title: Franz Senn Hut
text: # Franz Senn Hut
  
  The Franz Senn Hut (German: Franz-Senn-Hütte) is a large and very popular Category I alpine hut in the Stubai Alps owned by the Austrian Alpine Club (Österreichischer Alpenverein). It is a large, well-appointed hut, named after Franz Senn. Access is from Oberiss in the Oberbergtal off the Stubaital above Neustift.
  
  ## History
  
  The Franz Senn Hut was opened on 15 September 1885 having cost 3,000 florins. At the time it had accommodation for 37 people including 4 women. It was extended in 1907/08 to 20 beds and 60 shakedowns and again in 1932/33 to 80 beds and 80 sleeping places. During the Second World War a goods cableway was erected. In 1960 the hut's capacity was increased to 220.
  
  The hut was named after a mountaineering pastor.
  
  ## Access
  
  * By train: to Innsbruck from there to Fulpmes (on the Stubai Valley railway) and from there by bus
  * By bus: to Neustift im Stubaital, village of Milders
  * By car: to Neustift im Stubaital
  
  ## Ascent
  
  * Neustift im Stubaital (1154 metre climb, duration: c. 4½ hours)
  * Oberiss Alm (402 metre climb, duration: c. 1½ hours)
  
  ## Summits accessible from the Franz Senn Hut
  
  * Ruderhofspitze (3,474 m), height difference 1327 m, duration c. 5 hours, high tour)
  * Lisenerspitze (3,230 m, height difference 1080 m, duration c. 3.5 hours, glacier tour)
  * Lisenser Fernerkogel (3,266 m, height difference 1150 m, duration c. 4.5 hours, glacier tour)
  * Schafgrübler (2,921 m, height difference 780 m, duration c. 3 hours)
  * Rinnenspitze (3,003 m, height difference 850 m, duration 2.5 to 3 hours, sections of the summit ridge are secured)
  * Östliche Seespitze (3,416 m), popular but challenging ski tour
  * Westliche Seespitze (3,355 m)
  * Wildes Hinterbergl, (3,288 m), much frequented ski tour
  
  ## Transits
  
  The hut is on the Stubai Hohenweg, an 8-day high level trail around the Stubai; neighbouring huts on the trail are the Starkenburger Hut and the New Regensburg Hut.
  
  ### Huts
  
  * Amberger Hut (2,135 m, duration: c. 6 hours)
  * Neue Regensburger Hut (2,286 m, duration: c. 4 hours auf dem Stubaier Höhenweg)
  * Starkenburger Hut (2,237 m, duration: c. 7 hours auf dem Stubaier Höhenweg
  * Adolf Pichler Hut (1,977 m, duration: c. 7 hours)
  * Westfalenhaus (2,273 m, duration: c. 6 hours)
  * Potsdamer Hut (2,020 m, duration: 5–7 hours)
  
  ### Places
  
  * Neustift im Stubaital (993 m, duration: c. 4½ hours)
  