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Mountain ranges / Stubai Alps / Finsteltaler Schartenkopf / Kühtai - Finsteltaler Schartenkopf (zahodni pristop iz Kühtaia in čez sedlo Finstertal)

Kühtai - Finsteltaler Schartenkopf (zahodni pristop iz Kühtaia in čez sedlo Finstertal)

Starting point: Kühtai (2020 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 47.21371°N 11.02469°E 
Path name: zahodni pristop iz Kühtaia in čez sedlo Finstertal
Time of walking: 4 h
Difficulty: difficult marked way
Difficulty of skiing: partly demanding
Altitude difference: 835 m
Altitude difference (by path): 835 m
Map: Stubaier Alpen Sellrain, 31/2 1:25.000
Author: pg
Views: 191
Trip rating: 4 votes
Number of pictures: 47
Access to starting point:
From Ljubljana, we drive on the highway past Salzburg in the direction towards München. At the multilevel junction Dreieck Inntal we go on the road A93 in the direction of Innsbruck/Kufstein/Brenner. When we return to Austria we continue on the highway A12 to a crossing with the exit 87-Zirl-Ost. There we join the road L13 and we follow it to valley Sellraintal. A wide and comfortable road further leads past settlements Sellrain, Gries and St. Sigmund and through a long tunnel, after which after approx. 20 km of moderate ascending we find ourselves in a tourist hamlet Kühtai. The best option for parking is free parking lot at the chapel and the bus stop just after the sign which marks the beginning of the village, and in case if it is occupied, the hamlet offers numerous alternative options. It is also possible to drive through the village and start the ascent at Dortmunder Hütte; in this case there will be slightly bigger altitude difference, but a little more direct path towards the artificial lake Finstertal.

Alternatively we can drive through northern Italy: in this case from the main Slovenia on the highway A2 we drive to one of the border crossings with Austria and we continue towards Lienz. Here we continue on the road 100 and past the passage Prato alla Drava we drive into Italy. In Italy we follow the road SS49 all the way to the juncture with highway A22 in the direction towards the mountain pass Brenner. After the mountain pass, we continue in the direction towards Innsbruck and then few more kilometers in the direction towards Bregenz to the exit 87-Zirl-Ost. From there we continue as the instructions above.
Path description:
Just above the high mountain chapel in the eastern part of Kühtai we notice a signpost, which points us towards the west towards Sulzkogel and artificial lake Finstertal. After few minutes of easy crossing above Kühtai, the path turns towards the south and starts lightly descending towards the plain, which is situated approximately 50 altitude meters lower as the starting point and from which we can see the continuation of the path towards the viewpoint above the lake, which is situated left from the barriers above us. The footpath which soon joins the path which comes from the direction Dortmunder Hütte, is then for some time moderately ascending on a grassy slope, and in doing so, it several times crosses torrents. A little higher we few times cross the mountain road and after a good hour of walking from the starting point above the tunnel, we ascend to a viewpoint above the northern edge of the artificial lake, where there is a big panorama board, and a nice view opens up towards the massif Zwölferkogel, which zakriva Sulzkogel behind it.
The path further leads mostly horizontally on the left side above the lake (or above the hollow, in which it was situated) and after a little more than half an hour of comfortable walking it brings us to its south edge below the rocky massif of Finstertaler Schartenkopf. At the end of crossing above the lake, at the signpost we follow the signs for Finstertaler Scharte and we continue sharply to the left (straight - towards the west - runs the path towards Sulzkogel).

After the crossing, we in zig-zags on a grassy slope moderately ascend to a plain between the lake and the saddle Finstertal, from where a beautiful view opens up towards Kraspesspitze in front of us, and the view is breathtaking also back towards Sulzkogel and Zwölferkogel. After a shorter easy ascent straight towards the south, at the foot of the slope, which leads towards Finstertaler Scharte, we go to the right and we start ascending a little steeper by the western edge of a high mountain small valley. The path further is ascending on the eastern slope of Schartenkopf, and then it crosses over the upper edge of a small valley, in which the snow stays most of the year, and over a quite steep jump (partly demanding) it ascends to a gentle terrain right below Finstertaler Scharte, to which we only have a short walk.

On the saddle, we turn right - towards the west - and on traces of a poorly visible footpath we walk to a rugged crumbly slope of the eastern upper ridge of Schartenkopf; by the path, we will notice some faded blazes and rocky cairns, which show the direction of the ascent: at first over a steep but short jump, further on flat rocks and a smaller band; climbing doesn't exceed 1st grade. Towards the summit, the ascent is becoming easier and on gravel terrain, which is formed by in parts quite sharp stones, in good ten minutes from the saddle brings us on a panoramic peak, on which there is only one pole.

But already from the saddle we can see, that the ridge which leads towards the summit is well visible and relatively easy passable and that at the ascent, we don't need to stick to a (partly) marked path; if at the beginning of the steep ascent on the ridge we stick a little left from the marked path, we will find a modest footpath which to the summit brings us without real climbing. This variant is especially appropriate for a descent; in this case the path is at most "partly demanding". Because the ascent on Schartenkopf from the saddle Finstertal is short and not very difficult, we can make the ascent by the way during the longer tour in the surrounding.
On the way: Finstertaler Stausee (2335m), Finstertaler Scharte (2777m)
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