Planai & Hochwurzen ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation

Planai & Hochwurzen is a ski area in Schladming, Styria, Austria. Its 122 mapped downhill runs add up to 65 km, which ranks it #28 of 324 ski areas in Austria and gives it 0.9% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 536 m long.

Slopes at Planai & Hochwurzen

About 47% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 46% intermediate and 6% advanced or expert, which makes Planai & Hochwurzen a balanced resort for intermediate skiers.

Lifts and elevation

The resort has 26 lifts: 8 chairlifts, 7 gondolas, 5 magic carpets, 3 button lifts, 1 t-bar, 1 funicular, 1 combined lift. Most of them are chairlifts or gondolas, so you ride seated. Skiing runs from 742 m up to 1,900 m, a vertical drop of 1,158 m — the kind of long descents found in big Alpine-style resorts.

Getting to Planai & Hochwurzen

The nearest airport is Salzburg Airport (SZG), about 69 km away in a straight line — roughly 1 h 29 min by car; Klagenfurt Airport (KLU) is 96 km away. Nearby ski areas include Schladming Dachstein (179.2 km), Horsefeathers Superpark Planai, Reiteralm (27.6 km) and Hauser Kaibling (29.9 km), which together add 277 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.