Castelo Branco · Portugal · ski area
Serra da Estrela ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation
Serra da Estrela is a ski area in Castelo Branco, Portugal with 5.3 km of mapped downhill runs and 4 lifts, between 1,850 m and 1,986 m above sea level.
- Downhill runs
- 5.3 km
- Lifts
- 4
- Top elevation
- 1,986 m
- Vertical drop
- 136 m
- Nearest airport
- VSE · 50 km
Slopes by difficulty
8 runs mapped in OpenStreetMap. Colours follow the European piste convention.
Ski lifts
- 2 Drag lifts
- 1 Chairlifts
- 1 Magic carpets
Serra da Estrela is a ski area in Castelo Branco, Portugal. Its 8 mapped downhill runs add up to 5.3 km, which ranks it #1 of 2 ski areas in Portugal and gives it 100% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 668 m long.
Slopes at Serra da Estrela
About 42% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 36% intermediate and 22% advanced or expert, which makes Serra da Estrela a balanced resort for intermediate skiers.
Lifts and elevation
The resort has 4 lifts: 2 drag lifts, 1 chairlift, 1 magic carpet. Most uphill transport is by surface lifts (T-bars, button lifts and tows). Skiing runs from 1,850 m up to 1,986 m, a vertical drop of 136 m — typical of a local ski hill.
Getting to Serra da Estrela
The nearest airport is Aerodromo Goncalves Lobato (Viseu Airport) (VSE), about 50 km away in a straight line — roughly 1 h 5 min by car; Vila Real Airport (VRL) is 106 km away. Nearby ski areas include Ski Parque.
Nearest airports to Serra da Estrela
- 1 VSE50 kmstraight line
- 2 VRL106 kmstraight line
- 3 OPO136 kmstraight line
- 4 BJZ174 kmstraight line
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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.