Mountain tour · Summer

Franz-Senn-Hütte 2147 m, Stubaier Alpen Tour sheet

Vordere Sommerwand 2677 m

Duration
2 h
Distance
2 km
Ascent
550 m
Highest point
2690 mfrom 2150 m
Difficulty
Trail T3SAC hiking scale (Abzweigung Vordere Sommerwand – Vordere Sommerwand)
Start / finish
Franz-Senn-HütteFinish: Vordere Sommerwand

Route points: Franz-Senn-Hütte 0,0 km, 2150 m – Abzweigung Vordere Sommerwand 1,5 km, 2610 m – Vordere Sommerwand 1,8 km, 2690 m

Map: Vordere Sommerwand 2677 m
Map · Track length 1.8 km Base map: basemap.at
2200 m2400 m2600 m0.5 km1 km1.5 km1,8 kmFranz-Senn-HütteAbzweigung Vordere SommerwandVordere Sommerwand
Elevation profile 2144 m – 2689 m

Vordere Sommerwand lies immediately south of the Franz-Senn-Hütte and is a short but proper summit. The marked normal route is a steep mountain path as far as the fore-summit, while the short summit ridge is narrow, exposed and partly protected by ropes – a worthwhile objective for the day of arrival.

Route description

  1. Franz-Senn-Hütte → Abzweigung Vordere Sommerwand

    0,0–1,5 km · 1,5 km · ↑ 470 m ↓ 0 m · 2 h 15 min · Summer · T1 (SAC hiking scale)

    From the hut, follow the marked path south towards the Vordere Sommerwand/Sommerwandferner. Climb steeply in switchbacks beside the stream, which here plunges down over rock slabs, across slopes covered with alpenrose to a grassy knoll at around 2300 m. Continue uphill on the south-east and east flank of the Sommerwand; at about 2500 to 2600 m the summit path branches off right from the path to the Sommerwandferner.

  2. Abzweigung Vordere Sommerwand → Vordere Sommerwand

    1,5–1,8 km · 0,2 km · ↑ 80 m ↓ 0 m · Summer · T3 (SAC hiking scale)

    From the junction, the path climbs steeply north-west in switchbacks through broken rocky ground to the broad ridge of the fore-summit (large cairn, about 2670 m), where the Hüttengrat also ends. From here follow the ridge to the summit cross, around 150 metres away: narrow and exposed, with fixed ropes providing protection in several places.