Ascent to Rifugio Stettiner

always nice in Pfossenthal. Insider tip: the farmer's omlette in the Rableidalm (3rd Alm) is super delicious!

Wonderful easy hiking tour, first part also for small kids. Walked beyond the popular places, enjoyed a gigantic view.....

Always great: via the Meraner Höhenweg through the Pfossental. The views are simply overwhelming and the weather today is perfect! Definitely recommendable!!!!

We start 🚀at the Nassreidhof and continue to the Jägerrast (Vorderkasser). From there, we follow a gravel path to the Eishof🧊. Here, we can enjoy a culinary refreshment 😋before the ascent to the Stettiner Hütte. The ascent 🔝to the Stettiner Hütte follows an easily accessible route, originally built for military purposes as a supply route. Via the Eisjöchl, we then reach the Stettiner Hütte - 2,875 m🔚

Nice tour to the Stettiner Hut. Because a mudslide had occurred, we had to move our starting point and drove from the Untervernatschhof to the Jägerhof. From there the Meraner Höhenweg was accessible again and we walked past the Eishof over the Eisjöchle to the Stettiner Hütte. Nice path looks good, almost too well developed.

On the 4th day of the Meraner Höhenweg, the so-called royal stage was on our schedule.🥾🎒 The goal was the Eisjöchl with the newly built Stettiner Hütte and thus the highest point of the tour. We actually wanted to stay overnight in the Pfossental, but unfortunately everything was fully booked.🫣 So we had to put up with a few more kilometers and meters of altitude and start from the Nassreidhof. Back on path 24, it was just under 500 HM towards Eishof. Our self-imposed goal was to arrive there at 12 noon. At 11:15 a.m. we were already there and glad that we got through so well in the morning coolness. There was a short break here, as it was the last rest stop before the Eisjöchl. From then on it goes up almost 900 HM steadily. Mostly on very easy to walk paths and old military roads. The scenery was breathtaking 🏔🥰 but the effort was brutal. We had zero shade and so it was about 3-4 hours uphill through banging sun ☀️ At some point when we got to the top, we saw the hut for the first time and the torment was forgotten. The shandy tasted particularly good... the second, the 🍷 and the schnapps, by the way, too 😅 I don't want to write anything big about the night in the 6 bed 🛌 room. Only this much: It was a catastrophe!! Full moon, 2900 meters altitude and snoring roommates were just too much for us. Greetings 🥰

Even though the tour was relatively long and had almost 1200 meters of elevation gain, it was a very enjoyable hike: good paths and a steady climb. The scenery is stunning! 🤩

The alpine path runs through the Pfossental, a side valley of the Schnalstal. We started at the Jägerrast and went up to the Eishof via the Mitterkaser. There was a lot going on at the three farms. So we went straight on and after the last tree we had a really nice, quiet rest at a waterfall😍 and watched the animals. The marmots could be heard clearly, but didn't want to pose for a nice photo😎. As the path continues to the Stettiner Hütte at 2875 m above sea level, we went back the same way and stopped for a piece of cake 🍰☕️