Autumn skiing on the Hintertux Glacier
On your skis, get set, go!
When autumn shows its colorful side in the valley, the days get shorter and the air is noticeably cooler, it’s time for our “sports enthusiasts”: it’s finally that time again! The starting signal for autumn skiing on the Hintertux Glacier has already been given! The glacier ski area awaits the first skiers of the season with the best slope conditions! Leisure athletes and numerous training teams prepare for the winter here, test new ski equipment and make their first turns on snow-covered slopes.
Thanks to its altitude of around 3,000 meters, the Hintertux Glacier offers excellent winter sports conditions. Also a breathtaking panoramic view at times of the year when other ski areas are still dreaming of snow!
Pure enjoyment of nature
The overall offer of this only year-round ski area in Austria offers 86 perfectly groomed slopes, a valley run of around 12 kilometers and a 100% snow guarantee for the months of October to May! The Hintertux Glacier is not only the ideal place for alpine skiers – snowboarders and free skiers will also find a true leisure paradise in our attractive snow park with superpipe, kicker, rails and boxes!
Other highlights include the panoramic terrace at 3,250 meters above sea level, which offers a spectacular view of the surrounding three-thousand-meter peaks, and the “Nature Ice Palace”, a naturally grown glacier crevasse made accessible to visitors!
The following lifts are already open for you:
From Hintertux, located at about 1,500 m above sea level, you start with the:
the 8-seater Sommerberg cable car or the Gletscherbus 1.
With these two lifts you reach the Sommerbergalm at 2,100 m above sea level.
Continue up into the glacier ski area with:
the 4-seater gondola lift Fernerhaus or the Gletscherbus 2 to the Tuxer Fernerhaus at 2,260 m above sea level.
Here the 10-seater Gefrorene Wand gondola lift awaits you. Here you have already reached a mountain height of 3,033 meters and can start your skiing fun. If you want to go even higher into the glacier ski area, choose the 2-seater chairlift Gefrorene Wand 2b.
The following options are now available:
- Descent to the Tuxer Fernerhaus or
- Slope descent to the 6-seater chairlift Lärmstange 2, which takes you to the summit of the Großer Kaserer at almost 3,100 m.
A slightly longer slope descent leads to the Kaserer 1 drag lift, which also takes you to just below the summit of the Großer Kaserer.
From this destination you have some downhill options on slopes with different levels of difficulty.
From the Tuxer Fernerhaus you can also take the Gletscherbus 3 to the summit of the Gefrorene Wand at 3,250 m. Here you will find 2 drag lifts to really enjoy the slopes of the Schlegeis Glacier. The two drag lifts Olperer 1 and Olperer 2, which connect this part of the ski area to the Großer Kaserer, are also already in operation here.
When hunger strikes
Some of our mountain restaurants are already open for you: Stop by, enjoy the autumnal sunshine and fortify yourself with Tyrolean delicacies!
We at the Kössler . Berg Hotel Hintertux – Tux hope that we have been able to give you a little taste of the ski season that has already started!
We wish all skiers who are already looking forward to hearing the snow crunch under their skis and making their first turns in the fresh snow “Have fun” and “Ski heil”!
PS: The Hintertux Glacier was voted “best glacier ski area worldwide”.
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About the Author: Sabine Egger
