The Kaindl Hut ( German : Kaindlhütte ) is a privately run mountain hut at a height of 1,293 metres (4,242 ft) in the Kaiser mountains in the Austrian state of Tyrol .
4-825: The Kaindl Hut lies in the western part of the Kaiser on an Alpine meadow, the Steinbergalm , and at the foot of the Zettenkaiser , Scheffauer and Hackenköpfe mountains. North of the Kaindl Hut is the rather unimpressive Gamskogel (1,448 m) and the wooded ridge of the Brentenjoch. The hut is located in the Wilder Kaiser nature reserve. There are several possible approaches to the Kaindl Hut: The chair lift to Brentenjoch, from where
8-706: A col. It is one of the more rarely visited summits in the Kaiser. There are great views south to the main chain of the Alps , north to the Zahmer Kaiser and west into the Inn Valley ; to the east at the foot of the summit is the rock needle known as the Kaindlnadel and then the mighty Scheffauer. The waymarked normal route starts by the privately run Kaindl Hut (1,293m), runs via the Großer and Kleiner Friedhof (two cirques ), up
12-630: The Brentenjoch, Gamskogel and Brandkogel. To the south, by contrast, are the jagged rock faces of the Wilder Kaiser. Zettenkaiser The Zettenkaiser is a 1,968 m high mountain with a summit cross in the Kaiser Mountains ( Kaisergebirge ) in the Northern Limestone Alps in Austria . It rises to the west of the almost 150-metre-higher Scheffauer , from which it is separated by
16-471: The hut is reached in 40 minutes with little elevation gain, was closed in 2012 but re-opened in May 2015. The journey takes about 20 minutes and takes passengers to a height of 1,200 m. To the north is a gently sloping valley bowl, that is surrounded by rolling grass-covered mountains (‘’Grasbergen’’). Here there are many scenic and easy walks. Destinations, which can be taken in as part of a full day’s round trip, are
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