Tyrol · Austria · ski area
Obergurgl-Hochgurgl ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation
Obergurgl-Hochgurgl is a ski area in Tyrol, Austria with 64 km of mapped downhill runs and 25 lifts, between 1,784 m and 3,023 m above sea level.
- Downhill runs
- 64 km
- Lifts
- 25
- Top elevation
- 3,023 m
- Vertical drop
- 1,239 m
- Cross-country
- 4.5 km
- Nearest airport
- INN · 48 km
Slopes by difficulty
119 runs mapped in OpenStreetMap. Colours follow the European piste convention.
Ski lifts
- 11 Gondolas
- 7 Chairlifts
- 4 T-bars
- 2 Button lifts
- 1 Funiculars
Obergurgl-Hochgurgl is a ski area in Tyrol, Austria. Its 119 mapped downhill runs add up to 64 km, which ranks it #29 of 324 ski areas in Austria and gives it 0.9% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 540 m long.
Slopes at Obergurgl-Hochgurgl
About 59% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 27% intermediate and 14% advanced or expert, which makes Obergurgl-Hochgurgl a good choice for beginners and families.
Lifts and elevation
The resort has 25 lifts: 11 gondolas, 7 chairlifts, 4 t-bars, 2 button lifts, 1 funicular. Most of them are chairlifts or gondolas, so you ride seated. Skiing runs from 1,784 m up to 3,023 m, a vertical drop of 1,239 m — the kind of long descents found in big Alpine-style resorts. The high top station usually means reliable snow well into spring. Cross-country skiers get 4.5 km of nordic trails.
Getting to Obergurgl-Hochgurgl
The nearest airport is Innsbruck Airport (INN), about 48 km away in a straight line — roughly 1 h 2 min by car; Bolzano Airport (BZO) is 51 km away. Nearby ski areas include Sölden (103.0 km), Vent (9.6 km), Stubaier Gletscher (47.4 km) and Pitztaler Gletscher (31.6 km), which together add 209 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.
Nearest airports to Obergurgl-Hochgurgl
- 1 INN48 kmstraight line
- 2 BZO51 kmstraight line
- 3 ACH131 kmstraight line
- 4 FMM138 kmstraight line
St. Gallen, Switzerland
Memmingen, GermanyNearby
Ski resorts near Obergurgl-Hochgurgl
- 10 kmSölden103 km of slopes · 39 lifts · up to 3,244 m
- 10 kmPfelders
Italy8.9 km of slopes · 4 lifts · up to 2,500 m - 11 kmVent9.6 km of slopes · 4 lifts · up to 2,643 m
- 14 kmStubaier Gletscher47 km of slopes · 22 lifts · up to 3,208 m
- 14 kmPitztaler Gletscher32 km of slopes · 7 lifts · up to 3,423 m
- 17 kmRifflsee17 km of slopes · 6 lifts · up to 2,804 m
- 20 kmRatschings-JaufenItaly25 km of slopes · 12 lifts · up to 2,141 m
- 21 kmGries0.4 km of slopes · 2 lifts · up to 1,650 m
- 24 kmSchnalstalItaly33 km of slopes · 11 lifts · up to 3,199 m
- 26 kmLadurnsItaly12 km of slopes · 3 lifts · up to 2,022 m
- 26 kmKaunertaler GletscherItaly30 km of slopes · 9 lifts · up to 3,106 m
- 28 kmMeran 2000Italy16 km of slopes · 10 lifts · up to 2,294 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.