Tyrol · Austria · ski area
Rifflsee ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation
Rifflsee is a ski area in Tyrol, Austria with 17 km of mapped downhill runs and 6 lifts, between 1,673 m and 2,804 m above sea level.
- Downhill runs
- 17 km
- Lifts
- 6
- Top elevation
- 2,804 m
- Vertical drop
- 1,131 m
- Nearest airport
- INN · 49 km
Slopes by difficulty
34 runs mapped in OpenStreetMap. Colours follow the European piste convention.
Ski lifts
- 3 Chairlifts
- 2 Button lifts
- 1 Gondolas
Rifflsee is a ski area in Tyrol, Austria. Its 34 mapped downhill runs add up to 17 km, which ranks it #103 of 324 ski areas in Austria and gives it 0.2% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 511 m long.
Slopes at Rifflsee
About 32% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 45% intermediate and 23% advanced or expert, which makes Rifflsee a balanced resort for intermediate skiers.
Lifts and elevation
The resort has 6 lifts: 3 chairlifts, 2 button lifts, 1 gondola. Most of them are chairlifts or gondolas, so you ride seated. Skiing runs from 1,673 m up to 2,804 m, a vertical drop of 1,131 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 Rifflsee
The nearest airport is Innsbruck Airport (INN), about 49 km away in a straight line — roughly 1 h 4 min by car; Bolzano Airport (BZO) is 66 km away. Nearby ski areas include Pitztaler Gletscher (31.6 km), Sölden (103.0 km), Kaunertal and Vent (9.6 km), which together add 218 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.
Nearest airports to Rifflsee
- 1 INN49 kmstraight line
- 2 BZO66 kmstraight line
- 3 ACH114 kmstraight line
- 4 FMM123 kmstraight line
St. Gallen, Switzerland
Memmingen, GermanyNearby
Ski resorts near Rifflsee
- 5 kmPitztaler Gletscher32 km of slopes · 7 lifts · up to 3,423 m
- 9 kmSölden103 km of slopes · 39 lifts · up to 3,244 m
- 12 kmKaunertalSmall ski area
- 12 kmVent9.6 km of slopes · 4 lifts · up to 2,643 m
- 16 kmKaunertaler Gletscher
Italy30 km of slopes · 9 lifts · up to 3,106 m - 16 kmFendels9.8 km of slopes · 6 lifts · up to 2,247 m
- 17 kmObergurgl-Hochgurgl64 km of slopes · 25 lifts · up to 3,023 m
- 17 kmGries0.4 km of slopes · 2 lifts · up to 1,650 m
- 20 kmNiederthai1.5 km of slopes · 2 lifts · up to 1,667 m
- 20 kmStubaier Gletscher47 km of slopes · 22 lifts · up to 3,208 m
- 20 kmPrutzup to 876 m
- 22 kmGachenblickup to 1,683 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.