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The Zillertal Arena is a winter sports area and the largest ski area in the Zillertal valley in Austria. It has 163 kilometres of piste and 50 lifts that can transport 76,000 people every hour. It consists of two parts: one with valley lifts from Zell, Gerlos and Königsleiten and anothern with valley lifts from Ramsau and Hainzenberg.
The large ski areas in the Austrian Alps have 50 or more different lifts and sometimes more than 100 km of groomed slopes. However, these are often not connected and can only be reached by bus. The Ski amadé network in the province of Salzburg, for example, has 860 kilometres of pistes and 270 lifts, but they are spread over 25 villages in an ...
The Zillertal Arena was formed in 2000 from a merger of the ski areas of Zell, Gerlos and Königsleiten and is the largest ski area in the Ziller valley. It is accessed by the Rosenalmbahn and, since the 2010/11 season, by the Karspitzbahn, whose valley station is located in the parish of Zell.
In the second half of the 19th century refuge huts were erected and trails established as climbing became a mass sport. The development of the area for tourism began in 1953/1954 with the construction of the Gerlosstein ski region, today the Zillertal Arena, which was soon followed by other lifts and the opening of the Mayrhofner Penkenbahn in ...
Morzine: 22 ski lifts, 34 ski slopes (45 km), 40 km of cross-country skiing; Orange: 3 ski lifts, 5 ski slopes, 14 km of cross-country skiing; Passy: 6 ski lifts, 6 ski slopes (12 km), 12 km of cross-country skiing; Plaines-Joux: 40 km of cross-country skiing; Praz de Lys: 23 ski lifts, 41 ski slopes (40 km), 60 km of cross-country skiing
To the south, the side valleys of de:Schwarzach, de:Wimmerbach, and de:Schönach lead to the Zillertal Alps, which are over 3000 meters tall. To the north, there is a ski area on the Kitzbuhel Alps. [5] The municipal area of Gerlos has an area of approximately 120 km 2.
There are many snow ski areas and resorts around the world. At least 68 nations host snow-covered outdoor ski areas. [ 1 ] Indoor skiing on snow is available in more than 30 nations, including Egypt and UAE .
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 ...