It is situated directly on the Wangenitzsee, the largest lake of the Schober group of the Eastern Alps.

At an altitude of 2,508 metres (8,228 ft) above sea level (AA),[2] it is the highest hut in the Schober group.

[3] Depending on the weather, it opens in the middle of June and closes at the end of September.

It is located on the Wiener Höhenweg [de],[2] and is supplied by a material ropeway from the Debanttal.

This building was a club hut of the Royal Dutch Climbing and Mountaineering Club [nl] (Dutch: Koninklijke Nederlandse Klim- en Bergsport Vereniging (NKBV)) until 2009, when the Lienz Section of the Austrian Alpine Club (German: Österreichischer Alpenverein (ÖAV)) took over.