Venediger Höhenweg light – 4-6 day hut hike in the Virgental in Austria
Level: T2, with some parts T3
Period: End June – mid September
In this hut hike you will hike a large chunk of the ‘Venediger Höhenweg’ in the Virgental in Austria. Hiking times mentioned below are adjusted to hiking with kids.
Level: T2/T3.
Day 1: From Parkplatz Ströden (1450 m) to the Essener- und Rostocker hütte (2.208m): 5,5 km, 4:00, ↑ 800 m.
Day 2: Essener- und Rostocker hütte (2.208m) – Johannishütte (2.121 m): 7,6 km, 4:00, ↑ 570 m, ↓ 670 m.
Day 3: Johannishütte – Eisseehütte (2421m): 2:30, 5,5 km, ↑ 400 m, ↓ 450 m.
Day 4: Eisseehutte – Bonn Matreier hütte (2750m): 7 km, 4:00, ↑ 600 m, ↓ 350 m.
Day 5: Bonn Matreier hütte (2750) – Niljochhütte. 5 km, 3:00, ↑ 250 m, ↓ 1000 m.
Day 6: From Niljochhütte to Prägraten (2:00, ↓ 650 m) or parkplatz Bodenalm/Wallhorn (1680 m): 1:00, ↓ 300 m.
Alternative finish at day 4: Johannishütte to Parkplatz Ströden (1450m): 7,7 km, 3:00, ↑ 50 m, ↓ 750 m.
Alternative finish at day 5: Bonn Matreier hütte to Parkplatz Bodenalm/Wallhorn (1680m): 5 km, 2:30, ↑100 m ↓1150 m. Take the Venediger taxi to Parkplatz Ströden. Or hike from the Bonn Matreier hütte to Prägraten: 7,7 km, 3:30, ↑100 m, ↓1535 m
Another great alternative:
Four-day hut hike in the Virgental in Austria:
Level: T2/T3.
Day 1: From Parkplatz Bodenalm/Wallhorn (1680 m) to Jausenstation Bodenalm (1960 m) and on to the Neue Sajathutte (2573 m): 6,3 km, 4:00, ↑ 880 m.
Day 2: Neue Sajathutte ( 2573 m) – Eisseehütte (2521 m): 4:00, 5,5 km, ↑ 400 m, ↓ 450 m.
Day 3: Eisseehütte (2521 m) – Bonn Matreier hütte (2745 m): 7 km, 4:00, ↑ 600 m, ↓ 350 m.
Day 4: Bonn Matreier hütte (2745 m) naar Parkplatz Bodenalm/Wallhorn (1680 m): 3:00, ↑ 100 m, ↓ 1150 m.
