The Dresdner Hut is located at nearly 8,000 feet altitude, beneath the Stubai Glacier high above the end of the Stubai Valley. It is surrounded by numerous mountain peaks over 10,000 feet high, and is very close to the mid station of the Glacier cable cars which have operated since 1973.
The first small mountain refuge was built here in 1875 by the German and Austrian Alpine Club. The much larger hut replaced it in 1887 and it has been enlarged several more times since then. The hut has been run by the same family for over 100 years.