Tuxertal

Area Profile

The Hintertux glacier is one of Europe's largest year-round skiing operation and in winter is part of the Ziller valley pass that takes in Mayrhofen. The glacier is serviced by increasingly high-tech lifts including Glacier Bus 3 with 24 person cabins capable of uplifting 3000 skiers per hour from the bottom to the top of the glacier. There are five villages in the valley beneath the glacier, which is regarded by many as having the best summer skiing in the world and is one of the few centres open for snow spoprts 365 days per year. The largest is Lanersbach, where most of the facilities are based. The little village of Hintertux itself, at the head of the valley, has thermal springs. The lifts are directly at the huge day-visitors car-park. Apart from skiing there are motre than 250 km of hiking trails and Natursport Tirol offers active sports like paragliding, canyoning, flying fox and caving.

Lodging Profile

Slopeside lodging is available; over 4,900 beds. Over 250 additional hotels are located nearby.

Services Profile

Mountaineering school, sport shops and rentals, ski and snowboard schools, and huts. Child care: guest kindergarten for 1 to 3 year-olds,ski kindergarten from age 3, handicraft for ages 4 and older, and sports for 6 to 12 year-olds. Restaurants, shops, banks, post offices, museum, and night clubs.

Area Recreation Profile

Snowboarding, cross country skiing, tobogganing, winter hiking, sleigh rides, curling, and ice skating. Also bowling, tennis, movies, two indoor swimming pools, tandemparagliding, sauna, squash, adventure club, and a fitness center. The glacier dominates the end of the Ziller valley.

Snowboarding Profile

Snowboarding is available with a terrain park and two half pipes.

Common Misspellings

hintertux glacier, intertux

Important Dates

Projected Days Open: N/A

Days Open Last Year: N/A

Years Open: 8

Average Snowfall: 400"

Terrain Type

Beginner Runs: 27%

Intermediate Runs: 54%

Advanced Runs: 19%

Expert Runs: 0%

Lifts

Total Number Of Lifts: 61

Gondolas & Trams: 5

High Speed Sixes: N/A

High Speed Quads: 4

Quad Chairs: N/A

Triple Chairs: 2

Double Chairs: 6

Surface Lifts: 27

Elevation

Top: 10663 ft.

Bottom: 4921 ft.

Vertical Drop: 5741 ft.

Longest Run: 7.5 miles

Skiable Terrain: 223 acres

Snow Making: 21 acres