Carinthia · Austria · ski area
Turracher Höhe ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation
Turracher Höhe is a ski area in Carinthia, Austria with 34 km of mapped downhill runs and 15 lifts, between 1,391 m and 2,192 m above sea level.
- Downhill runs
- 34 km
- Lifts
- 15
- Top elevation
- 2,192 m
- Vertical drop
- 801 m
- Cross-country
- 9.1 km
- Nearest airport
- KLU · 47 km
Slopes by difficulty
65 runs mapped in OpenStreetMap. Colours follow the European piste convention.
Ski lifts
- 6 Chairlifts
- 4 T-bars
- 2 Button lifts
- 1 Rope tows
- 1 Combined lifts
- 1 Magic carpets
Turracher Höhe is a ski area in Carinthia, Austria. Its 65 mapped downhill runs add up to 34 km, which ranks it #54 of 324 ski areas in Austria and gives it 0.5% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 516 m long.
Slopes at Turracher Höhe
About 40% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 54% intermediate and 2% advanced or expert, which makes Turracher Höhe a balanced resort for intermediate skiers.
Lifts and elevation
The resort has 15 lifts: 6 chairlifts, 4 t-bars, 2 button lifts, 1 rope tow, 1 combined lift, 1 magic carpet. Most uphill transport is by surface lifts (T-bars, button lifts and tows). Skiing runs from 1,391 m up to 2,192 m, a vertical drop of 801 m. The high top station usually means reliable snow well into spring. Cross-country skiers get 9.1 km of nordic trails.
Getting to Turracher Höhe
The nearest airport is Klagenfurt Airport (KLU), about 47 km away in a straight line — roughly 1 h 2 min by car; Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU) is 90 km away. Nearby ski areas include Heidialm (6.9 km), Schönfeld - Thomatal (2.3 km), Innerkrems (22.1 km) and Flattnitz (8.4 km), which together add 52 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.
Nearest airports to Turracher Höhe
- 1 KLU47 kmstraight line
- 2Ljubljana Jože Pučnik AirportLJU90 kmstraight line
Zgornji Brnik, Slovenia
Airports in SloveniaTransfers & Meet & Greet → - 3 SZG117 kmstraight line
- 4 GRZ119 kmstraight line
Nearby
Ski resorts near Turracher Höhe
- 7 kmHeidialm6.9 km of slopes · 3 lifts · up to 2,123 m
- 10 kmSchönfeld - Thomatal2.3 km of slopes · 2 lifts · up to 2,088 m
- 10 kmInnerkrems22 km of slopes · 9 lifts · up to 2,167 m
- 11 kmFlattnitz8.4 km of slopes · 2 lifts · up to 1,515 m
- 11 kmHochrindl12 km of slopes · 7 lifts · up to 1,837 m
- 14 kmBad KleinkirchheimSmall ski area
- 14 kmBad Kleinkirchheim68 km of slopes · 27 lifts · up to 2,036 m
- 23 kmKreischberg40 km of slopes · 12 lifts · up to 2,116 m
- 24 kmKatschberg-Aineck52 km of slopes · 18 lifts · up to 2,210 m
- 25 kmGerlitzen Alpe37 km of slopes · 20 lifts · up to 1,907 m
- 26 kmPetersbründllift St. Michael0.7 km of slopes · 1 lift · up to 1,226 m
- 28 kmGroßeck-Speiereck28 km of slopes · 11 lifts · up to 2,337 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.