Steep Tussock and Scree Slopes

Steep Tussock and Scree Slopes
Memminger Hut – Ansbacher Hut
ALPInE ROuTE sEGMEnT A22
APPROXIMATE HIKInG TIME
VERTIcAL RIsE/VERTIcAL DROP
DIsTAncE
TRAIL RATInG
DIFFIcuLTY RATInG
TRAIL cHARAcTERIsTIcs
FEATuREs
6 hours
cOuRsE steep descent from Memminger
Hut into Parseiertal Valley, partly steep
ascent across Langkar cirque to
Grießlscharte notch, short gentle descent,
short climb to Winterjoch saddle, short
descent, gentle ascent to Kopfscharte
notch, gentle descent to Ansbacher Hut.
TRAIL DEscRIPTIOn Make your way down
Trailhead: 2242m, End: 2376m; Total Elevation Gain: 1000m,
Total Elevation Loss: 850m; Top Elevation: 2632m (Grießlscharte)
10km
Mountain Footpath, black
Advanced, this hike should only be attempted by those who are sure footed
and comfortable on unstable ground; suitable for children ages 14 and up
Footpaths and singletrack trails (some sections have permanently fixed
cables for protection)
nature, History
from Memminger Hut on a narrow, loamy and
in wet conditions slippery singletrack trail,
which directly and steeply descends across
tussock slopes and heads towards Parseiertal
Valley. Thereafter, the path traverses
(tussock) slopes (several times across
gorges) and then further descends
southwards into Parseiertal Valley (steel
wire ropes in the lower section). The first
section mostly runs across sloping terrain.
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On the other side of the valley, a perfectly
defined singletrack trail begins a gradual
ascent through a grove before ascending
more steeply across meadows. Thereafter,
you get to Langkar cirque. On the right side
of the cirque (in late summer next to the
snowfield), a well-defined singletrack trail
(with hardly any rubble) gradually ascends.
Later, the trail steepens and bears left.
Finally, climb up across a kind of chimney
with fixed cables up to Grießlscharte notch.
This section running on earthy soil is quite
steep and can be slippery in wet conditions.
A short descent is followed by a short and
steep counter-ascent up and over to
Winterjoch saddle (just below Winterjoch
saddle, Augsburger Höhenweg Trail branches
off). From Winterjoch saddle, the trail
descends for a short distance over scree
slopes, passes behind stierkopf Mountain,
and resumes its climb up to Kopfscharte
notch across rugged terrain. From the notch,
the path traverses tussock slopes and finally
heads southwards to Ansbacher Hut with
easy ups and downs.
KEY POInTs narrow tiny ravine on the
descent into Parseiertal Valley; schafgufel
Hut (accommodation for shepherds) in a cave
below Langkar cirque; impressively towering
blankaspitze Peak south below Ansbacher
Hut
sPEcIAL ATTRAcTIOns
Trailhead View from Memminger Hut
over Parseiertal Valley
across Langkar cirque to
Grießlscharte notch and to
impressive Freispitze Peak
north of it with its almost
perpendicular rock faces,
view of Parseierspitze Peak
On the Trail crossing of Grießlscharte
notch, reddish-brown iron
deposits in the rocks next
to the notch (particularly in
the rocks of Rotspitze
Peak); view from the notch
back to Memminger Hut
with its steep grass flanks
below and to Verwall
Mountain Range with Hoher
Riffler Mountain in the
south
At the End View from Winterjoch
saddle to demanding
Augsburger Höhenweg
Trail, linking Augsburger
Hut with Ansbacher Hut,
and running across the
mountain flanks east of the
saddle and east of Grießltal
Valley
HIGHLIGHTs
Trailhead Pristine and remote
Parseiertal Valley
On the Trail Winterjoch saddle offers
stunning views to the
glacial field of Vordersee
spitze Peak, Wetterspitze
Peak, Feuerspitze Peak with
its reddish-brown iron
deposits, Arlberg Mountain
Range with Valluga
Mountain, remote
Knappenboden Area north
of stierkopf Mountain,
Alperschontal Valley and
Allgäu Alps
At the End Ansbacher Hut affords
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Eateries/Accommodations
Memminger Hütte
(open late June
through late September)
T +43.5634.20036
Ansbacher Hütte
(open early July
through late September)
T +43.664.143 10 09
Tourist Information
Lechtal Valley
www.lechtal.at
St. Anton am Arlberg
www.stantonamarlberg.com
excellent views from Zuckerhütl Mountain to
Arlberg Mountain Range (including the first
mountains of the Province of Vorarlberg),
down across stanzertal Valley and to striking
Hoher Riffler Mountain on the opposite side
and to impressively towering Eisenspitze
Peak in the east
nATuRAL scEnERY Mountain meadows,
alpine pastures, wildflower displays, sparse
forest (stone pines, larches), dwarf pines,
rock outcrops, scree slopes, cirques,
snowfields, sheep
FEATuREs
nATuRAL FEATuREs
mountain flanks
Iron deposits in the
HIsTORIcAL FEATuREs Historic iron mining
in the area around Knappenboden (west of
Winterjoch saddle)
sEnsORY EXPERIEncEs
solitude and silence
in Parseiertal Valley
THEME Across notches and saddles
OTHER HIKInG TRAILs Augsburger
Höhenweg Trail (demanding, branches off
from Lechtaler Höhenweg Trail east of
Winterjoch saddle)
LATERAL EnTRY A taxi service is operating
between bach in Lechtal Valley and Madau; a
trail and a path wind from Madau to
Memminger Hut (3 hours’ ascent, 2½ hours’
descent); a path links Flirsch and schnann
with Ansbacher Hut (3 hours’ ascent, 3
hours’ descent); a trail and a path wind from
Madau to Ansbacher Hut (4 hours’ ascent, 3
hours’ descent)