Hi - I'm booked in Mayrhofen over christmas and was wondering how easy it is to get around the other places in the Ziller valley. I've found a timetable for the Hintertux bus (the 4104) which looks fairly easy, am I right the price of this is covered in the lift pass and is therefore free? I've also found another bus (the 4094) which goes to Zell, Gerlos, Konigsleiten. Is this free or do you have to pay, if so, how much?
The Zillertal Arena looks like some quite nice skiing.
TIA
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your lift pass also covers the train between the resorts in the valley. Kaltenbach is definitely worth a visit!
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All buses and the train are free as long as you have a lift pass.
Thanks BiG_tYrOnE, I've been working google hard since the post and have the kaltenbach piste map in front of me at the moment. It looks like the bus links to the lift station there quite nicely. I've added it to the list!! Hope I can fit all this in
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You're in for a treat, it's a great valley. Kaltenbach definitely worth a visit but so are the other areas, it will come down to personal preference and a week won't be enough to do it all justice. Watch out for the local service bus, it's not free, the other one is, check before you go.
Thanks, robapplegate, could you give me a bit more on what you mean by the "local service bus"? I'm looking at the 4094 (http://www.gerlos.at/UserFiles/Media/wald-koenigsleiten/pdf/4094_Winter_2010.pdf) for getting to Zell am Ziller and the 8330 (http://efa.vvt.at/vvtadr/TTB/D_000039d6.pdf) for getting to Kaltenbach. Are these covered? I'm getting confused as some things I read said all valley buses and trains were free. Trouble is I've read so much now, I don't know where I found what!!
And thanks for the positive note! I am truly looking forward to this, for me it's a departure from the norm having racked up my anniversary (52 weeks) of skiing in France last year, with only one previous visit to Austria. But market forces influenced a change this christmas (and I have to admit quite a lot of curiosity). (I should add I have a week in France booked for March so I'm not stepping too far out of my psychological comfort zone
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andyrew wrote:
Hi - I'm booked in Mayrhofen over christmas and was wondering how easy it is to get around the other places in the Ziller valley. I've found a timetable for the Hintertux bus (the 4104) which looks fairly easy, am I right the price of this is covered in the lift pass and is therefore free? I've also found another bus (the 4094) which goes to Zell, Gerlos, Konigsleiten. Is this free or do you have to pay, if so, how much?
The Zillertal Arena looks like some quite nice skiing.
Can't remember all the details of the bus I'm afraid. We'd parked at finkenberg and took lift to top. Weather crapped out and i was boarding like a troll so we dropped back down on the rastkogelbahn early afternoon. Ski bus doesn't run all day so we had a choice of a longish wait or get the next local commercial bus down. We took the first bus to come and had to pay. Not the end of the world and saved a long walk back to the car. Careful planning will easily avoid any problems.
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andyrew, If you're going to Kaltenbach (highly recommended)! from Mayrhofen I'd always take the train - it runs every 30mins and you've much more space in a train compartment than a bus. Also I like trains . As you go through Zell am Ziller the line runs down the main high street past the Zillertal Brewery! (Whose excellent products are available throughout the valley ). See Zillertalbahn timetable here - currently showing the timetable up to 8.12.2012, but the winter service definitely runs every 30 mins.
From Kaltenbach station the Gondola base station is just a few hundred yards walk. There are 2 gondolas at Kaltenbach running in parallel, so queueing is unlikely to be a problem. On the Kaltenbach slopes be sure to check out the Kristallhütte for its views, interesting architecture (there's a sundeck, giant sized chair, igloos where people can stay overnight and nearby giant insect steel sculptures!), see video:
For the last few years the Kaltenbach slopes have also been linked with the Hochfügen ski area - on the link between them is the Wedelhütte, which I'd also recommend for a visit. As regards the skiing and lifts at Kaltenbach/Hochfügen if you look at the bergfex site http://www.bergfex.at/hochzillertal/ and click on the part of the map marked "inkl. Pistenvideos Neu: 3D" you can then select a lift or piste and see a video of what it's like riding up or skiing down. . The run back down to the Kaltenbach base station is called the Stephan Eberharter GoldPiste, at the bottom there is the Postalm which is a well know Apres Ski venue.
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Alastair Pink wrote:
andyrew,
From Kaltenbach station the Gondola base station is just a few hundred yards walk. There are 2 gondolas at Kaltenbach running in parallel, so queueing is unlikely to be a problem.
For the last few years the Kaltenbach slopes have also been linked with the Hochfügen ski area - on the link between them is the Wedelhütte, which I'd also recommend for a visit.
It is not necessary to walk, you can take the local Kaltenbach ski-bus.
+1 about Wedelhuette
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+1 for kaltenbach-hochfugen link. A great trip with some good off piste in both directions.
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andyrew, Get in touch with SaraJ, she lives all the time in the Zillertal and teaches there at Fügen. She will be able to give you most accurate and up to date info about how to get around as well as the best way to move from the Zillertal itself over into the Zillertal Arena. The trains are definitely the best way to move between all the areas down valley from Mayrhofen. But buses are the only way up to Finkenberg and the glacier. Mayrhofen is the furthest up the valley the train goes. I was ther today, but I drove up to the glacier. The buses were running with a fairly regular interval. Bluebird day up top as well
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Getting the train to Kaltenbach is really simple, just be aware that if you're going by train to Zell am Ziller or Fugen you'll need to catch a bis the other end. The buses are regular though and only take about 5 minutes to the lifts. Anyway, am I the only one to recommend Zell? Going over the top of the mountain you'll get to Gerlos, Kongsleiten and Hoch Krimml. If you can get all the way and back, it's a good day out.
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huw_jenks wrote:
Anyway, am I the only one to recommend Zell? Going over the top of the mountain you'll get to Gerlos, Kongsleiten and Hoch Krimml. If you can get all the way and back, it's a good day out.
I have done that tour a few times, definately worth the day out. If it's your first time to Mayrhofen you may be happy there for the week, given there sre direct lined areas.
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I am truly looking forward to this, for me it's a departure from the norm
.... And (after France) the apres ski will be too! Try The Hohenhaus at the foot of the slopes at Hintertux. The inside is done like a rustic old ski hut and it's a fantastic dancing in yer ski boots kind of place. Oh and any women in your party can try their famous stand up urinals! Seriously !!
And make sure you try the Hara Kiri piste in Mayrhofen. It's Austria's steepest and (like when I tried it with no edges) is serious stuff once it gets a bit hardpacked! Have a look at some of the videos on Youtube!
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huw_jenks, Still not managed the full trip, closed links, avalanche danger, slow party members. Me and other half were saying we need to go alone and get it done, Though some of the cat tracks are a bit tedious on a snowboard.
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Don't fear the harikiri if there is good snow, this is my wife and two of my daughters, aged 9 and 13 back in Easter 2010. They went straight back to the top to do it again.
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I have done that tour a few times, definately worth the day out. If it's your first time to Mayrhofen you may be happy there for the week, given there sre direct lined areas.
So why is it so hard to get you and the rest of them to ski the rest of the valley?
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. As you go through Zell am Ziller the line runs down the main high street past the Zillertal Brewery! (Whose excellent products are available throughout the valley 
). See Zillertalbahn timetable 
. The run back down to the Kaltenbach base station is called the Stephan Eberharter GoldPiste, at the bottom there is the 
