Hesshütte

Legend anno 1893

The Hesshütte - located between Hochtor, Planspitze and Hochzinödl - is known as the Grand Dame of the huts in the Gesäuse. It is named after the pioneering figure Heinrich Heß, the author of the original Gesäuse guide and the first tourist on Peternpfad and Wasserfallweg. The latter path to the waterfall is still a popular classic.

Of course, this is not the only tour: After a night in the dorms or in a four-bed room, mountain enthusiasts set out early in the morning towards the Hochtor or Planspitze peaks. There is also a more relaxed trail up the Hochzinödl.

Here I will stay

If you already like it at the Heßhütte, then you can just stay, because conviviality is very important there. So you would have enough time to taste through the regional menu and - who likes - the quality wines and the beer brewed especially for the Heßhütte. If you are very lucky, then just Gamssuppen weeks or lamb days are announced and you never want to leave anyway.

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Hesshütte

Either you start in Johnsbach and enjoy the hike to the hut, which leads over the "zachen Schuach" and mystical forest. Or you choose the second option via the waterfall trail, which starts at the parking lot Kummerbrücke and leads the experienced mountain walker over steep tracks and iron ladders. The third option is the Hartelsgrabenweg with its bonus Sulzkaralm.

from GH Kölbl in Johnsbach on trail no. 601 in 3 hours
from parking lot Kummerbrücke (Gesäusestraße near Gstatterboden in the direction of Hieflau) on trail no. 660 over the Wasserfallweg (secured climb) in 3.5 hours
through Hartelsgraben via Sulzkaralm and Sulzkarhund on trail no. 665 and 601 respectively in 5 hours

The Hesshütte is part of the "Gesäuse Hüttenrunde" and the "From Glacier to Wine - Northern Route".

to the Haindlkarhütte via the unsecured "Peternpfad" (descent II) in 4 hours
Zinödl (2.191 m) panoramic circular trail no. 662 in 3 hours
Planspitze (2,117 m) via trail no. 664 (I+) in 2 hours
Hochtor (2,369 m - highest Gesäuse peak) via trail no. 664 "Josefinensteig" (I+) in 2.5 hours - descent via Schneelochpfeiler (I+) possible