L side of the
glacier, between rock and ice with some
traverses on rock (way-
marked), as far as Pt 2572m. Just above this
point cross the glacier
NNE to reach its R side below Rotioch. Follow
Route H9 from here
to the hut. 8-10hr
Approach from the Jungfraujoch, descending
the
Jungfraufirn by Route 150 as far as the rocks
below Pt 3411.1m.
Continue down the R side of the glacier but
cross to the L side near
the bottom to Griinegg. This way avoids the
swamp that can
develop on the Konkordiaplatz. Now get onto
the Grfineggfirn and
follow Routes 90 and 91 to the hut. 4-5hr
Approach from Grimsel and Oberaarjoch hut,
see Route 4.
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