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Höllscharte at Hintertux Glacier

Easy · 7319 m long with 435 m of vertical, averaging 11° and 21° at its steepest, facing N.

21°steepest 50 m
11°average pitch
7319 mlength
435 mvertical
3136 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

Höllscharte is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

How to get to Höllscharte

Lifts that reach the top: Lärmstange 2 (skiing novice terrain to get there); Kaserer 1 (skiing easy terrain to get there); Gefrorene Wand (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Gletscherbus 3 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Gefrorene Wand 1 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Schlegeis (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 27 minutes, easy skiing needed):

  1. Ride 8er Sommerberg
  2. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  3. Ride Fernerhaus
  4. Ride Gefrorene Wand
  5. Ski Eissattel (easy)
  6. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  7. Ride Lärmstange 2
  8. Ski Höllscharte (easy)

Where it ends

Joins Kaserer, Gletscherzunge, Kaserereck, Sonnenhang, unnamed easy trail. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Kaserer 1 (1 min), Kaserer 2 (1 min), Lärmstange 2 (3 min).

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Measured from OpenStreetMap geometry and elevation via OpenSkiMap (ODbL). Times are rough. Grades, grooming and openings change day to day — check the resort's own reports.