kemptner hutte | Via Alpina 2013

6:10am leaving Kemptner Hutte.

6:30am leaving Germany, entering Austria and going down Holzgau

8am 1100m Holzgau.Beautiful paintings on many houses in this cute Austrian, Tyrol village

9:30am leaving Holzgau

Following E5 trail called fernwanderweg.
Flat walk on bicycle path alongside Leth water stream to Bach.

10:45am nearby Bach.Via alpina goes up following nearby Alperschonbach.

Shortly after a steep start,the small road to follow goes up gently.
There is a possibility to follow a scenic trail (called and marked as Hohenweg) on the other flank of this valley to Madau or stay on the road.

Stupidely followed the map and E5 marked on road.

Taking a taxi ride from Holzgau to Madau seems to be the common things for E5 hikers.Few mini vans loaded with hikers passed me…

12:25am 1300m Madau Berggafthaus.Lunch break.Memminger Hutte marked 3h

2:10pm about 1400m.End of the gentle wide path/road. Turned off an offering to put my backpack in a loading lift up to Memminger hutte. Now it starts to go up steeply.
Memminger hutte marked 2h30 from there.

4pm Memminger Hutte.Great location (horses + lakes)
10euros for the bed and electricity at memminger hutte, also shower (cold water but still great)

Distance covered : 33,7km
Walking time : 7h20
Resting time : 2h30
Altitude : 2242m
Date : thursday 25th july 2013
Weather : hot & sunny

Kemptner Hutte morning

Waterfall on the way down to Holzgau

Simms waterfall

Holzgau church

Holzgau gasthof

One beautiful house in Holzgau

Nearby Holzgau

On the way to memminger hutte

Memminger hutte panorama

Another Memminger hutte panorama

Horses near Memminger hutte

Sunset at Memminger hutte

6am taking off the campingplatz.No one here to take my money…

Danke Oberstdorf, just saved 8-10euros.

Will follow Via alpina yellow trail from now on.

11:30am leaving Oberstdorf.Impossible to find a working computer (checked 6 different places).Going to Kemptner hutte without the GPX files.Have numeric maps from Kemptner hutte to Italian border/Similaun hutte.

Following Tettach river.Christlessee marked 1h30

12:35am 925m Christlessee.Kemptner Hutte marked 3h

1pm Spielmannsau,stopping for lunch.

3:30pm 1844m Kemptner Hutte.Holzgau marked 3h

Nice walk up to the Kemptner hutte.4:30pm the clouds/fog is going but will stay in this massive hutte

Distance covered : 16km
Walking time : 3h15
Resting time : 40mins
Altitude : 1844m
Weather : sunny in the morning, cloudy afternoon then foggy over 1500m

Staying in this huge capacity kemptner hutte (297beds according to waitress Theresa + an extra 60 possible in the restaurant & stable).Tonight it is half full (high season week day)

Most hikers do the E5 trail.Been told that from Oberstdorf big groups are starting the E5 trail on saturdays,sundays and mondays.

3:50pm and 10euros later got a bed assigned and a beer served in the warm hutte….German efficancy at its best.

Got the half price discount with FFRP card

4:20pm heavy rain