Climbing over the bar

Bar at 2315 meters above sea level, climbing wall in the foyer and a tenor in the kitchen: The Rudolfshütte is unlike other mountain huts. The former hostel in the Alpine ski resort Weißsee has become a three-star Berghotel moulted - and thus is not only attractive for mountaineers.

 

"For the reception go through the tunnel", the Liftangestellte the way. With skis and suitcases bepackten he helps visitors to the mountain from the gondola station. Then he sent them - through the rock in the corridor, into the heart of the hotel. Since you have already an idea: The Rudolfshütte is somehow different. As chunks of Toblerone-thick layers are covered by the three thousand hostel height, plus it gives with its protective layer of shimmering, bleached by the sun Zirbelschindeln, the charm of an older Trutzburg.

Gradually, the 125-year-old Alpine hut in the past four years to three-star hotel has been rebuilt: 2004, when the well-known to the Austrian Alpine hut as Alpinzentrum not contributed more, over a private hotel chain from Zell am See. Its exceptional location but kept the Rudolfshütte, 2315 meters high in the Hohe Tauern and hard on the edge of the icy Weißsee balancing. During the winter months, the hotel is only accessible on the Mountain, 30 minutes to ride up from Uttendorf sleepy valley, once a change of charge.

The old master audience remained loyal to his hut, and so meet here still identified extremists. Finely wire ice climbers and mountaineers will climb the granite on the many stages of the reception to the fourth floor, the bed stock.

Like Peter Glaser and his son David from Dusseldorf to the ski To come here are: "The first night was pretty cool," says the fröstelnde 18-year-olds at breakfast. His father, tall, with white hair, grins and says simply: "That's why we enjoy here but above the rustic hut real mood!" With about 20 other guests to sleep under the roof. In simple mattresses and only separated by low walls shielded. Like earlier, when the Rudolfshütte an alpine training was.

Idyllic and child-friendly ski resort

Meanwhile, also ordinary tourists to a mountain hotel. The demand is so great that the Rudolfshütte at the beginning of the winter season, often within a few days is fully booked. Currently, the region Weißsee especially himself, because they are considered one of the first in Austria since the beginning of December, gives free helmets. Children, but adults also get the protective accessory to the gondola-Enzinger valley floor.

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Not only in terms of safety, the Weißsee region ahead, but also what the family-friendliness is concerned. The small ski area Weißsee in the World Glacier National Park, with its seven lifts, just over 21 kilometers of ski slopes, about the man but only a very few other leaves - perfect for beginners and children and almost idyllic in comparison to large Skizirkussen.

Even the Rudolfshütte comes with families. Its large rooms are in demand because they are simple double and bunk beds, blue and white checkered quilts are. In the family room dominated by wood and it is a bit dark, but one of the rustic atmosphere and is reminiscent of the Alpine Hostel flair times.

Whoever it may be dignified, lodges in one of the Pinzgauer vertäfelten doubles, with reduced furniture, modern bathrooms and a TV in XL sizes almost luxuriously equipped. But not jealous of his worth, because to see what the distance is concerned, all guests enjoy three-star level. Because the view from the summit on the bed and wander over the white slopes.

In short, the high wall

Class to have means for Rudolfshütte that they stand out from the usual frills style of a good hotel. With a 15-meter-high wall in the pro-open foyer, for example, at the sports hotel guests in adjoining nylon trousers practice. On the Rudolfshütte is "I go once again with the high wall" quite literally. Then, climbing ropes, the artist hooks for hooks to the bar down, to a glass sprayed red in the middle of the hall. The Wooden old bar rises from a landscape of brocade armchairs and deep green leather sofas out.

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As opposed to fathers in family tour equipment, still brightly packaged and snowboarders Sonnenanbeterinnen. And Fritz Stadler nonchalantly stuck next to one of these many samtbezogenen stool, happy after an exhausting but successful summit with guests.

The 63-year-old mountain guide belongs to the inventory of the house: "For over 30 winters do I run my guests through the mountains," he says, and a smile creased his cheeks. Before he even today aufmacht, he encouraged his audience: "Just come up with once, for Sonnblick!" The 3088-meter-high summit is a neighbor of the Rudolfshütte tour and also for beginners in three hours.

Tenor in the kitchen

Who are these troubles will not surrender, rather prefers relaxed a few lengths in the heated Weißsee glacier water of the swimming pool - with views of illuminated Edelweiß reliefs on the wall and on the same lake. And the best just before the dinner, because it is empty and movement makes you hungry. The need also to the quantities of pancakes stuffed with herbs or faschierten bodice Valtellinese to be able to eat, the chef Walter Pauritsch every evening auffährt: That the chef traveled with the hair and a huge amount as a sound body was recently at a tenor the Vienna State Opera sang, you can at his appearance in any case well imagine.

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In the advertisement was only at that time, "Koch sought to 2300 meters," recalls Pauritsch. "It was an offer I just received at the Metropolitan Opera in New York to sing." It removes the hair back and explains why he is on the Rudolfshütte landed: "This around the engagement in the world? Me was eventually too much." Today he conducts his beschürzten white counterparts. How long until everything at the buffet is perfectly matched.

And at the end fits this detail how all the others to the mix of people and furniture, which in windy amount to a staggering whole together. And a memorable one yet to do so.