Hochjoch-Hospiz from Vent

Photo: Andreas Urban · CC BY-SA 2.0 de · Wikimedia Commons

7.9km
Total Distance
501m
Elevation Gain

Trail description

A 7.9 km walk with about 500 m of climbing from Vent past the Rofenhöfe, among the highest farms in Austria still worked all year, up the Rofental to the Hochjoch-Hospiz at 2,413 m. The hut looks onto the glaciers of the Weisskugel and the Hintereisferner.

Route Map

Along the trail

  1. 1
    Hochjoch-Hospiz
    at the end · Mountain hut
Bus stop
Vent Hotel Similaun · 239m from the start
Parking
178m from the start
Path grade (SAC)
T2
Surface
gravel 55%, paved 45%
Marked route
Zentralalpenweg 02

Difficulty

3/5 · Moderate