Allan and Lesley Witton, John and Judith Willson, Paul Shufflebottom, Mark Hesketh, Julie Sheehy

The route of the first Old Trekkers’ Trek (OTT) was based on the standard ‘Stubai Rucksack Route’ as described in Allan Hartley’s guide book published by Cicerone, but we did it in reverse to take advantage of the Kreuz Joch cable car at the start. We also made some diversions for summit ascents, Rinnen Spitz (3006 m), Bassler Joch (2830 m), Schaufel Spitz (3333 m), Großer Trögler (2902 m) and Mairspitz (2775 m), and we made a whole-day excursion to the south ridge of Gamsspitzl (3030 m). We finished at Gschnitz rather than completing the loop via the Innsbrucker hut to Neustift

Route outline: Day 1. Kreuz Joch > Starkenburger Hütte  2. Franz Senn Hütte (2 nights)  3. Excursion Rinnen Spitz  4. Bassler Joch > Regensburger Hütte  5. Dresdner Hütte (2 nights)  6. Excursion Shaufel Spitz  7. Sulzenau Hütte via Großer Trögler  8. Mairspitz > Nürnberger Hütte (2 nights)  9. Excursion Gamsspitzl  10. Bremer Hütte 11. Gesnitz

Below is a slide show of a selection of images from the Stubai Alps.

All the images in the slide show are taken from the illustrated log below, where their locations are given. Click on the file name to view it.

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