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Riepensattel at Hintertux Glacier

Intermediate · 1972 m long with 202 m of vertical, averaging 11° and 24° at its steepest, facing SW.

24°steepest 50 m
11°average pitch
1972 mlength
202 mvertical
3235 mtop elevation
SWfaces

Snow and sun

Riepensattel is south-west-facing: warm afternoon sun, softens and refreezes the most after the sunniest aspect.

How to get to Riepensattel

Lifts that reach the top: unnamed drag lift (skiing novice terrain to get there); Gletscherbus 3 (skiing novice terrain to get there); Gefrorene Wand 1 (skiing novice terrain to get there); Gefrorene Wand 2 (skiing novice terrain to get there); Gefrorene Wand 3b (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Schlegeis (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 21 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride 8er Sommerberg
  2. Ride Fernerhaus
  3. Ride Gletscherbus 3
  4. Ski Riepensattel (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Slalomhang, unnamed intermediate trail, Tuxer Fernerhaus, Schlegeis. Nearest lifts from the bottom: unnamed drag lift (1 min), Olperer 2 (1 min), Olperer 1 (2 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.