Hintertux Glacier offering 20km of summer skiing
July 14th, 2010 by matt
A client who contacted us went to the Hintertux Glacier today for some summer skiing - hard to believe given the temperatures of the Innsbruck valley right now but there was 20km of skiing on offer. Maybe the frigid May and June in the Austrian Alps has helped preserve the snow cover but 20 km in a hot July is pretty surprising. Sumer glacier skiing is almost always better in the mornings (unless there is a cold snap) when the surface of the snow melts after the overnight freeze and provides a fantastic soft surface. Later in the day the snow can get pretty heavy at this time of the year - still it beats crowded beaches 
or crowded bagger see
Yes, not sure of the local draw of Bagger See. When you see the summer advertising campaigns for the Tirol in summer they tend to focus on glacial lakes and raging rivers. Bagger See offers a mirror-like reflection of the peaks with the film of sun tan oil that clings to its surface.