Salzburg · Austria · ski area
Weißsee Gletscherwelt ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation
Weißsee Gletscherwelt is a ski area in Salzburg, Austria with 12 km of mapped downhill runs and 9 lifts, between 1,483 m and 2,555 m above sea level.
- Downhill runs
- 12 km
- Lifts
- 9
- Top elevation
- 2,555 m
- Vertical drop
- 1,072 m
- Nearest airport
- SZG · 78 km
Slopes by difficulty
23 runs mapped in OpenStreetMap. Colours follow the European piste convention.
Ski lifts
- 3 Gondolas
- 2 T-bars
- 2 Button lifts
- 2 Chairlifts
Weißsee Gletscherwelt is a ski area in Salzburg, Austria. Its 23 mapped downhill runs add up to 12 km, which ranks it #129 of 324 ski areas in Austria and gives it 0.2% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 503 m long.
Slopes at Weißsee Gletscherwelt
About 23% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 77% intermediate and 0% advanced or expert, which makes Weißsee Gletscherwelt a balanced resort for intermediate skiers.
Lifts and elevation
The resort has 9 lifts: 3 gondolas, 2 t-bars, 2 button lifts, 2 chairlifts. Most of them are chairlifts or gondolas, so you ride seated. Skiing runs from 1,483 m up to 2,555 m, a vertical drop of 1,072 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 Weißsee Gletscherwelt
The nearest airport is Salzburg Airport (SZG), about 78 km away in a straight line — roughly 1 h 42 min by car; Innsbruck Airport (INN) is 98 km away. Nearby ski areas include Kaprun - Kitzsteinhorn/Maiskogel (46.0 km), Kals-Matrei (45.6 km), Piesendorf - Nagelköpfl (1.7 km) and Lechnerberglifte (2.9 km), which together add 121 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.
Nearest airports to Weißsee Gletscherwelt
- 1 SZG78 kmstraight line
- 2 INN98 kmstraight line
- 3 BZO124 kmstraight line
- 4 KLU141 kmstraight line
Bolzano (BZ), ItalyNearby
Ski resorts near Weißsee Gletscherwelt
- 10 kmKaprun - Kitzsteinhorn/Maiskogel46 km of slopes · 22 lifts · up to 3,024 m
- 15 kmKals-Matrei46 km of slopes · 15 lifts · up to 2,421 m
- 17 kmPiesendorf - Nagelköpfl1.7 km of slopes · 3 lifts · up to 1,076 m
- 18 kmLechnerberglifte2.9 km of slopes · 6 lifts · up to 1,175 m
- 20 kmGroßglockner Heiligenblut24 km of slopes · 13 lifts · up to 2,904 m
- 21 kmVirgen0.5 km of slopes · 1 lift · up to 1,178 m
- 23 kmSchmittenhöhe Zell am See59 km of slopes · 27 lifts · up to 1,963 m
- 24 kmSkilifte Prägraten am Großvenediger1.9 km of slopes · 2 lifts · up to 1,480 m
- 25 kmWennser Gletscher0.9 km of slopes · 2 lifts · up to 858 m
- 28 kmRaurisertal19 km of slopes · 12 lifts · up to 2,170 m
- 29 kmWildkogel69 km of slopes · 21 lifts · up to 2,125 m
- 31 kmSkicircus Saalbach-Hinterglemm Leogang Fieberbrunn267 km of slopes · 82 lifts · up to 2,090 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.