Vorarlberg · Austria · ski area
Sonnenkopf ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation
Sonnenkopf is a ski area in Vorarlberg, Austria with 31 km of mapped downhill runs and 12 lifts, between 998 m and 2,287 m above sea level.
- Downhill runs
- 31 km
- Lifts
- 12
- Top elevation
- 2,287 m
- Vertical drop
- 1,289 m
- Nearest airport
- ACH · 56 km
Slopes by difficulty
50 runs mapped in OpenStreetMap. Colours follow the European piste convention.
Ski lifts
- 4 Chairlifts
- 3 T-bars
- 2 Rope tows
- 2 Magic carpets
- 1 Gondolas
Sonnenkopf is a ski area in Vorarlberg, Austria. Its 50 mapped downhill runs add up to 31 km, which ranks it #60 of 324 ski areas in Austria and gives it 0.4% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 611 m long.
Slopes at Sonnenkopf
About 40% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 58% intermediate and 2% advanced or expert, which makes Sonnenkopf a balanced resort for intermediate skiers.
Lifts and elevation
The resort has 12 lifts: 4 chairlifts, 3 t-bars, 2 rope tows, 2 magic carpets, 1 gondola. Most uphill transport is by surface lifts (T-bars, button lifts and tows). Skiing runs from 998 m up to 2,287 m, a vertical drop of 1,289 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 Sonnenkopf
The nearest airport is Sankt Gallen Altenrhein Airport (ACH), about 56 km away in a straight line — roughly 1 h 12 min by car; Bodensee Airport Friedrichshafen (FDH) is 74 km away. Nearby ski areas include Kristberg-Silbertal (4.4 km), Lech/Zürs (119.6 km), Silvretta Montafon (101.9 km) and Ski Arlberg (272.1 km), which together add 625 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.
Nearest airports to Sonnenkopf
- 1 ACH56 kmstraight line
- 2Bodensee Airport FriedrichshafenFDH74 kmstraight line
Friedrichshafen, Germany
Airports in GermanyTransfers & Meet & Greet → - 3 FMM98 kmstraight line
- 4 INN98 kmstraight line
St. Gallen, SwitzerlandNearby
Ski resorts near Sonnenkopf
- 6 kmKristberg-Silbertal4.4 km of slopes · 3 lifts · up to 1,595 m
- 10 kmLech/Zürs120 km of slopes · 32 lifts · up to 2,435 m
- 11 kmSilvretta Montafon102 km of slopes · 37 lifts · up to 2,420 m
- 11 kmSki Arlberg272 km of slopes · 92 lifts · up to 2,642 m
- 12 kmSt. Anton/St. Christoph/Stuben99 km of slopes · 40 lifts · up to 2,642 m
- 16 kmGolm28 km of slopes · 9 lifts · up to 2,103 m
- 16 kmSonntag Stein6.4 km of slopes · 3 lifts · up to 1,752 m
- 16 kmWarth-Schröcken52 km of slopes · 14 lifts · up to 2,050 m
- 18 kmGaltür27 km of slopes · 10 lifts · up to 2,295 m
- 20 kmRaggal6.0 km of slopes · 3 lifts · up to 1,236 m
- 20 kmSki Arlberg2.8 km of slopes · up to 1,851 m
- 21 kmGargellen27 km of slopes · 8 lifts · up to 2,272 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.