The first night of the trek we stayed at the Dresdner Hütte (2308m). Getting to this hut from the valley offers an easy start to the trek if you do not wish to make the climb. You can take the Stubai Gletcher cable car to within about 100m of the hut.
The hut was the largest and most well appointed hut of the four we stayed at. This is likely a reflection of its location beside the cable car as both many guests and large items can easily make their way to the hut. It is very clean and comfortable and we had a nice private room. The room (I assume other private rooms are similar) had a bunk bed, a locker and best of all a small sink. The toilets and showers (different rooms) were off the hallway and were shared. The showers are pay and although I did not use the I can say that they and the toilets were very clean. There are some pictures below of our room and the showers.
We elected for the Halbpension (half board) and for the two of use the total was 97 Euro or 48.5 Euro per person. Note: all of the four huts only took cash so bring enough!
The dinning room was a little different as it was set up more like a cafeteria. There was some confusion but we eventually figured out that we had an assigned seat and were to look for our name on a table. We quickly found it and that we were sitting with two other people. This is quite common so be prepared for more of a communal dinning experience if you have not already eaten at a hut. It is in no way a bad thing but, depending on your personality, can be awkward (language barrier or otherwise). In our case the other two people were a very nice Spanish couple from Zaragoza. They broke the ice and were kind enough to speak in English to us.
The dinner included a salad bar and it is set up near the entrance to the eating area (same area for some breakfast items) but all other half pension items are served to you at your table. The food is great and I think most people will find the combination of self serve salad and served soup, entree and desert more than enough. Cheryl had a vegetarian meal that included the same soup and spaghetti. You can line up for beer (on tap and bottles) and coffee, juice, etc., and/or to order a la carte menu items if not on half pension. Pictures below are of my entree and our area of the dinning room.
After dinner we found a chess board and some beers. There are lots of games/cards to use and many people were in the dinning room drinking until it closed at 10. There was WiFi in the hut and I was told it was pay - I assume per hour. However I was able to get on for free. There is also a computer terminal that takes coins.
As far as access to electrical outlets for charging cameras/phone etc., this was not an issue. In our room there was at least one outlet and use of it was not an issue. I only mention this as some huts in Switzerland are more conservative with their power (asking you to limit use or refrain) due to their generation by Solar. All the huts on our trek has seemed to have ample Power. Dresdner Hutte I believe gets their power from the valley on the same line/feed as its neighboring cable car transfer station. Other huts had hyrdo turbine generation and or reserves of diesel.
In the next hut review I plan to post a comparison table for all huts with items such as WiFi access, shower cost, etc.
The full gallery of Dresdner Hutte pics can be found here.
Overall Dresdner is a great hut to start the trek or stop for lunch is passing through.
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