On Remote Trails

On Remote Trails
Konstanzer Hut – Schafbicheljoch Col – Friedrichshafener Hut
PAznAUn VALLEY REGIOnAL ROUTE - sEGMEnT 25
APPROXIMATE HIKInG TIME
VERTIcAL RIsE/VERTIcAL DROP
DIsTAncE
TRAIL RATInG
DIffIcULTY RATInG
TRAIL cHARAcTERIsTIcs
fEATUREs
4 hours
Trailhead: 1700m, End: 2138m; Total Elevation Gain: 950m,
Total Elevation Loss: 500m; Top Elevation: 2636m
Rund 10 km
10km
Mountain footpath, red
This hike should only be attempted by those who are sure footed, feel
comfortable on unstable ground and have a good physical fitness;
suitable for children ages 10 and up
Roads, dirt roads, footpaths
nature, culture, History
cOURsE Gentle ascent through fasul Valley
– ascent of schafbicheljoch col – steep
descent to friedrichshafener Hut.
TRAIL DEscRIPTIOn first, make your way
from the hut on an almost level singletrack
trail through the woods towards
schafbicheljoch col ("schafbicheljoch") and
friedrichshafener Hut ("friedrichshafener
Hütte"). Right after, the singletrack trail
turns onto a dirt road and then ascends on
the right. Thereafter, the path leads out of
the woods into wide open alpine pastures
and into fasul Valley. The route virtually
continues through the entire valley, gently
ascending and running parallel to fasulbach
stream, mostly at the same altitude. soon,
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you will pass a hunting lodge that was
attached to a huge lump of rock as a
protection against rockslides. The rough
(gravel) dirt road surmounts a little terrace
and then continues in the same direction,
passing the branch-off to Wannenjoch col.
The track leads into a level bottom and then
crosses the stream on a little bridge (from
here, always stay on the right bank of the
stream). Pass tiny fasul Hut where the path
narrows into a singletrack trail, which once
again surmounts a slight terrace. Then, walk
into the valley across another level bottom
in a landscape of alpine pastures and
meadows. Thereafter, the route ascends
again and winds up on the left side of the
broad valley. soon, the singletrack trail
leads across talus and scree slopes out of
fasul Valley and up to schafbicheljoch col
with moderate steepness. Descend from the
col in the same direction (“friedrichshafener
Hütte”, no. 515) and finally walk across
scree, talus, and meadows (parts of the
descent are rather steep) until you arrive at
friedrichshafener Hut, which is located in a
world of wide open alpine pastures.
KEY POInTs „Kugelter stein” at the
branch-off to Wannenjoch col, a split stone
stemming from a rockslide
sPEcIAL ATTRAcTIOns
Trailhead short section through the
woods, skirting the high
moor next to Konstanzer
Hut
On the Trail section in fasul Valley
across rock boulders
stemming from a rockslide
(here you can find the
„Kugelter stein“, a split
stone); level bottoms in
fasul Valley where
fasulbach stream partly
winds its way through in a
broad rubble streambed
and in little meanders;
stream in a tiny ravine
which rushes down from the
west after fasul Hut with
the impressive cone of
fasulspitze Peak in the
backdrop
At the End Descent from
schafbicheljoch col across
scree and meadows down to
friedrichshafener Hut; view
up to the hut, into Paznaun
Valley and into the long-
drawn-out jamtal Valley
HIGHLIGHTs
Trailhead Location of Konstanzer Hut
in a lovely area of wide open
pastures and meadows at
the foot of impressive and
massive 3,056m Patteriol
Peak at the point where
Verwall Valley divides into
fasul Valley and
schönverwall Valley;
streams emerging from
both valleys merge right
below the hut
On the Trail Route segment in the
lonesome and green fasul
Valley with its steep
mountain flanks; route
passes Patteriol Peak;
fasulbach stream flowing
through the valley
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Eateries/Accommodations
Konstanzer Hütte
(open mid-June
through early October)
T +43.664.512 47 87
www.konstanzerhuette.at
Friedrichshafener Hütte
(open late June
through late September)
T +43.664.38 067 65
Tourist Information
St. Anton am Arlberg
www.stantonamarlberg.com
Paznaun-Ischgl
Galtür Tourist Information Office
www.galtuer.com
(alternately gentle and
rough), parts of the route
run through a tiny ravine
At the End Ascent across scree and
talus up to schafbicheljoch
col where the tour becomes
alpine; schottensee Lake in
a basin at the end of the
valley, which you can admire
during the ascent to the
col; moreover the view to
the glacier fields of
fasulferner Glacier west
above the lake; the col
itself where scree and talus
are predominant – this is
why it looks like a
primordial landscape; view
from the col to the south
into silvretta Mountain
Range
nATURAL scEnERY Pastures, alpine roses,
alpine wildflower displays, scree, talus,
glaciers, lakes, streams, grazing cattle,
marmots
fEATUREs
nATURAL fEATUREs Alpine roses whose
colors prevail in the wide open world of alpine
pastures; high moor close to Konstanzer Hut,
streams, mountain lakes
cULTURAL fEATUREs stone retaining walls
HIsTORIcAL fEATUREs Konstanzer Hut,
which was constructed in 1990, is located
approximately 700 meters as the crow flies
distance from the original hut that was built
in 1885 and destroyed by a landslide in 1988.
sEnsORY EXPERIEncEs Rushing of the
streams, scent of the alpine roses
THEME Across the col
LATERAL EnTRY Get to Konstanzer Hut as
described in segment 24; a dirt road links
Valzur in Paznaun Valley with
friedrichshafener Hut (2 hours’ ascent, 1½
hours’ descent – can be short-cut by a
singletrack trail)