HINTERTUX, AUSTRIA
In May this year (2011) I
headed to Hintertux, Austria for the month to do some instructor courses. It is
a glacier therefore accommodates for year round riding. Not knowing what to
expect from riding a glacier I was pleasantly surprised on my first day of
shred there finding good quality hard packed snow to ride on with wide open
perfectly groomed pistes, stoked. It is bigger than I expected too with varied
terrain and steepness throughout, offering some sick off piste riding too. For
spring/ summer riding you really couldn’t beat it, bluebird hot and sunny days
almost everyday a joy to be up there riding.
Although weather up on a
glacier is very unpredictable and it could be bluebird one day and the next
dumping it down with snow in a total white out with fresh deep pow and yes that
did happen and yes in May too, so insanely rad, haha!! As the month went on the
days would get hotter therefore to get the best of the conditions especially
for riding park you need to head up early as by early afternoon it is super
slushy soft wet sticky slow, hmm I think I’ve covered all the descriptive words
I could there, haha!!
With a park that boasts a
Green, red and pro line of jumps (2 in a row for each) and an assortment of
rails and boxes along with various other features it is a fun park to ride,
easy to lap with a t-bar going up the side of it and a half pipe at the top of
the park so it has everything covered.
If your into your mogul
riding well you’ll find some decent ones to ride, even some big gnarly ones if
that floats your boat, you will enjoy blasting down these, hehe!!
There are only a few hotels
in Tux with some other hotels/ housing nearby or some even opt to stay down in
Mayrhoffen and driving/ get the bus up to Tux each day. There is a Gondola that
takes you from here up to the base of the glacier and then there’s another 2 to
get on to get you right to the top. So if you want a mellow spring/ summer
shred with bluebird days and a rad park then I would recommend going here, good
vibes on the mountain all round, with national teams from all over the world
going there to train at various times of the year and a popular destination for
instructor courses. With your typical apre ski back at the bottom end of the
day, surrounded by the beautiful Austrian mountains/ scenery, what more could
you ask for really!!
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