Gletscherhütte
über uns
Wir akzeptieren nur Bargeld! Keine Kartenzahlungen möglich.
INFRASTRUKTUR
Die Gletscherhütte steht in hochalpinen Extremgebiet auf über 3000 Metern Seehöhe. Damit ist sie die höchstgelegene privat bewirtschaftete Hütte in Österrreich.
Hier stehen für Sie gemütliche Stuben mit Holzkamine, unsere Hüttenbar, 3 große Terassen mit Panoramablick in alle Himmelsrichtungen und Grillstation bei gutem Wetter, eine Liegestuhlterasse zum Sonnen und Entspannen und unsere Panoramaschirmbar zur Verfügung.
In diesen Lagen sind die mittlerweile alltäglichen Dinge des Lebens, wie Wasser- und Energieversorgung nicht verfügbar. So muß z.B. Wasser antransportiert und aufbereitet werden. Im Gegenzug bedarf es des Abtransportes von Abwässern und Fäkalien.
Auch sämtliche Lebensmittel, Getränke, Treib- und Brennstoffe müssen aus dem Tal angeliefert werden. Dieser wird über die Liftanlagen der Zillertaler Gletscherbahnen, mit dem Pistenbully und zum Teil per Helikopter bewältigt.
HÜTTENBAR
An unserer gemütlichen Hüttenbar in der hinteren Kaminstube ist unser Barteam bemüht, Ihnen ein promptes und kompetentes Service von verschiedenen Kaffevariationen, edlen Destillaten sowie erlesenen Weinen und Bieren zu bieten.
About us
Visit us at our glacier hut on the Hintertux Glacier at an altitude of 3075m
surrounded by a breathtaking 360 ° panorama in the middle of the Zillertal mountains.
You are at an altitude of 3075 meters, on the plateau of the Riepensattel on the Hintertux Glacier.
We offer our winter sports enthusiasts, full board at the highest private hut in Austria – the glacier hut!
Our hut is run as a day restaurant, the opening times are based on the operating times of the Hintertux glacier lift,
so we are open for you daily from 09:00 to 16:00.
Guests who spend their vacation at the Gasthof Hochsteg can book full board
and enjoy their lunch in the middle of one of the most beautiful viewpoints in the Alps.
The offer ranges from traditional delicacies to crisp and fresh salad variations to typical regional Tyrolean dishes.
We only accept cash! Card payments are not possible.
INFRASTRUCTURE
The glacier hut is located in high alpine extreme areas at over 3000 meters above sea level. It is the highest privately managed hut in Austria.
Here you will find cozy parlors with wood fireplaces, our hut bar, 3 large terraces with panoramic views in all directions and a grill station in good weather, a deck chair terrace for sunbathing and relaxing and our panoramic umbrella bar.
In these locations, the everyday things of life, such as water and energy supply, are not available. For example, Water is transported and treated. In return, waste water and faeces have to be removed.
All food, beverages, fuels and fuels must also be delivered from the valley. This can be done via the lifts of the Zillertal glacier cable cars, with the snow groomer and partly by helicopter.
SKI HUT
At our cozy hut bar in the fireplace room at the back, our bar team strives to offer you prompt and competent service from a variety of coffees, fine distillates and fine wines and beers.
TIMELINE
Erich Hotter, certified mountain and ski guide, sees himself able to cope with the extreme high alpine conditions in the course of the Hintertux glacier development and builds Austria’s highest managed private hut on a rock head on the Riepensattel – embedded by the eternal ice of the Riepenkees and Tuxerkees – the foundation stone has been laid.
The hut that was built at that time offers space for up to 40 people and had neither water nor electricity.
The required water was delivered in canisters every day using a snow vehicle, as were the food and heating supplies.
1982
As a result of the rapid expansion of the skiing and hiking area Hintertux Glacier, a new larger glacier hut is being built.
This hut already offers space for 90 guests and is adapted to the current state of the art.
1990
On March 1, 1990, the hut fell victim to violent gusts of wind (more than 200 km / h were measured), which resulted in a complete roof renewal.
After this storm damage, the hut is repaired by Erich Hotter and his son Gerhard and put back into operation just one month after the damage.
1999
Erich Hotter hands over the glacier hut to his son Gerhard.
2002
A drinking water treatment plant is planned and put into operation in autumn.
2003
Gerhard Hotter decides to carry out a general renovation and to expand the basement and the viewing terrace; During this renovation, among other things, the toilet facilities, storage rooms, staff rooms and dining rooms will be renewed.
