Nordkette ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation

Nordkette is a ski area in Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria. Its 18 mapped downhill runs add up to 7.7 km, which ranks it #158 of 324 ski areas in Austria and gives it 0.1% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 428 m long.

Slopes at Nordkette

About 6% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 70% intermediate and 24% advanced or expert, which makes Nordkette a balanced resort for intermediate skiers.

Lifts and elevation

The resort has 18 lifts: 13 funiculars, 2 cable cars, 2 chairlifts, 1 magic carpet. Most of them are chairlifts or gondolas, so you ride seated. Skiing runs from 867 m up to 2,269 m, a vertical drop of 1,402 m — the kind of long descents found in big Alpine-style resorts. The high top station usually means reliable snow well into spring.

Getting to Nordkette

The nearest airport is Innsbruck Airport (INN), about 5 km away in a straight line — roughly 7 minutes by car; Bolzano Airport (BZO) is 93 km away. Nearby ski areas include Bergisel, Patscherkofel Ski (12.3 km), Sonnenlift Axams (0.9 km) and Axamer Lizum - Muttereralm (37.9 km), which together add 78 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.