The Zillergrund
The Zillertal Valley originates in the Zillergrund, lying at the foot of the Zillertal Alps Nature Park.
The Zillergrund is the most easterly of the four "Inneren Gründe" with a length of approx. 20 km and extends from the Austro-Italian border to Mayrhofen.
The rear part of the Zillergrund is called Zillergründl. The 3 km long reservoir of the same name is also located here.
The valley stretches from Mayrhofen in an easterly to south-easterly direction to the Reichenspitz group and the Zillertal Hauptkamm, where over the Heilig-Geist-Jöchl. Here there is a high alpine crossing into the Ahrntal valley. Three smaller side valleys branch off to the south with the Bodengrund, the Sundergrund and the Hundskehle. The Brandberger Kolm separates the Zillergrund from the Gerlostal in the north, the Ahornkamm with the Ahornspitze from the Stillupgrund.
By bus to the Zillergrund
TIMETABLE "Mayrhofen-Zillergrund" - valid from 29.05.2024 to 11.07.2025
TIMETABLE "Mayrhofen-Zillergrund" - valid from 12.07. to 26.09.2025
BUS FROM BÄRENBAD TO THE RESERVOIR It is possible to take a bus from Bärenbadalm to the dam wall of the Zillergrund reservoir. This section of the bus journey is not covered by the Zillertal Activcard.
Mountaineer’s Bus
The “Bergsteigerbus – Mountaineer’s Bus“ is in operation in Zillergrund from 19.07. to 31.08.2025.
The bus leaves Mayrhofen station at 07:50 hrs – and arrives at Zillergründl Reservoir at 08:47 hrs.
