| Tux, Austira is a 365 days a year vacation paradise | | | | in the traditional Tiroler style and has numerous |
| located in the Austrian Alps. Little known outside of | | | | hotels, some located just feet from the gondolas, |
| Europe, it is one of the newest and most diverse | | | | ski-shops, and a few bars and a disco.The Hintertux |
| nature and sport resort areas in Europe. With year | | | | Glacier itself is 10,660 feet above sea level at the |
| round glacier skiing at over 10,000 feet, and hundreds | | | | peak and has over 53 miles of trails and 21 lifts. In |
| of miles of marked hiking trails, Tux appeals to | | | | winter, you can ski down to 4,920 meters, giving you |
| almost any nature and sport lover.Tux is a | | | | over a half hour of ski time if you ski at a moderate |
| municipality consisting of five villages, | | | | pace. In summer however, only the top third of the |
| Tux-Vorderlanersbach, Tux-Lanersbach, Juns, | | | | mountain is open to skiing, allowing you to ski down |
| Madseit, and Hintertux, which stretches 5 miles | | | | to 6,900 feet. In addition to the miles of groomed |
| through the Zillertal (Ziller Valley) and dead ends in the | | | | trails, Hintertux also allows and encourages off piste |
| Hintertux Glacier. The villages of Tux start out at a | | | | skiing. In winter, as in summer, there is a good |
| height of 4,260 feet and peak at the top of the | | | | amount of powder, often waist deep, and a literally |
| Hintertux Glacier at 10,660 feet.Tux is best known | | | | endless supply of off piste opportunities. For those |
| for its skiing, and the belongs to the Ski and Glacier | | | | less experienced with the glacier, there are guides |
| World 3000 which includes the Hintertux Glacier, | | | | available who can accompany and guide you when |
| Eggalm, Rastkogel, Finkenberg, and Mayrhofen. This | | | | skiing off piste to help you avoid crevices and |
| conglomerate of ski areas has over 140 miles of | | | | dangerous areas.The lifts bringing you to the peak of |
| trails, served by 62 lifts capable of moving around | | | | the Hintertux Glacier are a series of three high speed |
| 107,000 people per hour! This is all available under a | | | | 6-16 person gondolas. They make the journey from |
| unified lift ticket which costs around $30 a day.In Tux | | | | 4,920 feet to 10,660 feet in about 25 minutes and |
| itself, the center of skiing is the village of Hintertux, | | | | are capable of moving 35,000 people per hour, thus |
| situated at 4,920 feet above sea level directly at the | | | | almost completely eliminating wait times even during |
| bottom of the Hintertux Glacier. It is the home of | | | | the most crowded times of the year. Once on the |
| the gondolas which take you to the top, and thus | | | | glacier itself, there are numerous chair lifts and t-lifts |
| the base station for skiing and all other glacier | | | | which are responsible for moving you from one |
| activities. Hintertux, like the other Tux villages, is built | | | | section to another, or taking you back to the top. |