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ROUTE 8

Gaschurn (979m) – Tübinger Hut (2191m)

Start Gaschurn (979m) Valley base Gaschurn Distance 9km Height gain 1212m Grade 2–3 Time 4–4½hrs Location In the Garneratal south of Gaschurn

The Tübinger Hut sits high up on the east side of the wild Garneratal in the rocky cirque that carries the Austro–Swiss border. Built in 1908 it has been enlarged and improved at least twice since then, but it retains a cosy atmosphere with its wood-burning stove glowing in the stube when storm clouds broil outside. The valley is narrow, steep-walled and rugged; at its head rise mountains of 2700–2800m, but a wooded gorge squeezes its northern end from which the Garnera Bach spills out to the Montafontal.

There are at least two routes to the hut from Gaschurn. This is the shortest and easiest, but a good alternative begins by taking the Versettla gondola lift to Nova Stoba on the western ridge at 2010m, from where a waymarked path heads south to cross several modest summits before coming to the 2515m Vergaldajoch, after which the way cuts across the valley’s upper reaches with a final climb to the hut (5–6hrs).