Sesvennahütte

Sesvennahütte is a mountain hut (Schutzhütte) of the Alpenverein Südtirol (AVS) located at 2,256 metres above sea level in the Sesvenna Group, in the part of the range belonging to South Tyrol, Italy. It stands near the village of Schlinig in the upper Vinschgau valley, close to the Swiss border and the Engadin. The hut was built in 1980 by several AVS sections — Obervinschgau (Mals local group), Vinschgau, Untervinschgau, Martell and Lana — on a site less than 200 metres from the ruins of the old Pforzheimer Hütte. Since 2002 the management of the AVS Sesvennahütte has been entrusted to the Pobitzer family, who run it as a hospitality business offering food, accommodation and mountain information. As a serviced Alpine hut, Sesvennahütte caters to hikers, ski tourers, snowshoe walkers and mountain bikers. It is a stage point on long-distance routes, notably the Joe Route, a classic Alpine crossing for mountain bikers that begins in Bavaria and ends at Lake Garda. The hut is also a base for summit tours in the Sesvenna Group, including the Piz Sesvenna (3,205 m), Piz Rims and Piz Cristanas (3,070 m and 3,092 m), Muntpitschen (3,162 m), Piz Lischana (3,105 m), Piz Rasass (2,941 m), Föllakopf (2,890 m), Craist'Alta (2,756 m) and the Vermungspitzen (2,818 m). Approach routes lead from Schlinig (1,738 m) in about two hours, from Burgeis in three and a half hours, from Sur En in four hours and from S-charl (1,810 m) in five hours. Neighbouring huts include the Lischanahütte (2,500 m, about four hours) and the Rojenhütte (1,970 m) in the Rojental via the Rasass-Spitze (about five hours). The hut is a commercial hospitality operation within the AVS network rather than an independent corporation. Its brand identity is tied to the AVS, to the Sesvenna massif and to the Pobitzer family's management. It markets itself through its own bilingual website (German and Italian) with sections on prices and information, arrival, weather, contact, hut news, history, winter activities (ski touring, snowshoeing) and summer activities (hiking, mountain biking), plus photo galleries and downloads. The website address is sesvenna.it. The hut's address is given as Schleis 62a, 39024 Mals, South Tyrol. It is documented in Alpine club literature, including the standard AVS hut guide 'Die Alpenvereinshütten Band 1: Ostalpen' (Bergverlag Rother, 2005) and an article by Martin Niedrist in 'Berge erleben', the magazine of the Alpenverein Südtirol (No. 1, 2019).

The Sesvennahütte was built in 1980 by several sections of the Alpenverein Südtirol (AVS): Obervinschgau (Mals local group), Vinschgau, Untervinschgau, Martell and Lana. It was erected at an elevation of 2,256 metres above sea level in the Sesvenna Group, in the South Tyrolean part of the range, less than 200 metres from the ruins of the old Pforzheimer Hütte. The choice of site continued the tradition of Alpine club shelters in this border area between the Vinschgau and the Engadin. For its first two decades the hut served as a standard AVS Schutzhütte for mountaineers and hikers crossing the Sesvenna Group. In 2002 the management of the AVS Sesvennahütte was entrusted to the Pobitzer family, who have operated it since then as a family hospitality business. The family states on the hut's website that they will do their best to live up to the hut's good reputation and to preserve its atmosphere and harmony, welcoming guests to the unique mountain world around it. Under the Pobitzer family the hut has developed a year-round profile. In winter it serves ski tourers and snowshoe walkers with a 'white winter world' programme and a ski touring guide; in summer it offers 'mountain experiences', hiking guides, Luis hiking tips and mountain biking. The hut is a recognised stage on the Joe Route, a long-distance mountain bike crossing from Bavaria to Lake Garda, and is used by many mountain bikers on Alpine crossings. It remains a base for classic summit tours of the Sesvenna Group, including the Piz Sesvenna (3,205 m), Piz Rims and Piz Cristanas (3,070 m and 3,092 m), Muntpitschen (3,162 m), Piz Lischana (3,105 m), Piz Rasass (2,941 m), Föllakopf (2,890 m), Craist'Alta (2,756 m) and the Vermungspitzen (2,818 m). The hut is documented in Alpine club literature. It appears in 'Die Alpenvereinshütten Band 1: Ostalpen' (Bergverlag Rother, Munich, 2005, p. 274) and was the subject of an article by Martin Niedrist, 'Die Sesvennahütte', in 'Berge erleben – Das Magazin des Alpenvereins Südtirol', No. 1, 2019, pp. 34–35. Its own website, sesvenna.it, presents the hut in German and Italian with sections on prices and information, arrival, weather, contact, hut news, history, winter and summer activities, photo galleries and downloads. The hut's postal address is given as Schleis 62a, 39024 Mals, South Tyrol.

• 2019

  Article 'Die Sesvennahütte' by Martin Niedrist published in 'Berge erleben', the AVS magazine, No. 1, pp. 34–35.

• 2005

  Hut documented in 'Die Alpenvereinshütten Band 1: Ostalpen' (Bergverlag Rother, p. 274).

• 2002

  Management of the AVS Sesvennahütte entrusted to the Pobitzer family.

• 1980

  Sesvennahütte built by AVS sections Obervinschgau (Mals), Vinschgau, Untervinschgau, Martell and Lana at 2,256 m, less than 200 m from the ruins of the old Pforzheimer Hütte.

A traditional AVS Alpine club hut in the Sesvenna Group, positioned as a family-run mountain hospitality base for hikers, ski tourers and mountain bikers between the Vinschgau and Engadin.

• Mountain hut accommodation and half-board

• Ski touring and snowshoeing base (winter)

• Hiking and mountain biking base (summer)

• Stage on the Joe Route (Bavaria–Lake Garda mountain bike crossing)

1. 1Sesvennahütte official websitesesvenna.it
2. 2Sesvennahütte – Wikipedia (German)de.wikipedia.org
3. 3Sesvennahütte – Wikidatawikidata.org
4. 4Sesvennahütte Südtirol - Schutzhütte des Alpenvereins zwischen Vinschgau und Engadinhotelslombardy.com