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In the Tux Alps on skis to the Lizumer Hütte

The Lizumer Hütte is situated in a sunny location in the heart of the Tux Alps.

(Bild: Peter Freiberger)

An avalanche-safe and easy ski tour leads from the Walchen camp of the Austrian Armed Forces to the popular Alpine Club base. There are around 650 meters of altitude to conquer.

This tip in the area of the Lizum-Walchen military training area is primarily intended for those who want to gain experience off-piste. To get to the start, head up from Wattens to Wattenberg and then into the Wattental valley.

The Lizumer Sonnenspitze (behind the flag) rises up to the south of the hut.

(Bild: Peter Freiberger)

After the parking lot, pass the barrier and follow the "Skiroute Lizumer Hütte" on the left before the bridge. After a few meters next to the stream, turn left up into the meadows and ascend below the Stieralm. A forest path begins immediately, which runs as a ski route over or next to the stream straight south (steep passage in the first part).

Fact box

• Valley town: Wattenberg
• Starting point: Walchen parking lot (approx. 1400 m) south of Wattenberg in front of the Walchen camp of the Lizum-Walchen military training area of the Austrian Armed Forces
• Route: Ski route (note avalanche danger)
• Equipment: Ski touring equipment (including safety equipment with avalanche transceiver etc.)
• Requirements: Basic level of ski touring experience
• Children: from 10 years
• Tobogganing: no
• Refreshment stop: Lizumer Hütte (2019 m), telephone [phone], lizumer-huette.at
• Information about possible military closures of the approach on the hut homepage or by phone from the hut host
• Public transportation: not possible
• Difference in altitude: around 650 meters
• Length: around 6.5 kilometers (starting point - Lizumer Hütte)
• Walking time: around 2 1/2 hours (starting point - Lizumer Hütte, ascent)

The route later leads into the open terrain of the Melanalmen. Cross the stream at the power station, walk a few meters uphill and then briefly flat uphill to a hunter's stand. Immediately afterwards, the route winds sharply up to the right in the forest (follow the trail after fresh snow) and meets the military road.

We continue along this road and soon the Lizum high camp appears from a hill, with the Lizumer Hütte behind or above it. Now descend and follow the military road (or off-road) to your destination.

The rustic hut parlors exude a lot of atmosphere.

(Bild: Peter Freiberger)

The Lizumer Böden to the south and the Sonnenspitze, among others, offer a magnificent alpine picture. The food and drink are first-class - so you can enjoy the scenery twice as much.

We descend again along the access route (short ascent in the opposite direction). Be careful in the steep forest passage!