In 1881, the owner of the Post Hotel in Sexten, Karl Stemberger, proposed to build a refuge for the Deutscher und Österreichischer Alpenverein, the Austrian-German Alpine Club, near the Toblin pass. Members of the entire section of the club were enthusiastic about the panorama that can be enjoyed on the Tre Cime di Lavaredo, on Mount Paterno, and on the surrounding mountains, and decided to build the shelter to the pass.