Hiking: Spannorthütte - amazing

Yesterday we headed for Spannorthütte, a SAC (Schweizer Alpenclub) hut with a breathtaking location. Grosse Spannort and Kleine Spannort are two of the most characteristic peaks in the Engelberg valley, they look like shark teeth stretching towards the sky. The hut itself is located right under the massive cliffs.

The walk to the top is about 4 hours, and the first hour is an easy walk in the valley. We took a dip in the river before the really steep part began. The hike is a bit technical, with ropes to hold on to when it gets too steep. At the top, we had lunch and a chat with Marianne who runs the hut. Really nice.

You can do it as a day hike, or you can have dinner and sleep under the stars at the hut and walk down the day after. It costs 66 Swiss francs, roughly 42 €, for dinner, bed and breakfast. And the view of course...

Their home page is spannorthutte.ch

Difficulty: 4/5
Time: 7 hours
Season: July - October

Extreme Hiking Picture.

Hiking in the alps

Welcome! Here you will to able to follow us while we hike the peaks around Engelberg. During the summer, we'll publish pictures, hiking itineraries and maps to the best hiking around Obwalden. From Engelberg, you can reach more than 16 mountain huts (SAC-hütten) for day hikes or longer excursions.

I work at Ski Lodge Engelberg, a cozy swedish-owned lodge. I founded it together with some friends last year, because we missed a place in the alps where you could have hearty breakfast and dinner, a sauna and laid-back atmosphere and staff. A place where we would want to stay ourselves. So we created that place.

Engelberg is widely known for its world class off-piste skiing, (We've skied 150 resorts in 5 continents, so yes, it's true!) What is less known is the hiking which is world class too. The Engelberg valley itself has more than 160 kilometres marked trails, ranging from easy half-day hikes to proper big wall climbing. If that's your game.

We'll be updating here during all of summer, so check back, check out skilodgeengelberg.com or follow us on Twitter to the right.

//Eric