The "deluxe" part of the whole thing? Thanks to the lift support and a lower end point of the tour, the total of 4,500 meters of ascent is followed by a fine 6,500 meters of descent! The second "deluxe": If you treat yourself to the excellent half-board at Amberger and Franz-Senn-Hütte, you'll be traveling the entire round with a light backpack. Pure ski touring pleasure!
Day 1: From the ski circus to the Stubai backcountry
The first day is also a highlight: thanks to the lift support of the Stubai Glacier lifts, there are many meters of descent with few meters of ascent. The tour starts at the mountain station of the Daunjoch chairlift. With little elevation gain, you head west to the Daunjoch and climb over the southwest ridge to the Daunkopf (3,057 m). The ridge is steep and often blown off, i.e. careful assessment of the avalanche risk is necessary and crampons are often not a luxury.
The descent from Daunkopf initially heads directly north over even, moderately steep slopes in a U-shaped valley and later over moraine slopes up to 2,400 m in the valley floor below the tongue of the Sulzentalferner. As it is still early here and you only have 250 m of ascent in your legs, it makes sense to tack on a second 3,000 m ascent. The ascent to the Zahmen Leck starts directly from the "Umbauplatz" after the descent from the Daunkopf. This summit offers a beautiful 600-metre east-facing slope and a fine steep gully (200 m, 40°) to the ridge. The name should not be misleading, however, as the summit is certainly not tame. The ridge from the saddle to the summit is exposed and requires some climbing.
Altitude ascent: 1,100 m
Altitude descent: 1,950 m
Day 2: The Kuhscheibe
There are countless beautiful ski mountains waiting to be climbed in the Amberger Hütte touring area. So if you have time for a fourth day, you should add an additional day tour here. The Kuhscheibe is the tour with the shortest "Talhatscher" and, in addition to the normal route, also offers the adventurous tourer 2 direct descents through steeper gullies (300 m, 45°).
From the Amberger Hütte, follow the "Hüttenloipe" flat in the valley to the south for just under 1 km. Over a first steep slope, you climb westwards into the "Rosskar", a domed valley, up to approx. 2,800 m. The route now heads south under the rocky outcrops of the Roter Kogel over persistently steep slopes to the ski depot on the ridge. From here, there are still around 100 meters of elevation gain on foot over a not too difficult ridge to the summit.
The descent follows the ascent route. Alternatively, you can take one of the 2 steep gullies that lead directly back to Rosskar. To do this, traverse from the ski depot in the downhill direction up to the right through the wide south-facing basin to an obvious ridge. At a small saddle you will find the entrance to the steep gully, which spits you out again in the Rosskar. The rest of the descent then follows the ascent route back to the Amberger Hütte.
Altitude difference ascent/descent: 1,050 m
