Winter season
Ski Area´s
Mölltaler Gletscher
± 25 Minutes by car
Total 17,4km ski piste
5,2km blue, 7,2km red, 5km black
The Mölltaler Glacier ski resort. It is a beautiful but not very large area. It is rarely crowded on the glacier, and you'll find a few wonderful racing slopes. Beginners will not find many easy slopes in this area. Because it is a glacier, the ski resort is very snow-sure, with the lowest point at 2,108 meters and the highest point at 3,122 meters.
Ankogel Mallnitz
± 25 Minutes by car
Total 12,8km ski piste
2,8km blue, 5km red, 5km black
Ankogel is a small ski resort. The resort reaches over 2,600 meters, which means you can ski well into the spring. The longest descent in this ski area covers a significant elevation difference of no less than 1,300 meters. Two cable cars form the heart of the ski resort. At the valley station, you'll also find the Köfele lifts, ideal for beginners. There is also an easy slope at the top of the ski resort, but most of the others are predominantly red and black.
Katschberg
± 45 Minutes by car
Total 80km ski piste
12km blue, 56km red, 12km black
The Katschberg ski resort connects the Aineck and Tschaneck mountains, two peaks on either side of the Katschberghöhe. The 'A1' descent from the Aineck mountain station to Sankt Margarethen im Lungau is a beautiful wide valley run, six kilometers long, with an elevation difference of nearly 1,200 meters! Parallel to this slope, there are several other particularly beautiful descents. The slopes on Aineck are much longer and more adventurous than those on Tschaneck. The latter is characterized by several (shorter) slopes next to each other, but they are wide and perfect for fine-tuning your carving technique. The area is also very suitable for families with children. For advanced skiers, the area is slightly too small, and the number of black runs is limited.
Heiligenblut
± 45 Minutes by car
Total 55km ski piste
20km blue, 34km red, 1km black
The Heiligenblut ski resort is located near the Grossglockner, the highest mountain in Austria. The resort is part of the villages of Großkirchheim and Heiligenblut, and ranges from 1,301 meters to a maximum height of 2,912 meters. You will find blue slopes, many red slopes, and black slopes. However, it is not the most ideal area for beginners. In recent decades, there has been considerable investment in new lifts, and old single-seat lifts have been replaced with more modern versions. The red slopes are generally very wide, making them quite manageable for the average skier. A major advantage of the ski resort is its sun exposure. Almost all slopes get sun throughout the day, and the sun shines relatively often in this region.
Gerlitzen
± 45 Minutes by car
Total 53km ski piste
9km blue, 37km red, 7km black
Gerlitzen is fully equipped for winter sports enthusiasts, with various restaurants and facilities on and off the slopes, a large and versatile children's ski school, and snow cannons everywhere. It is a very family-friendly ski resort. There are several parking lots at the resort, where shuttle buses take you to the valley station. The resort has a fair number of red slopes, but beginners can also make good progress here. The area around the resort features many different villages, and several larger cities, including Klagenfurt, the capital of Carinthia, are within driving distance.
Lienz
± 50 Minutes by car
Total 38km ski piste
11km blue, 22km red, 5km black
The Lienz ski resort is located in East Tyrol. Lienzer Bergbahnen consists of two fun and diverse ski areas, each with its own character, around the town of Lienz. While Zettersfeld is primarily aimed at families, the Hochstein ski area is more suitable for advanced skiers. Zettersfeld is situated on a plateau and is one of the most sun-sure ski areas in Tyrol, offering a beautiful view of the town of Lienz. The slopes are simple and ideal for beginners, but more advanced skiers will find them too easy. There is no valley descent to Lienz, so at the end of the day, you have to take the gondola back down. Hochstein is the other ski area of Lienzer Bergbahnen. It is completely set among trees, more shaded, and slightly more snow-sure. Hochstein consists of two lifts: first, a gondola takes you up, and a chairlift takes you to the highest point at 1,514 meters. You have a great view of the valley and the Zettersfeld slopes. The slopes at Hochstein are much more challenging than those at Zettersfeld. The black Reiterfeichtenabfahrt is a long black descent that takes you straight into the town with a nice steep gradient. Hochstein has very few beginners, and in fact, there are very few skiers in general, making it incredibly quiet, even during peak season.
Nassfeld
± 60 Minutes by car
Total 110km ski piste
30km blue, 69km red, 11km black
The Nassfeld ski resort is about a 60-minute drive from us. It is a very beautiful, modern, and well-maintained resort, stretching from 1,300 to 2,000 meters in elevation. The slopes are almost always in excellent condition, and if there is no snow, this can be easily compensated by the hundreds of snow cannons. The resort boasts an impressive size of over 100 kilometers of slopes. You can enjoy a spectacular descent of over seven kilometers, the Carnia descent, which takes you all the way down to Tröpolach. It's perfect as a finale for the day, after which you can unwind at some fun après-ski bars. In addition to regular slopes, there is also a wide range of alternatives, such as a snowpark designed for snowboarders and a boardercross track.
Goldeck
± 25 Minutes by car
Total 29km ski piste
10km blue, 11km red, 8km black
Goldeck, 'Kärnten's Sport Mountain' on the Millstättersee, is a relatively small ski resort. The higher part of the resort has many blue and red slopes where beginners can learn to make their first turns in peace, and advanced skiers can enjoy some great carving. In addition to the slopes, the resort offers about 50 hectares of unprepared off-piste runs where freeride skiers can fully enjoy themselves. Goldeck claims to have the longest black slope in the Alps, a 5.5-kilometer-long descent that covers an elevation difference of over 1,200 meters! This is the valley descent of the area, with the lowest point at 547 meters.
Bad Kleinkirchheim
± 50 Minutes by car
Total 103km ski piste
18km blue, 77km red, 8km black
Bad Kleinkirchheim is the home of skiing legend Franz Klammer. The area around Bad Kleinkirchheim offers a wide range of slopes in all shapes and sizes, including many red and black slopes, with fewer blue ones. The ski resort is not particularly large and appears quite friendly in terms of landscape, but for advanced skiers, the long descents through the trees are a delight. Despite the relatively low altitude, there are plenty of challenging slopes to enjoy.
