Rotmoosalm, Mountain pasture in Gaistal Valley, Tyrol, Austria.
Rotmoosalm is a mountain pasture at around 2030 meters elevation in Gaistal Valley in Tyrol, surrounded by open alpine meadows and mountain ranges. The landscape here is shaped by grazing areas, scattered farm buildings, and the distant outlines of surrounding peaks.
The Rotmoosalm lies at 2030 m on the south side of the Wetterstein range in the upper Gaistal. An avalanche destroyed the guesthouse at 1904 m in February 2009; it was rebuilt from spring 2010 slightly east and higher up, and reopened in June 2011.
The name Rotmoosalm pairs Alm (an alpine pasture with its hut) with the red moss of the damp upper Gaistal meadows. The hut that serves walkers today opened in June 2011, rebuilt higher and slightly east of the building an avalanche destroyed in February 2009. It is a stop on the climb toward the Schönberg.
The hut is reached on foot from the car park at the Salzbachbrücke bridge, near the Leutascher Ache in the Gaistal. From the hut it is only a short way to the 2142 m Schönberg, along whose north side an east-west high trail runs.
The hut that stands today is not the original: an avalanche destroyed the previous Gasthaus at 1904 m in February 2009. The replacement was built from spring 2010 slightly higher and further east, and opened in June 2011. From the hut it is a short walk to the 2142 m Schönberg, whose north side carries an east-west high trail.
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