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Hike & Stay at Brandenburg House, Ötztal Alps, Austria

The Brandenburger Hausis the highest shelter in the Berlin section of the German Alpine Club. It is located at an altitude of 3277 m above sea level. A. in the Ötztal Alps in the Austrian state of Tyrol between the Gepatsch and Kesselwandferner glaciers. The closest place is Vent, 10 kilometers eastward as the crow flies, a district of the municipality of Sölden in the upper Ötztal. The hut was planned and built between 1905 and 1909 by the former Alpine Club SectionMark Brandenburg. Today the Brandenburg House belongs to the "Berlin Section". Due to the location of the Brandenburg house on a rocky island between Kesselwandferner and Gepatschferner all approach routes lead through high alpine terrain and require the commission of column-rich glaciers. Appropriate experience and equipment are required. From Vent (1894m) in the Ötztal the path leads over the Rofenhöfe to the Hochjochhospiz (2413m); from there via theDelorettewegand the Kesselwandferner to the Brandenburg House in a total of 5–6 hours. In the Kaunertal , the ascent begins at the Gepatschhaus (1928m). From there the path leads in 3 hours to the Rauhekopfhütte (2731m) and then in another 2½-3 hours over the cracked Gepatschferner to the Brandenburger Haus.
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