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Sonnenhang at Hintertux Glacier

Advanced · 662 m long with 270 m of vertical, averaging 22° and 32° at its steepest, facing NE.

32°steepest 50 m
22°average pitch
662 mlength
270 mvertical
3153 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Sonnenhang

Lifts that reach the top: Kaserer 1 (skiing easy terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 43 minutes, advanced 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)
  9. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  10. Ski Höllscharte (easy)
  11. Ride Kaserer 1
  12. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  13. Ski Kaserereck (easy)
  14. Ski Sonnenhang (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Kaserereck. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Lärmstange 2 (2 min), Babylift Gletscherboden (5 min), Gletscherbus 3 (5 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.