Overview
- A hiker who overnighted at the hut discovered the destruction and immediately notified the Austrian Alpine Club.
- Footage shared on Instagram shows shattered windows, a pried-open door, scattered rubbish and broken electronics inside the emergency shelter.
- The hut’s operators plan to renew the winter room as soon as possible and are seeking donations to help cover repair costs.
- The winter room is a simple refuge kept available for emergencies during the hut’s winter closure and visitors are expected to be fully self-sufficient and remove all waste.
- Similar misuse at other alpine huts has prompted tighter access, including restrictions at Watzmann-Hocheck after repeated vandalism and forced break-ins earlier this year.