Franz Senn Hut

Franz Senn Hut
The Franz Senn Hut
Franz Senn Hut is located in Austria
Franz Senn Hut
Franz Senn Hut
Coordinates47°05′06″N 11°10′08″E / 47.085°N 11.16889°E / 47.085; 11.16889
CountryAustria
Administrative
district
Tyrol
LocationHinteres Oberbergtal
Elevation2,147 m (7,044 ft) AA
Construction
Built in1885 (1885)
Administration
Hut typeOeAV Hut Category I
OwnerInnsbruck Section
Websitewww.franzsennhuette.at
Facilities
Beds/Bunks180
Mattresses80
Emergency beds100
Winter room12
Accommodationopen
Opening timesmid-June to mid-October
Footnotes
Hut referenceOeAV DAV
View down valley to the hut

The Franz Senn Hut (German: Franz-Senn-Hütte) is a large and very popular Category I alpine hut in the Stubai Alps owned by the Austrian Alpine Club (Österreichischer Alpenverein).[1] It is a large, well-appointed hut, named after Franz Senn. Access is from Oberiss in the Oberbergtal off the Stubaital above Neustift.[2]

  1. ^ Reynolds, Kev (2009). Walking in Austria, 1st ed., Cicerone, Milnthorpe, p. 125, ISBN 978-1-85284-538-4.
  2. ^ Walter Klier: AVF alpin Stubaier Alpen, Bergverlag Rother, Ottobrunn, ISBN 978-3-7633-1271-9