Mayrhofen is a town in the Zillertal (Ziller river valley) in the Austrian state of Tyrol. It is located approximately an hour from the Tyrolean capital city of Innsbruck.
The town offers a variety of summer and winter sports including skiing, hiking, mountain biking and paragliding. Mayrhofen is situated near the Hintertux glacier, which, at 3,250 metres (10,660 feet) above sea level, is above the snowline.[3] Skiing is available all year round here. Mayrhofen sits between the Penken and the Ahorn mountains which provide ski runs in the winter and mountain biking, hiking and paragliding in the summer. The Ahorn offers mainly easy and intermediate runs, but also has a long, steep black run (formerly red) which was once on the World Cup Downhill circuit but was removed as it was deemed too dangerous. The Penken mountain offers Austria's steepest piste, named Harakiri, as well as a large range of ski runs at different levels of difficulty. It is connected by lifts with the villages of Finkenberg, Lanersbach and Schwendau.
The Penken is reached by a Gondola system, the Penkenbahn [de], which is located on the main street next to the Sport Hotel Strass, in the centre of the village, while the Ahorn Cable car or Ahornbahn [de], which with a capacity of 160 passengers is the largest cable car in Austria,[4] is situated at the southern end of the town. Mayrhofen is a snowboard-minded village with a funpark sponsored by Vans, and the snowboardhotel Gasthof Zillertal owned by the Dutch organisation 'SAIKO expeditions'. Mountaineer Peter Habeler and Downhill Racer Uli Spiess both come from Mayrhofen.[5][6]
The town also provides an excellent base for walkers, as Mayrhofen is home to many trails touring the mountains and nearby Ziller valley.[7]
EventsEdit
Each spring (usually early April), Mayrhofen hosts the Snowbombing music festival. Since the initial event in 2000 (held in Risoul, France), snowbombing has gathered much notoriety and respect in the electronic dance music world as one of the major festivals. The event has been hosted by Mayrhofen since 2005.[8]
Mayrhofen has one railway station, which is located next to the Zillertaler Bundestrasse. The station is a terminus for all Train services operated by the Zillertalbahn, the valley's main public transport operator.[10] The railway runs between Jenbach and Mayrhofen itself, and there are several intermediate stations, which provide access to many of the valley's well known ski areas, namely Zell am Ziller (Zillertal 3000), Fügen (Spieljoch) and Uderns (for the Hochfügen and Kaltenbach ski areas). The railway operates year-round, although in summer additional 'special' services operate, such as a steam train service.
The Zillertalbahn also run bus routes in the valley, which are regular and cover an extensive area.[11] Additional services also operate during the winter, to cater for the skiing season.
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Mayrhofen is a town in the Zillertal Ziller river valley in the Austrian state of Tyrol It is located approximately an hour from the Tyrolean capital city of Innsbruck MayrhofenCoat of armsMayrhofenLocation within AustriaCoordinates 47 10 N 11 52 E 47 167 N 11 867 E 47 167 11 867CountryAustriaStateTyrolDistrictSchwazGovernment MayorMonika WechselbergerArea 1 Total178 79 km2 69 03 sq mi Elevation633 m 2 077 ft Population 2018 01 01 2 Total3 858 Density22 km2 56 sq mi Time zoneUTC 1 CET Summer DST UTC 2 CEST Postal code6290Area code05285Vehicle registrationSZWebsitewww mayrhofen at Contents 1 Population 2 Tourism 3 Events 4 Climate 5 Transport 6 Statistics 7 Twin towns 8 References 9 External linksPopulation EditHistorical populationYearPop 18691 172 18801 114 4 9 18901 094 1 8 19001 096 0 2 19101 218 11 1 19231 514 24 3 19341 928 27 3 19392 076 7 7 19512 351 13 2 19612 523 7 3 19713 175 25 8 19813 270 3 0 19913 679 12 5 20013 751 2 0 20113 833 2 2 Tourism EditThe town offers a variety of summer and winter sports including skiing hiking mountain biking and paragliding Mayrhofen is situated near the Hintertux glacier which at 3 250 metres 10 660 feet above sea level is above the snowline 3 Skiing is available all year round here Mayrhofen sits between the Penken and the Ahorn mountains which provide ski runs in the winter and mountain biking hiking and paragliding in the summer The Ahorn offers mainly easy and intermediate runs but also has a long steep black run formerly red which was once on the World Cup Downhill circuit but was removed as it was deemed too dangerous The Penken mountain offers Austria s steepest piste named Harakiri as well as a large range of ski runs at different levels of difficulty It is connected by lifts with the villages of Finkenberg Lanersbach and Schwendau source source source source source source source Tricable detachable gondola lift Penkenbahn and its stationsThe Penken is reached by a Gondola system the Penkenbahn de which is located on the main street next to the Sport Hotel Strass in the centre of the village while the Ahorn Cable car or Ahornbahn de which with a capacity of 160 passengers is the largest cable car in Austria 4 is situated at the southern end of the town Mayrhofen is a snowboard minded village with a funpark sponsored