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Hintertux, Austria
Village outlet of Hintertux, Austria. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Village outlet of Hintertux, Austria
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
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- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
BEFORE MODERN SPORT
Hintertux Glacier
How settlement, access and winter sport shaped Hintertux Glacier.
Scroll to read the contour through time
The Hintertux Glacier (German: Hintertuxer Gletscher) is the tourist name for the glaciers of the Gefrorene-Wand-Kees, also called the Tuxer Ferner, and the nearby Riepenkees at the top of the Tuxertal, a side valley of the Zillertal in the Austrian state of Tyrol.
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BEFORE TOURISM
Before the resort map
The linked local overview does not preserve a clear account of Hintertux Glacier before modern tourism.
This edition leaves that part of the timeline open rather than mistaking the first surviving sporting reference for the beginning of the place.
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1968
A route reaches Hintertux Glacier
The chairlift Gefrorene Wand, opened in 1968, was the world's first chairlift whose support towers were erected on glacier ice.
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Gipfelpanorama
Glacier Hintertux. At the highest point of the skiing region with view to the Dolomites (SSW). This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Glacier Hintertux. At the highest point of the skiing region with view to the Dolomites (SSW)
- Nature
- original
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- Open-licence photograph
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- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.5
ORGANISED SPORT
Winter becomes organised
For children at intermediate level, the ski resort offers the following areas: The Kidsslope Hintertux features snow tunnels and is accessible via the Ramsmoos T-bar lift.
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THE LIVING MAP
The mapped place
Hintertux Glacier is recorded at 47.065° N, 11.665° E. Its catalogue reference reaches 3,250 metres. A modern resort map compresses terrain, exposure and access into a diagram. This exhibition keeps the underlying contour visible so the place does not become only a list of facilities.
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Ledger AOD.EU.HINTERTUX.V00
Hintertux, Austria
Village outlet of Hintertux, Austria. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Village outlet of Hintertux, Austria
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
TODAY
Hintertux Glacier now
This means that even during warm months, sufficient snow remains on the surface for downhill skiing.
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THE LEDGER
Sources and credits
This exhibition is built from local, institutional and sporting records. The source ledger keeps the claims visible and leaves space for correction as further local evidence emerges.
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Artefacts in order of appearance
Hintertux, Austria
AOD.EU.HINTERTUX.V00 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
Gipfelpanorama
AOD.EU.HINTERTUX.V01 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.5
Editorial record
Full European Beta edition. Place evidence is adapted from the linked Hintertux Glacier overview under CC BY-SA 4.0 and remains subject to named historical and local review. Cartography is generated from the PeakWave location catalogue.