Hintertux austria
Review of snowboarding and skiing in Hintertux Austria.
Hintertux Ski Holiday Facts
Established in 1963 the Austrian ski resort Hintertux lies at 3250 metres altitude in the Tirol / Tyrol region of the Austrian Alps / Alpes. With the highest lifts and ski slopes above 2500m Hintertux ski area is snow sure. Over 120 snow cannons ensure artificial Hintertux snow making covers 120km of ski trails, which equates to around 55 of the ski slopes. The nearest airport transfer to Hintertux (Austria) is Innsbruck at a distance of 90km or approximately 90 minutes driving time. Hintertux ski season runs from December to April.
SNO-man says
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.
alpine downhill runs to ski in Hintertux Austria
Beginner Trails
 0 runs 0km |
0% |
Intermediate Trails
 7 runs 59km |
11% |
Advanced Trails
 14 runs 132km |
22% |
Expert Trails
 3 runs 3km |
4% |
Hintertux Resort & Holiday Info
| Beginners learning to ski |  |
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| Family friendly | |
| Snowsure | |
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| Value for money | |
| Ski Pass Prices (adult 6 day) | €193 - €193 |
Traditional Ski Village / Purpose Built Ski Resort |
| Ski Resort Opens | Dec 2011 |
| Ski Resort Closes | Apr 2012 |
| (snow conditions often influence resort opening & closing) |
Ski Area Hintertux Mountain
| Downhill Ski Runs | 227km |
| total length of Hintertux trails |
| Longest lift serve Run | 12km |
| longest piste or trail reachable by ski lift |
| Ski Slope Orientation | ? |
| direction Hintertux ski areas face |
| Top Altitude | 3250m |
| top station of highest ski lift |
| Bottom Altitude | 1500m |
| bottom of lowest ski run |
| Resort Altitude | 1300m |
| centre of Hintertux ski resort |
| Vertical Drop | 1750m |
| total descent from top lift to bottom piste |
| Skiable Vertical | ^v 1750m |
| can include extra hike up which may be possible above top lift - stat used by some resorts to con us about true "vertical drop" which is lift-served |
Skiing in Hintertux
Skiing Hintertux you'll enjoy 61 pistes and trails and that means approximately 227km of ski runs. Hintertux lifts number 59 with the capacity to uplift 107820 skiers up the mountain per hour. The longest ski run in the Austrian ski resort of Hintertux is over 12km long. Ski Hintertux summer or winter as there is also glacier skiing in Hintertux.
Hintertux Ski Area
Hintertux ski area has 0% beginner ski runs or nursery slopes, 11% intermediate, 22% advanced ski slopes and 4% for expert skiers - the most difficult Hintertux piste is the 1.5km Haxenbrecker 13a run, with a steepness/slope angle of ?%. You can't ski Hintertux after dark.
Hintertux for skiing gets 3 stars out of 5 overall
Hintertux Apres Ski
The apres ski Hintertux scene and off-slope or "non-skier" activities include:
10 apres ski bars 50 restaurants 1 bowling 4 night club 0 cinema 0 billiards / pool 0 games room 0 concert 11 indoor swimming 0 outdoor heated pools 4 saunas 0 hot tubs 7 solariums 6 masseurs 0 indoor ice skating 2 outdoor ice skating 0 indoor sports centre 0 indoor tennis 2 squash racquetball 3 sleigh rides 0 ballooning 10 horse riding 68 prepare winter walks 4 climbing 0 golf 0 fishing 2 museum 1 library Plus these additional apres ski facilities Canyoning, Curling, Flying Fox, Ice Climbing, White Water Rafting.
SNO-man says
There are lots of things to do besides skiing, most of them energetic, including parapenting, swimming, squash, ice climbing, skating, tobogganing and walking.
For those who want to relax in a more leisurely fashion there are saunas and sleigh rides as well as a little Folk Museum near Lanersbach. Of course, the scenery is just spectacular so you could do worse than relax on one of the many cafe sun terraces and simply admire your surroundings whilst topping up that suntan!
Hintertux for apres ski gets 3 stars out of 5 overall
More Hintertux Snow Ski Area and Resort Information
Hintertux resort - ski Hintertux by any other name
The Austrian ski resort of Hintertux ski resort is also known as Hintertux Hintertux Glacier, Horberg, Penken, Eggalm, Rastkogel and has the following common misspellings:
Hintertux ski area has ski slopes which face ?
The direction which the various Hintertux ski slopes face can make or break your skiing or snowboarding holiday. If you want to guarantee good snow and ski conditions, you should choose a resort with ski slopes which face the right way for the time of year you're travelling.
- In the coldest winter months of January and February you need a ski resort with some sunny south facing ski slopes, so your days on the snow doesn't feel like a polar expedition. Conversely, in the warmest spring skiing months of March and especially April, a ski resort with some cool and shady north facing slopes will ensure you're not skiing on slush, but benefitting from best late season snow. The best ski resorts have ski areas and slopes which face in all directions so that you're guaranteed greating skiing whatever the weather. Hintertux ski resort has ski slopes facing ?.
Hintertux for snow gets 5 stars out of 5 overall