Hüfihütte
The place
The Hüfihütte is a staffed hut of the Swiss Alpine Club, Pilatus section, located at 2334 m altitude at the eastern end of the Maderanertal in the Glarus Alps (canton of Uri), set within a powerful high-mountain landscape with peaks over 3000 m, vast snowfields and glacial lakes. Toilets and a washbasin with cold glacier water (not drinking water). Staffed depending on weather from late June to late September. Dining room with 30 seats, bookings limited to 30 people. Three-course dinner in the hut tradition, with house wine and bread. Wardens: Désirée Stalder and Daniel Scheuber; SAC Pilatus hut chief: Hermann Purtschert. Base for mixed climbing routes and the traverse to Glarner, or for the "Grosse Maderaner Rundtour".
Getting there
From the Maderanertal (Uri). Base for the traverse to Glarner, Grosse Maderaner Rundtour.
The setting
Eastern end of the Maderanertal, Glarus Alps (Uri, Switzerland). Glaciers, glacial lakes.
