After many years away, we finally re-visited Hintertux Glacier in late January 2022. Our first visit was during a very slow start to the winter season, yet Hintertux still had great skiing. This time round, we came 4 days after a huge winter storm. We expected the resort to absolutely skied out. To our surprise and delight it was not. Far from it in fact. We slashed easy powder between the groomers on the glaciers. reaped fresh lines on the many shaded aspects below the Lärmstange peak, and enjoyed tracked, but still beautiful turns in sunny powder above Sommerberg from the Tuxerjoch lift.

Our lunch at the Tuxer Fernerhaus restaurant was superb, as was the service. The facilites in the building are absolutely first rate.

We noted that the old Lärmstange double chair is no longer functioning (didn't even have chairs on it!), and most of the towers & top station for its replacement next season are already in place. The new lift will revolutionise access to the off-piste terrain at Hintertux - for better or worse.

Finished the day with a slide down the 1a valley route. It was groomed most of the way and was more of an advanced piste trail, but a cracking way to end a fabulous day.

Getting back to the car in the free undercover car park just near the end of the trail is just another thing that we take for granted when skiing in Europe!

This trip we stayed in a remote farm stay above Zell am Ziller and made the trip to Hintertux in our rental car with ease. We loved the peace and quiet, the views, and communing with the bovines! If you are after some action, stay in Mayrhofen . Great apres ski & nightlife (hence the 5-star nightlife score) and also transport options for those without a car.

Hintertux is definitely 'Wintertux', and with its ability to ski every day of the year, deserves its place as the home of winter.
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There is a photo on this site that shows an off-piste run that looks tracked out...... it is not! Fresh turns were easily banged out after a short traverse. On the same traverse you can turn off earlier and get more turns, fresher turns, maybe even better turns? When there is powder, that traverse will fill your day if you then finish on a ski route. I think it had been 4 days since last fresh snowfall and the ski routes were virtually untouched. The bottom of this review will ask me if I would revisit. The one thumbs up does not represent the desire I have to go back here.👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍should be sufficient.
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Great for pre season, end of season or summer. Go summer, then somewhere else in peak season. This is the place to go when no where else has snow.
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Have been in Zillertal (Hintertux, Mayrhofen) a couple of times and compared with other places in Austria, Norway, Canada etc. is a good place with sometimes not top notch snow but a great area connected with each other. Not cheap. Good after skiing (après). The glacier always with snow!
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We did some fabulous skiing at Hintertux Glacier. Whilst the snow quality was generally superb, major winds had moved alot of snow around and much of the off-piste was closed. Shame because it looked awesome. Delicious lunch at the Spannagelhaus just as the sun popped up over the ridge. The new valley run (no.1) is superb and a fantastic way to end the day before hitting the apres at Tenne.

Hintertux Glacier isn't the most child friendly ski resort owing to the awkward & long surface lifts on the glaciers, but who cares! It is also a shame that one cannot ski the entire vertical owing to the local topography.

The strengths of Hintertux are its snow surety (open every day of the year), long piste trails & also its location at the head of the Tuxer (and by default) the Ziller valleys. Mayrhofen and the other Zillertal ski resorts all become part of the same trip (same lift pass), creating a truly diverse skiing experience, all connected by bus and train. Great stuff. Stay in Mayrhofen to get the most out of the towns nightlife!

Will come back one day to ski it in powder - we hear its awesome!
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