Hermann Grubauer

A charming, "old hand". His hiking experience stretches back 30 years. One of his first guided tours was up the Rastkogel mountain! His little "dances" on the mountain summits of the Tux and Zillertal mountains are legendary ...

Hermann insists on taking part in an annual hiking guide training course. He leads the way when it comes to hiking experience!

He made his hobby into a career.

Iris Grubauer

Everything she does is done with passion. Even during a hiking tour she always gives 100%. In addition she is good with people and ensures that everybody enjoys themselves. Raised in Tux, she knows all of the mountains at the far end of the Zillertal valley like the back of her hand.

Iris completed the hiking exam 4 years ago. Since then she has frequently attended workshops and seminars to study further. In addition she is also multilingual: besides her native language, "Tuxish" she is fluent in German, English, French and Italian!

She spends most of her free time on the via ferrata mountain routes.

Richard Grasl

Ritschi is now into his second season at our hotel. His open and warm-hearted nature as well as his knowledge of the mountains is treasured by our guests. He is also born and bred in Tux - his "home mountain" is the Grüblspitze, just 2 hours walk from our hotel.

How often has he visited the summit? You should ask him that yourself. Alongside his qualification as a hiking guide he is also a professional skiing instructor.

In his spare time he does lots of sport and also supervises our "youth squad".

Paulina Erler (junior hiking guide)

Practice makes perfect! Paulina (8 years old) is a really passionate hiker! Her role model is of course her aunty, Iris. Last summer she scaled nearly every Tux mountain! This year she has set her sights on climbing her first 3,000m mountain.

As the oldest of 4 siblings she knows what it means to take on responsibility and she is already well-known in the whole Tux valley for her endurance while hiking.

Her hobbies are swimming, reading and biathlon.