Mountain hikes Tuxer-Ferner-Haus - Friesenbergscharte

Tux / Zillertal Alps
Difficulty ratings: difficult
Route length: 2.0 km
Duration: 1:30 h

Alpine high-altitude hike from the glacier into the Zillertal - over boulders and snowfields to the Friesenbergscharte ridge!

Tour information

  • Requirement: difficult
  • Length: 2.0 km
  • Duration: 1:30 h
  • Elevation uphill:360 hm
  • Elevation downhill:60 hm
Highest point2,910 m

Starting point

Tuxer Fernerhaus

Finishing point

Friesenbergscharte

Best time of year

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Trail condition

Scree slopes, marked path

Equipment

Correct footwear (sole with a tread, firm hiking shoes)

Clothing (quickly drying, protection against wind, rain and cold)

Sunscreen – ATTENTION: strong sunlight in the mountains! Sunglasses, head protection, sunscreen with a high sun protection factor

First aid kit (gauze bandage, plaster)

Charged mobile phone

Drinks and food (drink plenty of fluid on hikes – but avoid alcohol!)

Source: Zillertal Tourismus GmbH

Description

From the Tuxer Fernerhaus, above the valley station of the gondola Gletscherbus III uphill, then downhill over boulder dumps until you reach AV trail 526. Now follow the marked trail steadily uphill over scree and stones, partly over snowfields (!) to the Friesenbergscharte (2912 m).
Descend to the Friesenberghaus (approx. 1 h / 2.7 km) or to the Olpererhütte (approx. 2 h) and continue down to the Schlegeisspeicher (approx. 1.5 h). From there bus connection (4102) to Mayrhofen.

Nearby huts and mountain restaurants

Getting here

  • Arrival by public transport

    Linienbus 4104

    Bus stop Hintertux Gletscherbahn
    Ascent with Glacier Bus I and Glacier Bus II

  • Parking

    Bus/train

    from Jenbach with the Zillertalbahn railway to Mayrhofen station
    from Mayrhofen railway station, take the 4104 bus to Tux-Lanersbach

    CAR

    Zillertal: B 169 from Strass/Brettfalltunnel to Mayrhofen - junction Ginzling/Hintertux
    Tuxertal: turn right at the crossroads and stay on the L 6 Tuxer Landesstraße to Tux-Lanersbach


    Day parking lot Hintertuxer Gletscherbahn

Weather

Today

light rain
6°C/1°C
55%0.8l0 km/h

Sun

partly Cloudy
6°C/0°C
30%0.8l5 km/h

Mon

partly Cloudy
7°C/-1°C
65%2.8l5 km/h
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