The development of Speikboden as a hiking area began as far back as the 1870s. Founded by Josef Daimer in 1873, the Sand in Taufers section of the German and Austrian Alpine Club constructed the Sonklarhütte refuge and, leading up to the hut, the Herrenweg track which was renamed Daimerweg in 1903 in honour of Josef Daimer. The construction of the Chemnitzer Hütte mountain hut by the Alpine Club Chemnitz section in 1895 can also be credited to the initiative and untiring efforts of Josef Daimler. The high-altitude trail Kellerbauerweg was created in 1906 with the purpose of connecting the two mountain shelters Sonklarhütte and Chemnitzer Hütte.