The Zillertal Arena is a winter sports area and the largest

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in the

Zillertal The Ziller Valley (german: Zillertal) is a valley in Tyrol, Austria that is drained by the Ziller River. It is the widest valley south of the Inn Valley (german: Inntal) and lends its name to the Zillertal Alps, the strongly glaciated section o ...

valley in

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. 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 Zell may refer to: Places Austria * Zell am See, in Salzburg state * Zell am Ziller, in Tyrol * Zell, Carinthia, in Carinthia * in Upper Austria: ** Bad Zell ** Zell am Moos ** Zell an der Pram ** Zell am Pettenfirst Germany * Zell im Fichtelg ...

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and Königsleiten and anothern with valley lifts from Ramsau and

Hainzenberg Hainzenberg is a municipality in the Schwaz district in the Austrian state of Tyrol. Geography Hainzenberg lies southeast of Zell am Ziller Zell am Ziller is a municipality in the Schwaz district in the Austrian state of Tyrol. The name derives ...

. At the start of the 2008/2009 season a second

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was installed in Zell that was extended to the top station of the old ''Sportbahn Karspitz'' for the 2010/2011 winter season.

Gallery

File:Zillertalarena_Krimml-Express.jpg, The western exit of the Krimml Express File:Zillertal-Arena Krimmlalm1.jpg, The Zillertal Arena, a little north of the Krimmlalm File:Zillertalarena_Ziehweg1.jpg, A run (''Ziehweg'') in the southern part of the Zillertal Arena

Literature

* Freytag & Berndt-Verlag Wien, Wanderkarte 1:50.000, Blatt WK 151, ''Zillertal, Tuxer Alpen, Jenbach-Schwaz''.

External links

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Website of the Zillertal Arena ski region
Ski areas in Austria Kitzbühel Alps Tourist attractions in Tyrol (state) {{Austria-sports-venue-stub