The Fridolinshütte is the most visited hut in the Glarner Alps, because everyone wants to reach the summit of the Tödi. Classic stone chalet, accessible both from the cable car to Fisetengrat and from Tierfed (Linthal).
Tours starting from hut
Ski tours around Hut Fridolinshütte
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Tödi 3614 m
Fridolinshütte Glarus Alps Switzerland
- Length of ascent6 km
- ascent1495 m
- duration7-10 h
- Fitness difficulty ♦♦♦◊
- Technical difficulty ♦♦♦♦
In the Middle Ages, Tödi was considered the highest mountain in the world. Today it is an attractive destination for ski mountaineers, but it is not easy to hit good weather. The ascent is made difficult by a glacier littered with fractures and cracks. Starts from the Fridolins hut over the moraine and descends briefly to the Bifertenfirn glacier. The hardest part is to overcome the first two drops, then the climb up is relatively easy. Depending on the conditions on skis or with crampons to the summit. Provides information about the current conditions on the glacier in the Fridolinshütte.
- Country
- Switzerland
- Montains
- Glarus Alps
- Open (winter)
- mid March - end May
- Beds
- 55
- Winterraum
- open, 5 beds
- Shortening of access (cableway, lift, taxi, snowcat...)
- by cableway from Urnerboden to Fisetengrat
- Luggage transport
- no
- Card Pay
- no
- Shower
- no
- Wifi
- no
- UTM / CH1903 x ("longitude" E/W)
- 715334
- UTM / CH1903 y ("latitude" N/S)
- 186687
- GPX access to hut (waipoints, track)
- Fridolins-Hut_all_access_skitour.gpx
- GPX access to hut (track only)
- Fridolin-Hut_access.gpx
- Map
- Klausenpass 246 S, Swisstopo 1:50000 Tödi, Landeskarte Schweiz Nr. 1193, 1:25000
- Guides
- Skitouren.Glarus St. Gallen / SAC Verlag, deutsch Die klassischen Skitouren / SAC-CAS.ch, deutsch Das perfekte Skitouren-Wochenende / Bergverlag Rother, deutsch
- find current conditions and experiences on the spot
- gipfelbuch.ch
- Phone (hut)
- +41 55 643 34 34
- Phone (valley)
- -
- Cell phone
- -
- Mobile Signal
- yes
- Web
- fridolinshuette.ch
- lisahoesli@bluewin.ch
- Owner of hut
- SAC Tödi
- Reservation
- e-mail, lisahoesli@bluewin.ch
- Start Point
- Fisetengrat
- UTM / CH1903 x ("longitude" E/W)
- 8.931649
- UTM / CH1903 y ("latitude" N/S)
- 193737
- Altitude
- 2026 m
- Ascent (height difference)
- 850 m
- Time of Access
- 4-5 h
- Shortening lift
- by cableway from Urnerboden to Fisetengrat
- Start Point
- Linthal - Tierfed
- UTM / CH1903 x ("longitude" E/W)
- 8.980175
- UTM / CH1903 y ("latitude" N/S)
- 193147
- Altitude
- 805 m
- Ascent (height difference)
- 1510 m
- Time of Access
- 4-5,5 h
- Shortening lift
- yes, by Taxi from Linthal to snowline
- Avalanche danger
- slf.ch - Institut für Schnee- und Lawinenforschung
- Weather
- Claridenhütte 2543m, yr.no Claridenfirn 2696m, meteoblue.com Clariden 3267m / mountain-forecast.com Gross Schärhorn 3294m / mountain-forecast.com Tödi 3614m / mountain-forecast.com Alpenverein.at - Wetter in den Alpen meteo.ch - all Switzerland srf.ch - all Switzerland Disentis 3000, snow-forecast.com
- Snow report
- Disentis 3000, snow-forecast.com Disentis 3000, bergfex.ch Disentis 3000 / onthesnow.com Disentis / snow.myswitzerland.com
- Webcams
- Claridenhütte Planurahütte
- Region
- Urnerboden Linthal Seilbahn Urnerboden-Fisetengrat
- Public traffic
- SBB Railway Postauto.ch - bus
- Skiresort nearby
- Disentis 3000
- Other links
- Switzerland Tourism
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Clariden E, from Claridenhütte 3267 m
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- Length of ascent6 km
- ascent1025 m
- duration4,5-6 h
- Fitness difficulty ♦♦◊◊
- Technical difficulty ♦♦◊◊
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- Fitness difficulty ♦♦◊◊
- Technical difficulty ♦♦◊◊
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- Fitness difficulty ♦♦♦◊
- Technical difficulty ♦♦♦◊
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