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Day 10 of 17 · Finkenberg · The High-Altitude Sanctuary of Zillertal

Day 10 — High Pass of Tuxer Joch Haus

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An active day out from your base in Finkenberg, with a car transfer (37 min).

High Pass of Tuxer Joch Haus
A building between the lake Beschneiungsteich and Tuxjochhaus in Hintertux, Austria. On the bachground is Pfannköpfl mountain. © photographed on 3 August 2017 by Tiia Monto — CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Stage 10 · Tuxer Joch Haus · Austria

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day 10 0 nights 19 min on the road16 kmclimate favourable

Interest of the place — nature 20. Based on: summit reached from the stage (Pfannkoepfl).

programme
7 h
road
37 min
  • Spotting alpine choughs soaring over the pass

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    1 h 30
  • Hike along the historic Tuxer Joch trailInterest nature 15Place Tuxer Joch, 0.6 km away · exact place name★★☆☆☆ · known in 6 languages — article “Tuxer Joch”“The Tuxer Joch is a mountain pass in the Zillertal Alps in Austria at an altitude of 2,338 m (AA) that links the lower Zillertal valley with the Brenner route just north of the Brenner Pass. To the northeast just below the summit lies the Tuxer Joch-Haus.” — after Wikipedia

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    4 h
  • Hearty mountain lunch with panoramic glacier views

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    1 h 30

To add if time allows: Explore the Spannagel Cave, Europe's highest show cave (3 h)

Bad-weather option — something else that day — Explore the Spannagel Cave, Europe's highest show cave

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