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Village in Tyrol, Austria
Axamer Lizum
Village
Axamer Lizum from the southAxamer Lizum from the south
Axamer Lizum is located in AustriaAxamer LizumAxamer Lizum
Coordinates: 47°11′45″N 11°18′05″E / 47.19583°N 11.30139°E / 47.19583; 11.30139
CountryAustria
StateTyrol
DistrictInnsbruck Land
MunicipalityAxams

Axamer Lizum is a village and ski resort in Austria, located southwest of Innsbruck in the state of Tyrol. At the 1964 Winter Olympics, it hosted five of the six alpine skiing events: women's downhill, and men's and women's slalom and giant slalom. Men's downhill was held at Patscherkofel. Twelve years later in 1976, it hosted exactly the same alpine skiing events.

The ski area is well known for a large variety of options to ski or snowboard off the marked piste. The highest location of the ski area is the mountain Hoadl with an altitude of 2,340 m, which is relatively high for a ski area in this region of the Alps. Thus, the Axamer Lizum has a reputation to be among the last (non glacier-based) ski resorts in the north of Tyrol which have sufficient snow for winter sport at the end of winter.

A snowboarder freeriding in deep snow. In the background, the Olympiabahn funicular built for the 1976 Olympics can be seen.

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Axamer Lizum in 2015
Venues of the 1964 Winter Olympics (Innsbruck)
Venues of the 1976 Winter Olympics (Innsbruck)
Olympic venues in alpine skiing
1900s
2000s

47°11′45″N 11°18′05″E / 47.19583°N 11.30139°E / 47.19583; 11.30139


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