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Mayrhofen–Hintertux

Family friendly and with a highly regarded ski school, Mayrhofen’s above tree line skiing is best suited to intermediates. Advanced skiers will quickly exhaust the pisted runs, but in good conditions there are good off-piste opportunities. Uploading and downloading via the main Penken jumbo cable car is tiresome, especially at peak holiday periods when queues can be unacceptably long. Après ski is lively both on and off the mountain and the nightlife extends well into the small hours.
 

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Advanced *
Intermediate ***
Beginner **
Some three hours drive from Munich airport and just an hour or so from Innsbruck, Mayrhofen has a solid track record as one of Austria’s key teaching resorts. It also has a good snow record, and Hintertux, its lofty neighbour, guarantees year-round snow. The combined areas, although not linked, are marketed as Ski and Glacier World Zillertal 3000 and are covered by The Zillertal Superskipass.

Summer skiing at Hintertux
Hintertux has an equally solid reputation (particularly in an age of diminishing glaciers) as an enduringly reliable location for summer skiing – a godsend for national ski teams anxious to maintain their skills without having to waste precious time travelling to mountain ranges in the southern hemisphere. Hintertux also attracts snowboarders to its summer snowboard camps.

Mayrhofen's nightlife
For those with sufficient energy to party and ski, the night-life can be decidedly lively. At the same time, the resort is acclaimed for the careful welcome it extends to young families.

Mayrhofen at a glance
 

On the mountain

Ski area

Although its principal slopes are not the easiest to get to, Mayrhofen has always had a good variety of snow-sure skiing, and the recent link with Lanersbach made it even bigger.
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Lift system

Major investment in new lifts has opened up all kinds of new options in the Mayrhofen - Hentertux area.
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Ski schools & guiding

There is a traditional high level of teaching standards in Mayrhofen and almost all the instructors speak English. more...

 

Advanced

There is plenty of off-piste potential in Mayrhofen - Hintertux and also two unprepared but marked “Ski Routes”. more...

 

Intermediate

Mayrhofen really comes into its own as a classic intermediate ski region, with big, broad, sweeping, above-the-treeline pistes. more...

 

Beginner

Mayrhofen claims almost a third of its slopes are suitable for beginners and the majority do get plenty of sunshine. more...

 

Boarding & freestyle

Mayrhofen’s Burton Funpark, one of the most popular in the Alps, has recently been extended. more...

 

Mountain restaurants

There’s a choice of almost 30 huts and bars spread across the Mayerhofen slopes. more...

 

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Off the mountain

Village

Mayrhofen is a bustling and picturesque community, dotted with authentic Tyrolean chalets. more...

 

Accommodation

There's a wide variety of accommodation options in Mayrhofen, with more than 50 hotels and numerous B&Bs, apartments and chalets.
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Apres-ski

Mayrhofen is renowned for its après-ski – nowhere more so than next to the Penken cable-car top-station where the partying starts before you’ve left the slopes. more...

 

Restaurants

There’s an almost unlimited selection of restaurants in Mayrhofen. more...

 

Other information

Tobogganing, sleigh rides and paragliding are only a few of the many activities in Mayrhofen.
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Getting there

Innsbruck is the nearest airport to Mayrhofen. There are also good car and train connections.
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Mayrhofen fatcs

Ski Area

Base2,067 ft
630 m
Summit8,202 ft
2,500 m
Elevation6,135 ft
1,870 m

 

Trails/runs

Number of trails0
Advanced14 %
Intermediate57 %
Beginner29 %

 

Lifts

Gondolas/Cable cars8
Surface lifts24

 

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