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Freeriding

Once you exit the Penken, there is a short stroll and a drop off down to a learner t-bar or the Penken Express. The red runs on this side are good fun and have a few short tree runs, but can get quite crowded.

From the top of the Penken you’ll find the North slopes into the valley offer the steepest terrain and there’s some good off-piste featuring small rock drops under the Nordhangbahn chairlift

Nearby the new 150 person cable car, the 150er-Tux, whips you up to the Horberg peak. From here you can turn right off the lift and take the Blue 6 piste then drop off the edge into the Horbergtal and go off-piste back to the terrain park. Work out where you are going to cross the river before dropping into the valley!

If you don’t want to join the hordes queuing for the Gondola back down, under good conditions there are ski routes back down to Finkenberg and Mühlbach.

Freestylers

Mayrhofen Jump Sequence The Burton terrain park is located in the valley and is loaded with some big table-tops and an excellent half-pipe, as well as a separate line for those wanting less air-time

The Pro-area served by Sun-jet lift and features some huge table-tops and a number of huge rails and a massive hip at the bottom. The Public park accessed by the Mittertretlift t-bar. Features 2 kickers each with 2 launches and a separate jib line featuring a number of kinked rails and a wall-ride.

The usually excellent halfpipe sits between the two sides of the park and the Grillhofalm restaurant gives a perfect view of the ensuing madness as well as serving great pizzas. www.burtonparkmayrhofen.com

Mayrhofen Park

Pistes

The grooming team do a fine job making sure all the pistes are perfect for ripping the next day. Most of the slopes are nice and wide although you will find some narrow tracks linking some of the areas, and a few flat bits (top of run 16).

The resort boasts the steepest slope in Austria, the Harakiri (run 18) which has a gradient up to 78%. In reality the middle bit is the steepest, and will only pose major problems when it’s very icy, so make sure you’ve got decent edges, and yes you can buy the t-shirt.

The Longest descent is the 5km run 5 from the bottom of the Ebenwald chair to near the Ahorn cable-car

Beginners

Pistes served by the Horbergjoch & Wanglspitz chairs in Rastkogel offer great wide beginner slopes, and there’s another good slope next to the Tappenalm lift. The Ahorn area, is rarely busy despite the new cable-car and offers plenty of wide open pistes perfect for beginners, although there are a few t-bar served areas. The 2 Ahornlifte t-bars will be replaced with an 8-person chairlift for the 2007/8 season.

Nearby resorts

Distances are in a direct straight line, and take no account of roads. For driving instructions between resorts take a look at the travel page

Nearby resorts:

Resort Statistics

Resort Type: Alpine
Winter: Dec to April
Summer: Hintertux

Lifts

Total Lifts: 46
Cable cars: 1
Gondolas: 4
Chair lifts: 16
Drag lifts: 19
Max people per hour: 67,520
Board Leashes required: No

Mountain

Total pistes/trails: 109
Total ride area: 157km
Longest run: 9km

Top lift: 2500m
Vertical drop: 1870m
First lift: 630m

Piste suitability

Green runs: 27%
Red runs: 59%
Black runs: 14%

Lift Passes

Lift Passes:
Half-day pass 25,50 euros
Day pass 35 euros
Zillertal Super Ski Pass (589km pistes):
5 Day 148 euros
Season 405/496 Mayrhofen/Zillertal
Lift times:8.30am to 4.00pm

Snowfall

Average annual snowfall: 10m
Artificial snowmaking coverage: 50%

Facilities

Snowboard Schools: Snowboardschule Mayrhofen Total charge 34 euros for a 2hr lesson, private lesson 101 euros for 2hrs (for 1-2 people), 4hrs 175
Night Riding: : Yes