by Vans and the snowboardhotel Gasthof Zillertal owned by the Dutch organisation SAIKO expeditions Mountaineer Peter Habeler and Downhill Racer Uli Spiess both come from Mayrhofen 5 6 The town also provides an excellent base for walkers as Mayrhofen is home to many trails touring the mountains and nearby Ziller valley 7 Events EditEach spring usually early April Mayrhofen hosts the Snowbombing music festival Since the initial event in 2000 held in Risoul France snowbombing has gathered much notoriety and respect in the electronic dance music world as one of the major festivals The event has been hosted by Mayrhofen since 2005 8 nbsp Snowbombing piste side music venueClimate EditMayrhofenClimate chart explanation J F M A M J J A S O N D 55 1 4 46 4 3 63 10 0 74 14 3 97 20 8 131 22 11 149 24 13 131 23 12 97 19 9 65 14 5 75 6 0 62 1 3 Average max and min temperatures in C Precipitation totals in mmSource ZAMGImperial conversionJFMAMJJASOND 2 2 34 25 1 8 39 27 2 5 50 32 2 9 57 37 3 8 68 46 5 2 72 52 5 9 75 55 5 2 73 54 3 8 66 48 2 6 57 41 3 43 32 2 4 34 27 Average max and min temperatures in F Precipitation totals in inchesClimate data for Mayrhofen 1971 2000 Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec YearRecord high C F 16 0 60 8 17 0 62 6 24 0 75 2 27 0 80 6 31 0 87 8 32 6 90 7 36 0 96 8 35 0 95 0 31 2 88 2 26 0 78 8 21 6 70 9 19 0 66 2 36 0 96 8 Average high C F 1 1 34 0 4 3 39 7 9 6 49 3 14 1 57 4 19 7 67 5 21 7 71 1 23 8 74 8 23 2 73 8 19 3 66 7 13 9 57 0 6 0 42 8 1 4 34 5 13 2 55 8 Daily mean C F 2 1 28 2 0 4 31 3 3 6 38 5 7 6 45 7 12 7 54 9 15 2 59 4 17 1 62 8 16 5 61 7 12 9 55 2 8 3 46 9 2 3 36 1 1 3 29 7 7 7 45 9 Average low C F 4 4 24 1 3 4 25 9 0 0 32 0 3 3 37 9 7 8 46 0 10 6 51 1 12 5 54 5 12 3 54 1 9 2 48 6 4 9 40 8 0 1 31 8 3 4 25 9 4 1 39 4 Record low C F 22 0 7 6 16 4 2 5 16 2 2 8 5 0 23 0 4 0 24 8 1 8 35 2 1 0 33 8 4 0 39 2 0 0 32 0 5 7 21 7 13 2 8 2 18 0 0 4 22 0 7 6 Average precipitation mm inches 54 7 2 15 46 4 1 83 63 2 2 49 74 0 2 91 96 9 3 81 130 9 5 15 148 9 5 86 130 7 5 15 97 0 3 82 64 7 2 55 74 6 2 94 61 7 2 43 1 043 7 41 09 Average snowfall cm inches 28 0 11 0 25 3 10 0 16 4 6 5 4 5 1 8 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 3 10 2 4 0 20 8 8 2 106 4 41 9 Average precipitation days 1 0 mm 8 4 7 9 9 9 10 6 11 4 15 0 15 4 14 2 10 7 8 3 9 7 9 2 130 7Average relative humidity at 14 00 79 7 65 6 55 5 50 7 47 9 53 4 54 6 56 3 58 6 63 6 76 5 85 9 62 4Mean monthly sunshine hours 2 4 69 0 130 3 124 1 183 5 164 4 183 6 176 9 138 4 87 4 19 5 11 2 1 290 7Source Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics 9 Transport Edit nbsp The railway station at Mayrhofen im Zillertal Mayrhofen has one railway station which is located next to the Zillertaler Bundestrasse The station is a terminus for all Train services operated by the Zillertalbahn the valley s main public transport operator 10 The railway runs between Jenbach and Mayrhofen itself and there are several intermediate stations which provide access to many of the valley s well known ski areas namely Zell am Ziller Zillertal 3000 Fugen Spieljoch and Uderns for the Hochfugen and Kaltenbach ski areas The railway operates year round although in summer additional special services operate such as a steam train service The Zillertalbahn also run bus routes in the valley which are regular and cover an extensive area 11 Additional services also operate during the winter to cater for the skiing season Statistics EditElevation Top 2 500 metres 8 200 feet with ski lift 12 Lifts 48 Terrain 157 kilometres 98 miles of groomed slopes in the regionTwin towns Edit nbsp Chur Switzerland nbsp Bad Tolz Germany nbsp Bad Homburg Germany nbsp Terracina Italy nbsp Cabourg France nbsp Bad Mondorf Luxembourg nbsp Beilngries Germany nbsp Hinterzarten GermanyReferences Edit Dauersiedlungsraum der Gemeinden Politischen Bezirke und Bundeslander Gebietsstand 1 1 2018 Statistics Austria Retrieved 10 March 2019 Einwohnerzahl 1 1 2018 nach Gemeinden mit Status Gebietsstand 1 1 2018 Statistics Austria Retrieved 9 March 2019 Hintertux Glacier www tux at Retrieved 2020 04 04 Cable Cars www mayrhofen at Retrieved 2020 04 04 Peter Habeler habeler com Uli Spiess spiess at Hiking in Mayrhofen tyrol com Retrieved 2023 07 11 projectsimply com Snowbombing 13 18 April 2020 Mayrhofen Austria The World s Greatest Show On Snow Snowbombing Retrieved 2020 04 04 Klimadaten von Osterreich 1971 2000 Tirol Mayrhofen in German Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics Archived from the original on 12 October 2019 Retrieved 31 October 2019 Zillertal erfahren Zillertaler Verkenrsbetriebe in German Retrieved 2020 04 04 The extensive bus service Zillertaler Verkenrsbetriebe in German Mayrhofen mountain statistics www worldsnowboardguide com Retrieved 2020 04 04 External links Edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mayrhofen category Mayrhofen Secrets Mayrhofen Business Directory Official Mayrhofen Tourist Information site Mayrhofen cable car company Zillertaler Flugschule Paraglide amp Hangglide nbsp Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Mayrhofen Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mayrhofen amp oldid 1177291307, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
