The district of Schwaz is located in the heart of Tyrol, located in a particularly evocative corner of theAustria from a naturalistic point of view, the peaks of the Tux Pre-Alps, the Zillertal Alps, the Karwendel Mountains and the mountains of the Alps of Kitzbühel. In this splendid mountain setting lies the village of Finkenberg, in the Tux-Finkenberg region of the same name, home of Llonbard Stock, known for having been one of the climbers of Everest.
Finkenberg is the perfect place to spend an unforgettable time White week on the snow, being a small ski area close to as many ski areas that offer a truly remarkable offer to winter sports enthusiasts.
Finkenberg is a small village that lends itself to being a delightful base for experiencing the slopes of the Tux-Finkenberg ski area and those of the Mayrhofen ski area, Mount Penken and the Hintertux glacier.
It stands at the entrance to the Tuxerta, a small side valley to the Zillertal, located between the Grünberg and Penken mountains: it is located at 839 m. high, in the enchanting and uncontaminated landscape that characterizes the Zillertal Alps Natural Park.
Finkenberg is certainly a ski resort suitable for ski lovers, also because it is in this small paradise in the Austrian Tyrol that the European Junior Alpine Skiing Championships have been held since 1975: here you can ski with a view of the snow-capped peaks of Olperer and Hochfeiler, which exceed 3400 m. high, on a truly impressive ski area.
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Finkenberg is therefore a perfect destination especially for sports enthusiasts, also due to the presence of many snowpark and trails for ski mountaineering, cross-country skiing and snowboarding.
This does not mean that even those who love to relax while discovering the small historical beauties of the locality will have the opportunity to do so by visiting bridges, museums and old mills which tell of an ancient and always fascinating rural past.
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Ski resorts
The Tux-Finkenberg ski area, together with those of Mayrhofen and Penken, Ahorn, Rastkogel and Eggalm offers skiers 245 km of slopes which reach up to 3250 m. tall: I am at least 77 ski lifts which allow the passage from one ski area to another, making the experience in Finkenberg truly complete.
For example, the Finkenberer Almbabahn allows you to reach the Mount Penken, where there are others 210 km of slopes e 8,5 km of ski trails, which can be used using the Mayrhofen and Tux-Finkenberg lifts: in the Penken ski area there is the infamous Harakiri, a steep 1km long ski slope with a gradient of almost 75%.
Through a ski bus you can reach the Mayrhofen ski area, With its 150 km of slopes served by 60 cable cars: 95% artificial snow allows skiing even until March.
Thanks to the ski lift Glacierbus 3, the most spectacular cable car in the entire Alpine range, it is possible to reach the Hintertux Glacier, where there is also a panoramic terrace at 3250 m. high, with a view of the Zugspitze and the Großglockner mountain. This area has in the past been awarded as the best glacier skiing area in the world and even today there are many athletes who train on 60 km of slopes ski areas, 60% artificially snow-covered. The ski lifts of the Hintertux Glacier ski area are accessible to all, being totally barrier-free: therefore everyone can ski on a glacier, even in the height of summer.
Adults can ski, while i children they will be able to entertain themselves in the Playarena of more than 1000 mXNUMX or at the Eggalmbahn mountain station, where there is a sort of welcoming kindergarten with external and internal areas.
In Finkenberg and the surrounding area there will be no shortage of opportunities to have fun in the snowpark, from Penken Park, From Funslope Hintertux and Gletscherflopark which, located at 3250 m. in height, it is one of the highest parks in all of Austria. Young and old will be able to spend hours of leisure among the ice castle, a section where you can try your hand at climbing, carousels complete with snow rafts, slides and a tubing track. The Gletscherflopark can be reached via the cable car or via a walking path, which passes through the Bichlalm hut.
Snow activities
In the Tux-Finkenberg ski area, cross-country skiing enthusiasts can try their hand at the 14 km of slopes dedicated to this sport of Nordic origin, to which are added the routes near the village of Ginzling and those on the Hintertux Glacier, where the trail network it extends for 30 km.
It can be done in Finkenberg skating, indulge in romantic walks in snowshoeing along the 68 km of paths, often illuminated in the evening or do snowboard on the Hintertux glacier. Obviously there is no shortage of stakes for it sledding of Bichlalm, Höllensteinhütte and Grieralm, as well as the one that starts near the Tristenbach hut.
Those who reach the Hintertux Glacier can ski or visit the wonderful crevasse of Natural Ice Palace, where you can sail on dinghies on the clear emerald waters or try climbing an icy wall. Not far away is the Spannagel Cave, where you walk among ancient layers of marble, stalactites, crystals and bone finds of men who lived here thousands of years ago.
The small village of Finkenberg it deserves a more in-depth visit, walking through the streets that run alongside the eighteenth-century baroque Church of San Leonardo and which reach up to the iconic Devil's Bridge: this construction dates back to 1876 and cuts through a deep gorge where the Tuxer river flows and, to make it even more more suggestive is the legend according to which it seems the Devil built it in one night.
In the nearby village of Tux it is worth knowing the history of this corner of Tyrol by visiting the Mehlerhaus or the Mill from 1839, without forgetting the Garnet Chapel on Penken which, in its curious shape of a dodecahedron, stands on the Penkenjoch plateau at 2087 m. tall, in what almost seems like a precarious balance.
Ski holidays in Finkenberg
The Tux-Finkenberg ski area is ideal for all those who want to spend a skiing week: the ski lifts present allow you to also enjoy the slopes of the nearby areas, which give life to the Ski & Gletscherwelt Zillertal 3000 Skiing and winter sports are a must in this town in the Austrian Tyrol, although even the most relaxed type of tourists will be able to have their satisfaction in Finkenberg, in light of the various less energetic activities that can be carried out.
25 km away is also the thermal site of Erlebnis Therme Amadé, ideal for spending a late afternoon of well-being after spending a whole day skiing. Hydromassages, a thermal cave, treatments with beneficial thermal waters and swimming pools (including outdoor ones) are just part of what awaits tourists who choose to enjoy a well-deserved holiday at this thermal establishment, completing a ski week in Finkenberg in the best possible way.
