Tyrol · Austria · ski area
Pitztaler Gletscher ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation
Pitztaler Gletscher is a ski area in Tyrol, Austria with 32 km of mapped downhill runs and 7 lifts, between 1,727 m and 3,423 m above sea level.
- Downhill runs
- 32 km
- Lifts
- 7
- Top elevation
- 3,423 m
- Vertical drop
- 1,696 m
- Nearest airport
- INN · 52 km
Slopes by difficulty
35 runs mapped in OpenStreetMap. Colours follow the European piste convention.
Ski lifts
- 2 Gondolas
- 1 T-bars
- 1 Button lifts
- 1 Funiculars
- 1 Chairlifts
- 1 Magic carpets
Pitztaler Gletscher is a ski area in Tyrol, Austria. Its 35 mapped downhill runs add up to 32 km, which ranks it #56 of 324 ski areas in Austria and gives it 0.4% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 902 m long.
Slopes at Pitztaler Gletscher
About 25% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 70% intermediate and 3% advanced or expert, which makes Pitztaler Gletscher a balanced resort for intermediate skiers.
Lifts and elevation
The resort has 7 lifts: 2 gondolas, 1 t-bar, 1 button lift, 1 funicular, 1 chairlift, 1 magic carpet. Most of them are chairlifts or gondolas, so you ride seated. Skiing runs from 1,727 m up to 3,423 m, a vertical drop of 1,696 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 Pitztaler Gletscher
The nearest airport is Innsbruck Airport (INN), about 52 km away in a straight line — roughly 1 h 7 min by car; Bolzano Airport (BZO) is 62 km away. Nearby ski areas include Rifflsee (17.4 km), Vent (9.6 km), Sölden (103.0 km) and Obergurgl-Hochgurgl (64.2 km), which together add 204 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.
Nearest airports to Pitztaler Gletscher
- 1 INN52 kmstraight line
- 2 BZO62 kmstraight line
- 3 ACH117 kmstraight line
- 4 FMM128 kmstraight line
St. Gallen, Switzerland
Memmingen, GermanyNearby
Ski resorts near Pitztaler Gletscher
- 5 kmRifflsee17 km of slopes · 6 lifts · up to 2,804 m
- 7 kmVent9.6 km of slopes · 4 lifts · up to 2,643 m
- 8 kmSölden103 km of slopes · 39 lifts · up to 3,244 m
- 14 kmObergurgl-Hochgurgl64 km of slopes · 25 lifts · up to 3,023 m
- 14 kmKaunertaler Gletscher
Italy30 km of slopes · 9 lifts · up to 3,106 m - 16 kmKaunertalSmall ski area
- 18 kmSchnalstalItaly33 km of slopes · 11 lifts · up to 3,199 m
- 20 kmFendels9.8 km of slopes · 6 lifts · up to 2,247 m
- 20 kmGries0.4 km of slopes · 2 lifts · up to 1,650 m
- 20 kmStubaier Gletscher47 km of slopes · 22 lifts · up to 3,208 m
- 22 kmPfeldersItaly8.9 km of slopes · 4 lifts · up to 2,500 m
- 24 kmNiederthai1.5 km of slopes · 2 lifts · up to 1,667 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.