The Zillertal Arena is a winter sports area and the largest

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in the

Zillertal The Ziller Valley () is a valley in Tyrol (state), Tyrol, Austria that is drained by the Ziller River. It is the widest valley south of the Inn (river), Inn Valley () and lends its name to the Zillertal Alps, the strongly Glacier, glaciated sectio ...

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, Gerlos and Königsleiten and anothern with valley lifts from Ramsau and Hainzenberg. 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 (federal state) {{Austria-sports-venue-stub