Hintertux

Hintertux im Zillertal is a ski resort in the Tuxer Valley of Northeast Tyrol, Austria. With a beautiful glacier, skiing is possible 365 days a year.

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Type: Winter sport
Description: ski resort
Also known as: “Hintertux Glacier”

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Spannagel Cave and Hoher Riffler.

Spannagel Cave

Cave

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The Spannagel Cave is a show cave near Hintertux, in the Zillertal Alps in the Austrian state of Tyrol. Currently about 10 kilometres of the cave have been discovered; guided tours enable access to 500 metres of the cave.

Hoher Riffler

Peak

Photo: Carsten Steger, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Hoher Riffler is a 3,231 metre high mountain in the Zillertal Alps, on the eastern part of the main chain of the Tux, in the Austrian state of Tyrol.

Gefrorene-Wand-Spitzen

Peak

Gefrorene-Wand-Spitzen

Photo: Mabol!, Public domain.

The Gefrorene-Wand-Spitzen are two summits on the Tux Crest, a mountain chain in the Zillertal Alps, one of the ranges of the central Eastern Alps in the Austrian state of Tyrol.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hintertux and Madseit.

Hintertux

Village

Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Hintertux is a village.

Madseit

Village

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Madseit is a village, which is situated 5 km northeast of Hintertux.

Juns

Village

Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Juns is a village, which is situated 6 km northeast of Hintertux.

Hintertux

Categories: ski resort and sports location
Location: Northeast Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

47.0872° or 47° 5′ 14″ north

Longitude

11.6673° or 11° 40′ 2″ east

Open location code

8FVH3MP8+VW

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=winter_sports

Wikidata ID

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Russian—“Hintertux” goes by many names.

Catalan: “Glacera de Hintertux”
Czech: “Hintertux”
Czech: “Ledovec Hintertux”
Dutch: “Hintertuxer Gletscher”
Egyptian Arabic: “هينتيرتيكس جليسير”
Estonian: “Hintertuxi liustik”
Finnish: “Hintertux”
French: “glacier de Hintertux”
French: “Glacier de Hintertux”
French: “Hintertuxer Gletscher”
German: “Gefrorene-Wand-Kees”
German: “Gletscher Hintertux”
German: “Gletscherbahn Hintertux”
German: “Hintertux”
German: “Hintertuxer Gletscher”
German: “Riepenkees”
German: “Schigebiet Hintertux”
German: “Skigebiet Hintertuxer Gletscher”
German: “Tuxer Ferner”
German: “Zillertaler Gletscherbahn”
Indonesian: “Gletser Hintertux”
Italian: “ghiacciaio dell’Hintertux”
Italian: “Ghiacciaio dell’Hintertux”
Italian: “Hintertux”
Lithuanian: “Hintertukso ledynas”
Polish: “Hintertux”
Russian: “Хинтертукс”

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