Keinprechthütte
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Keinprechthütte: Between Tradition and Modernity The Keinprechthütte is a refuge run by the Vienna section of the Austrian Alpine Club. Located in the Schladminger Tauern in Styria, it is a major waypoint on the Zentralalpenweg. History In 1907, the Preintal Alpine Society had leased the "Herrenhäusl" at Zinkboden, known as the "old Keinbrechthütte". In 1912 it handed this property over to the German and Austrian Alpine Club. As the premises became too small for the growing number of visitors, the Vienna section of the DuOeAV acquired a lodging on the Zinkboden in 1919 from the mining company "AG Erzhütte", which was converted into the new Keinprechthütte. With fourteen sleeping places, the refuge was extended in 1979 with a dining room, washrooms and a dormitory, then in 1992 with a warden's room including a shower and a new cellar. During later works, the dormitory floor collapsed due to rotten foundation beams, doubling the renovation costs from 350,000 Austrian schillings to 700,000 Austrian schillings. In 2002, further works allowed for a new dormitory and four small rooms, as well as roof repairs, at a cost of about 1.5 million Austrian schillings (110,000 euros). A planned kitchen extension and the construction of a gas-bottle store required by the district authority had to be postponed. Currently (as of 2019) Erhard Fischbacher serves as hut warden. The winter room is fitted with an Alpine Club lock, accessible with an Alpine Club key. Access and Routes Eschachboden (1100 m): 2.5 hours' walk from Schladming, drivable as far as Eschachalm Hopfriesen (1040 m): 3 hours' walk Mariapfarr (1120 m): 5 hours' walk Hikes Graunock (2477 m) Hochgolling (2863 m): 5 hours' walk Kübel (2354 m) Krukeck (2428 m): 1.5 hours' walk Pietrach (2396 m): 2 hours' walk Rotmandlspitze (2453 m): 1h45 walk Sauberg (2520 m): 2 hours' walk Vetternspitzen (2524 m): 2.5 hours' walk Zinkwand (2442 m): 2 hours' walk Zinkwandstollen (2300 m): 4 hours' walk with a connection to the Ignaz-Mattis-Hütte Connections to Other Refuges Duisitzkarsee (1648 m): 1.5 hours' walk Gollinghütte (1641 m): 5 hours' walk Ignaz-Mattis-Hütte (1986 m): 3 hours' walk Landawirseehütte (1985 m): 2 hours' walk
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