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Wiesbadener Hut – Piz Buin Summit loop from Wiesbadener Hütte

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Mountain hikes & routes
Austria
Bezirk Bludenz
Gaschurn

Wiesbadener Hut – Piz Buin Summit loop from Wiesbadener Hütte

Hard

5.0

(21)

284

hikers

Wiesbadener Hut – Piz Buin Summit loop from Wiesbadener Hütte

06:58

10.5km

840m

Mountaineering

Hard mountaineering route. Very good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required.

Last updated: August 7, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment that is highly dangerous

A part of this route comprises highly technical, difficult, or hazardous terrain. Specialist equipment and prior experience is required.

After 1.97 km for 6.49 km

Waypoints

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Start point

Alpine Hut

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73 m

Glacier View

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Located at over 2400 m with a dream view of the Vermunt + Ochsental glacier and between the two the “proud” Piz Buin

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121 m

Wiesbadener Hut

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The best home cooking awaits you at the Wiesbadener Hütte, along with a magnificent view of the surrounding peaks and glaciers.

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185 m

pretty here, very pretty

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1.84 km

Silvretta Glacier Crevasses

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First glacier ascent... a great experience.

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3.62 km

Ochsentaler Glacier

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The Ochsentaler glacier is a glacier on the northern side of the highest mountain in Vorarlberg (Piz Buin). From the Bielerhöhe you can already see it at the end of the same named Ochsentales (Silvretta Lake).

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4.54 km

Buin Pass

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From here you can enjoy a wonderful view.

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5.11 km

Piz Buin Summit

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Class view from over 3300 m altitude

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8.65 km

Great glacier gate with beautiful light effects

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10.5 km

End point

Alpine Hut

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.48 km

3.70 km

195 m

105 m

Surfaces

9.52 km

721 m

243 m

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Elevation

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Highest point (3,200 m)

Lowest point (2,400 m)

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Saturday 8 August

19°C

8°C

42 %

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Comments

July 5, 2025,Piz Buin
This is by no means a mountaineering tour!!!!! This is real mountaineering and should not be attempted without experience in crevasse rescue and glacier crossing without the necessary equipment!

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Start: Wiesbadner Hütte at approx. 1:30 a.m
Glacier crossing in the dark
arrival summit: approx. 05:30

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Silvretta vacation day 3
The Piz Buin, more precisely: Great Piz Buin on the border between Austria and Switzerland with its summit height of 3312 m was our goal. 🏔️
The weather forecast 🐸 gave good prospects. 👍🏼


Unfortunately, the same fate befell us as the day before:
Super nice weather 🌤️ on the ascent and descent, but when we …

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After the arduous ascent to the Wiesbadener Hütte the evening before ( komoot.de/tour/1090873467 ) we felt surprisingly well rested and, to my delight, we were able to start our plan to climb the Piz Buin right away. The Piz Buin, after which the well-known sun cream was actually named, is at 3,312m the highest mountain in Vorarlberg and the third …

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