The Bürgl Hut is a private mountain hut at in the Kitzbühel Alps in the Austrian federal state of Salzburg

Salzburg (state)

Salzburg is a state or Land of Austria with an area of 7,156 km2, located adjacent to the German border. It is also known as Salzburgerland, to distinguish it from its capital city, also named Salzburg...

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The formerly self-catering hut is today partially managed (ca. 20 beds and 25 mattress places) and is found on the southern slopes of the Geißstein

Geißstein

The Geißstein, sometimes also called the Gaisstein, is a mountain in the Kitzbühel Alps with a height of that straddles the border between the federal Austrian states of Tyrol and Salzburg...

 , 5 km north of Mittersill

Mittersill

Mittersill is a city in the federal state of Salzburg, Austria, in the Pinzgau region of the Alps. It is located on the Salzach River. It had a population of 5,464 in 2005.- Geography :...

 and 7 km east of the Thurn Pass.

The Alpine hut lies at the head of the Mühlbach

Mühlbach

-Places:Austria*Mühlbach am Manhartsberg, Lower Austria*Mühlbach am Hochkönig, Salzburg*Mühlbach im Pinzgau, Zell am See District, SalzburgGermany*Mühlbach, a small village in the municipality of Selb in Upper Franconia...

 valley, that runs up from the Salzach valley near Uttendorf/Stuhlfelden

Stuhlfelden

Stuhlfelden is a municipality in the district of Zell am See , in the state of Salzburg in Austria. The population is 1539....

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The climb to the hut from Stuhlfelden takes 2–3 hours, but the track to the hut is also open to bicycles or motor vehicles. The approach from Hinterglemm takes somewhat longer.

The hut is and important base for the so-called Pinzgau Ridgeway

Pinzgau Ridgeway

The Pinzgau Ridgeway is a roughly 25 kilometre long ridgeway in the Kitzbühel Alps in the Austrian federal state of Salzburg.- Location and route :...

 (Pinzgauer Spaziergang), a popular mountain trail. The climb from the hut to the Geißstein takes about 2 hours.

Crossings

• Pinzgau Hut
  Pinzgau Hut
  The Pinzgau Hut is a mountain hut at 1,700 m above sea level in the Kitzbühel Alps in Austria, somewhat west of the Zellersee and Zell am See's local mountain, the Schmittenhöhe ....
  
   6–7 hours (east)
• Wildkogelhaus 5–6 hours
• Bochumer Hut
  Bochumer Hut
  The Bochumer Hut , also called Kelchalm or Kelchalpe, is an Alpine club hut in the Kitzbühel Alps in the Austrian state of Tyrol. It is owned by the Bochum Section of the German Alpine Club. Today the hut is a popular destination for hikers and also has overnight accommodation.- History :The hut...
  
  (also Kelchalpenhaus) 4 hours

Sources, external links

• Freytag-Berndt "Kitzbühler Alpen" 1:100.000 and short guide
• Österr. Karte 1:50.000, Bürglhütte and Geißstein