Schmittenhöhe Zell am See ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation

Schmittenhöhe Zell am See is a ski area in Zell am See, Salzburg, Austria. Its 130 mapped downhill runs add up to 59 km, which ranks it #30 of 324 ski areas in Austria and gives it 0.8% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 454 m long.

Slopes at Schmittenhöhe Zell am See

About 47% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 35% intermediate and 18% advanced or expert, which makes Schmittenhöhe Zell am See a balanced resort for intermediate skiers. 15.7 km (27%) of the runs have snowmaking, which helps early and late in the season.

Lifts and elevation

The resort has 27 lifts: 10 chairlifts, 6 gondolas, 3 drag lifts, 2 cable cars, 2 magic carpets, 1 j-bar, 1 t-bar, 1 button lift, 1 rope tow. Most of them are chairlifts or gondolas, so you ride seated. Skiing runs from 758 m up to 1,963 m, a vertical drop of 1,205 m — the kind of long descents found in big Alpine-style resorts. Cross-country skiers get 3.1 km of nordic trails.

Getting to Schmittenhöhe Zell am See

The nearest airport is Salzburg Airport (SZG), about 55 km away in a straight line — roughly 1 h 12 min by car; Innsbruck Airport (INN) is 107 km away. Nearby ski areas include Lechnerberglifte (2.9 km), Piesendorf - Nagelköpfl (1.7 km), Skicircus Saalbach-Hinterglemm Leogang Fieberbrunn (267.2 km) and Kaprun - Kitzsteinhorn/Maiskogel (46.0 km), which together add 403 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.