{"id":1140,"date":"2026-06-07T21:14:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T19:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/item\/mayrhofen\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T11:04:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T09:04:10","slug":"mayrhofen","status":"publish","type":"citadela-item","link":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/item\/mayrhofen\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayrhofen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-size:1.15em;line-height:1.6;color:#3a352f;\">Mayrhofen is the best-known holiday resort in the rear Zillertal, with the mountains Penken and Ahorn. The Harakiri piste, with a gradient of up to 78 percent, is regarded as the steepest groomed run in Austria. In summer the village is a base for tours into the Zillertal Alps Nature Park and to the Schlegeis reservoir.<\/p>\n<h2>Highlights<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Local mountains Penken and Ahorn<\/li>\n<li>Harakiri, Austria's steepest piste<\/li>\n<li>Starting point Zillertal Alps Nature Park<\/li>\n<li>Schlegeis reservoir in summer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Good to know<\/h2>\n<table class=\"at-vergleich\" style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:14px;\">\n<tr style=\"background:#ffffff;\">\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;width:34%;font-weight:600;\">Valley<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;\">Zillertal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background:#fafaf8;\">\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;width:34%;font-weight:600;\">Piste<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;\">Harakiri (up to 78% gradient)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background:#ffffff;\">\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;width:34%;font-weight:600;\">Local mountains<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;\">Penken, Ahorn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background:#fafaf8;\">\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;width:34%;font-weight:600;\">Summer<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;\">Schlegeis reservoir, nature park<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Practical info<\/h2>\n<div style=\"background:#f3f1ec;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;border-radius:10px;padding:18px 20px;\">\n<p style=\"margin:6px 0;line-height:1.55;\"><strong style=\"color:#f25353;\">Getting there:<\/strong> With the Zillertal railway to Mayrhofen; by car via Jenbach.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:6px 0;line-height:1.55;\"><strong style=\"color:#f25353;\">Best time:<\/strong> Skiing December to April; hiking June to October.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:6px 0;line-height:1.55;\"><strong style=\"color:#f25353;\">Cost:<\/strong> Mountain railways payable (please verify).<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:6px 0;line-height:1.55;\"><strong style=\"color:#f25353;\">Safety:<\/strong> Harakiri only for experts; high tours with equipment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:12px 0 4px;\"><strong style=\"color:#f25353;\">Tips:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top:0;\">\n<li>The Schlegeis reservoir glows intense turquoise in summer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Background &amp; History<\/h2>\n<p>Mayrhofen lies at the head of the broad Zillertal and has always been the starting point for the four rear grounds, those wild side valleys that lead deep into the glaciated world of the Zillertal Alps. The valley is famous for its musical tradition, for from the Zillertal came the wandering singers and national singer societies who in the 19th century carried the Christmas carol \u201cSilent Night\u201d out into the world, and to this day the region cultivates a living folk music heritage.<\/p>\n<p>At the head of the Zemmgrund stands the venerable Berliner H\u00fctte, one of the oldest and most magnificent mountain huts in Austria, built in 1879 by the Berlin section of the Alpine Club, with an artfully carved staircase and a dining hall lit by chandeliers, more reminiscent of a mountain hotel than of a simple shelter and long since under monument protection. Above the alpine pastures around Mayrhofen rise the ice-armoured three-thousand-metre peaks of the Zillertal main chain, whose glaciers feed the rushing streams, and on the Hintertux glacier year-round skiing is possible. A special feature is the Harakiri, one of the steepest prepared pistes in Austria, which has earned the place a reputation among daring skiers. Thus Mayrhofen combines the cheerfulness of Tyrolean music culture with the gravity of the high-alpine mountain world at the end of the valley.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background:#221c1a;color:#fff;border-radius:10px;padding:18px 22px;margin-top:28px;\"><strong style=\"font-size:1.08em;\">Related<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:6px 0 12px;color:#d8d2cc;font-size:14px;\">To make your trip run smoothly , our guides and gear tips for this destination:<\/p>\n<div style=\"display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:10px;\"><a href=\"\/en\/wanderschuhe\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#f25353;color:#fff;padding:9px 16px;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;font-size:14px;\">Hiking boots \u2192<\/a><a href=\"\/en\/schichtenprinzip-bekleidung\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#f25353;color:#fff;padding:9px 16px;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;font-size:14px;\">Layering guide for clothing \u2192<\/a><a href=\"\/en\/packliste-tages-bergwanderung\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#f25353;color:#fff;padding:9px 16px;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;font-size:14px;\">Day-tour packing list \u2192<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mayrhofen ist der bekannteste Ferienort im hinteren Zillertal mit den Bergen Penken und Ahorn. Die Piste Harakiri gilt mit bis zu 78 Prozent Gef\u00e4lle als steilste pr\u00e4parierte Abfahrt \u00d6sterreichs. Im Sommer ist der Ort Ausgangspunkt f\u00fcr Touren in den Naturpark Zillertaler Alpen und zum Schlegeisspeicher. Highlights Hausberge Penken und Ahorn Harakiri, steilste Piste \u00d6sterreichs Ausgangspunkt [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1177,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","citadela-item-category":[39,33,30],"citadela-item-location":[43],"class_list":["post-1140","citadela-item","type-citadela-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","citadela-item-category-ausflugsziele-sehenswuerdigkeiten","citadela-item-category-ski-winter","citadela-item-category-wandern-bergtouren","citadela-item-location-tirol"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item\/1140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/citadela-item"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1140"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item\/1140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1542,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item\/1140\/revisions\/1542"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"citadela-item-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item-category?post=1140"},{"taxonomy":"citadela-item-location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item-location?post=1140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}