Mayrhofen

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Mayrhofen
Coat of arms	Location

Administration
Country	Austria
State	Tyrol
District	Schwaz
Mayor	Günter Fankhauser
Basic statistics
Area	178.78 km² (69 sq mi)
Elevation	633 m (2077 ft)
Population	3,869 (31/12/2003)
- Density	22 /km² (56 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	SZ
Postal code	6290
Area code	05285
Website	www.mayrhofen.at Coordinates: 47°10′0″N 11°52′0″E / 47.16667, 11.86667

Mayrhofen is a town in the Zillertal (Ziller river valley) of Tyrol, Austria. It is located at a short distance from the Tyrolean capital city of Innsbruck.

Mayrhofen from the Penkenbahn.

The town offers a variety of summer and winter sports including skiing, hiking, mountain biking and paragliding. Mayrhofen is situated near the Hintertux glacier, which, at 3250m above sea level, is above the snowline. Skiing is available all year round here. Mayrhofen sits between the Penken and the Ahorn mountains which provide ski runs in the winter and mountain biking, hiking and paragliding in the summer. The Ahorn has a black run which was once on the World Cup Downhill circuit but was removed as it was deemed too dangerous.

The Penken is reached by a Gondola system which located on the main street next to the Sport Hotel Strass, in the centre of the village, while the Ahorn Cable car, which as of 2008 is the largest cable car in Austria (160 passengers) is situated at the southern end of the town. Mayrhofen is a snowboard minded village with a funpark sponsored by Vans, and the snowboardhotel Gasthof Zillertal owned by the Dutch organisation 'SAIKO expeditions'. Mountaineer Peter Habeler and Downhill Racer Uli Spiess both come from Mayrhofen.

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[edit] Events

Main article: Snowbombing

Snowbombing piste-side music venue

Each spring (usually early April), Mayrhofen hosts the Snowbombing music festival. Since the initial event in 2000 (held in Risoul, France), snowbombing has gathered much notoriety and respect in the electronic dance music world as one of the major festivals. The event has been hosted by Mayrhofen since 2005.