Nature’s Ice Palace at the Hintertux Glacier is an ice cave which is accessible all year round.
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The mighty Hintertux Glacier offers not only the highest located show cave of Europe, the Spannagel Cave, but also an accessible crevasse. The Glacier Bus 3, a cable car, takes you from the village of Tux to the mountain station at 3,250 m a.s.l. Just a few minutes away there's Nature's Ice Palace (Natur Eis Palast) with its glacial lake and the frozen waterfalls.
The ice cave is open all year round, and features a constant temperature of 0 degrees C, making it accessible with ski boots in winter as well as with warm clothing and sturdy shoes in summer. Several tours are on offer: the base tour with boat trip, an exclusive photo tour, stand up paddling on the glacial lake and ice swimming, a kayaking session and ice climbing.
New in the Nature's Ice Palace is the Excursion Deep Horizon to see the glacier from below, and the Scientific Tour with the discoverer of Nature's Ice Palace, Roman Erler. Have fun!
Contact info
- Gefrorene Wand mountain station (3,250 m a.s.l.) - 6294 - Hintertux
- Guided tours or visits upon reservation.
- +43 676 307 0000
- info@natursport.at
Opening times
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Admission
base tour (daily, every hour from 10 am to 2.30 pm):
€ 26.00 adults
€ 26.00 young people (12-18 years)
€ 13.00 children (up to 11 years)
with boat trip, no reservation needed, from 6 years on
"Fascination Ice" ticket - Glacier Cable Cars (from 8 am on):
€ 42.50 adults, young people (16-18 years)
€ 26.50 children and young people (10-15 years)
"Fascination Ice" ticket - Glacier Cable Cars (from 11.45 am on):
€ 35.50 adults, young people (16-18 years)
€ 21.00 children and young people (10-15 years)
free for children under 10 years
More information
Further tours (Standup paddleboarding, exclusive photo tour, scientific tour, kayak and ice climbing, ice-swimming, Excursion Deep Horizon) on reservation, prices on request.
The Ice Palace stays open all year round.
