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Essener-Rostocker Hut – Simonysee loop from Essener-Rostocker Hütte

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Essener-Rostocker Hut – Simonysee loop from Essener-Rostocker Hütte

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Essener-Rostocker Hut – Simonysee loop from Essener-Rostocker Hütte

01:18

2.92km

160m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Great for any fitness level. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

Last updated: August 5, 2026

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Nationalpark Hohe Tauern

Waypoints

Start point

Alpine Hut

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80 m

Essener-Rostocker Hut

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The Essen-Rostocker Hütte is located at an altitude of 2,208 meters and is a good starting point for further tours in the Hohe Tauern. In the hut you can spend …

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249 m

View of the Maurerkees Glacier

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From here you have a fantastic view of the Maurerkees and the two Simonyspitzen.

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394 m

Vorderer Maurerkeeskopf

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photographed all around. The stretch from the hut to here brings a great view over the glacier

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1.49 km

Glacier Lake in Hohe Tauern National Park

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it still exists, the lake is beautiful

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Simonysee

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A short excursion (without luggage) from the Essener-Rostocker Hütte can be reached in 45 minutes - only 200 meters in altitude. Small ice lake, fed by the SimonyKees above.

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1.70 km

View of Grossvenediger

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2.92 km

End point

Alpine Hut

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

2.91 km

Surfaces

2.74 km

167 m

Elevation

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Highest point (2,350 m)

Lowest point (2,190 m)

Weather

Tuesday 1 September

13°C

6°C

39 %

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Max wind speed: 8.0 km/h

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Comments

July 9, 2023,Rostocker Hütte- Simonysee

The Rostocker Hütte is always worth a hike. Maybe we'll meet there sometime.

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August 16, 2022,Wanderung nach Simony See von Rostocker Hütte

Day 1 for us with a climb to the Essener Rostocker Hütte, a short break there and then used the nice weather in the afternoon to go to the lake without a heavy backpack. We were lucky and were all alone there (probably because it was later) and had great light. We then spent the night relaxed at the Essener-Rostocker …

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Essener-Rostocker Hut – Simonysee loop from Essener-Rostocker Hütte

Essener-Rostocker Hut

View of the Maurerkees Glacier

Vorderer Maurerkeeskopf

Glacier Lake in Hohe Tauern National Park

Simonysee

View of Grossvenediger

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