Via Ferrata Fernau Express

Important Infomation

Climbing Time

01:45 h

Walk Time Approach

00:15 h

Walk Time Descent

00:45 h

altitude meters uphill

200 hm

Sea Level From

1740 hm

Sea Level Approach

2340 hm

highest point

2540 hm

Difficulty

D/E

Exposition

East

Puplic transport:

From the train station Innsbruck regulaly running busses to Neustift- stop Mutterberg/Stubaier Gletscher.

Trip to by car:

From the olympic city Innsbruck the Stubai valley is accessible in 20 minutes via Brenner motorway, exit Schönberg until the end of the valley to Mutterberg/Stubaier Gletscher.

Parking:

Parking at valley station Stubaier Gletscherbahnen.

Approach:

Ascend from the middle station to the Dresdner Hütte and follow the red markings north of the hut to the entrance (sign) on the east edge (15 min. from the middle station). The Dresdner Hütte can also be reached in a good 1.5 hours from the valley (path directly under the cable car).

Descent:

From the exit along the ridge to the summit. From there follow the ridge to the west and then descend on tracks to a small mountain lake, from there back to the Dresdner Hut (35 min. from the summit to the hut). For the descent to the valley, the path through the Wilde Grube is recommended (descend from the ridge in a westerly direction), but ski slopes have also been blasted into the mountain there. If you have a little more time, choose the scenically impressive path over the Mutterberger See lake and get back to the valley (2 hrs).

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Description

Enormously difficult via ferrata which extremely difficult passages also demands a great deal of the hiker because of barely available resting points.

Times /height differences:
Approach: 15 min.
Via ferrata: 1.5 h / 160 hm
Descent: 45 min. / 340 hm
Starting point:
Middle station of the Stubaier Gletscherbahn, approx. 2290 m

The Fernau Express does definitely count to one of the most ambitious via ferrata of the Alps.

The experienced climber of via ferrata who has an outlook for handholds and steps and occasionally wants to flex one’s muscles, will get one’s money worth on the Fernau Express, furthermore he will find moments to enjoy the marvelous view to the glacier.

Very useful in addition to the via ferrata security equipment are climbing shoes and a security rope for lower experienced hikers. For beginners may not overbalance the joyful moments on this route.