Tyrol · Austria · ski area
Buchensteinwand (Pillersee) ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation
Buchensteinwand (Pillersee) is a ski area in Tyrol, Austria with 19 km of mapped downhill runs and 8 lifts, between 853 m and 1,451 m above sea level.
- Downhill runs
- 19 km
- Lifts
- 8
- Top elevation
- 1,451 m
- Vertical drop
- 598 m
- Nearest airport
- SZG · 46 km
Slopes by difficulty
25 runs mapped in OpenStreetMap. Colours follow the European piste convention.
Ski lifts
- 3 T-bars
- 2 Chairlifts
- 1 Button lifts
- 1 Rope tows
- 1 Magic carpets
Buchensteinwand (Pillersee) is a ski area in Tyrol, Austria. Its 25 mapped downhill runs add up to 19 km, which ranks it #100 of 324 ski areas in Austria and gives it 0.3% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 742 m long.
Slopes at Buchensteinwand (Pillersee)
About 37% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 48% intermediate and 14% advanced or expert, which makes Buchensteinwand (Pillersee) a balanced resort for intermediate skiers.
Lifts and elevation
The resort has 8 lifts: 3 t-bars, 2 chairlifts, 1 button lift, 1 rope tow, 1 magic carpet. Most uphill transport is by surface lifts (T-bars, button lifts and tows). Skiing runs from 853 m up to 1,451 m, a vertical drop of 598 m.
Getting to Buchensteinwand (Pillersee)
The nearest airport is Salzburg Airport (SZG), about 46 km away in a straight line — roughly 1 h 0 min by car; Innsbruck Airport (INN) is 97 km away. Nearby ski areas include Skicircus Saalbach-Hinterglemm Leogang Fieberbrunn (267.2 km), Hausberglift - Waidring (1.2 km), St Johann in Tirol (31.2 km) and Lärchenhof (0.6 km), which together add 324 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.
Nearest airports to Buchensteinwand (Pillersee)
- 1 SZG46 kmstraight line
- 2 INN97 kmstraight line
- 3 MUC113 kmstraight line
- 4 LNZ146 kmstraight line
Munich, GermanyNearby
Ski resorts near Buchensteinwand (Pillersee)
- 9 kmSkicircus Saalbach-Hinterglemm Leogang Fieberbrunn267 km of slopes · 82 lifts · up to 2,090 m
- 11 kmHausberglift - Waidring1.2 km of slopes · 1 lift · up to 896 m
- 12 kmSt Johann in Tirol31 km of slopes · 13 lifts · up to 1,602 m
- 12 kmLärchenhof0.6 km of slopes · 2 lifts · up to 823 m
- 13 kmLofer Nordicup to 631 m
- 14 kmSkigebiet Almenwelt Lofer23 km of slopes · 11 lifts · up to 1,673 m
- 16 kmSteinplatte Waidring-Tirol37 km of slopes · 16 lifts · up to 1,853 m
- 18 kmKitzSki186 km of slopes · 63 lifts · up to 1,992 m
- 20 kmHeutal9.5 km of slopes · 4 lifts · up to 1,531 m
- 20 kmHochkössen - Unterberghorn15 km of slopes · 9 lifts · up to 1,684 m
- 22 kmSchmittenhöhe Zell am See59 km of slopes · 27 lifts · up to 1,963 m
- 23 kmPiesendorf - Nagelköpfl1.7 km of slopes · 3 lifts · up to 1,076 m
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Data: OpenSkiMap — © OpenStreetMap contributors & Skimap.org (ODbL 1.0). Run lengths are measured along mapped pistes; resorts may publish different figures.