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The large ski areas in the Austrian Alps have 50 or more different lifts and sometimes more than 100 km of groomed slopes. However, these are often not connected and can only be reached by bus. The Ski amadé network in the province of Salzburg, for example, has 860 kilometres of pistes and 270 lifts, but they are spread over 25 villages in an ...
The Hahnenkamm is a mountain in Europe, directly southwest of Kitzbühel in the Kitzbühel Alps of Austria. The elevation of its summit is 1,712 metres (5,617 ft) above sea level. The Hahnenkamm (German: rooster's comb) is part of the ski resort of Kitzbühel, and hosts an annual World Cup alpine ski race, the Hahnenkammrennen.
The Silvretta Montafon ski area is located in the south of Vorarlberg, the westernmost province of Austria, and extends over 17 km and 1,700 meters in altitude from Schruns via Silbertal and St. Gallenkirch to Gaschurn. It lies in the Montafon valley, framed by the Rätikon, Silvretta and Verwall mountain ranges.
The ski area consists of two parts, namely: Arlberg Ost/East (St. Anton, St. Christoph and Stuben) Arlberg West (Lech, Oberlech, Warth, Schröcken and Zürs) [3] The highest elevation of the ski area is the top of the Valluga mountain at 2,811 m above sea level in St. Anton. [4] View from the Sonnenkopf (Klostertal)
According to the Alpine Clubs, the Silvretta Alps are outlined from other groups by the following borders: St. Gallenkirch - Ill river as far as Partenen - Zeinisjoch - Zeinisbach - Paznauntal as far as Ischgl - Fimbertal - Fimber Pass - Val Chöglias - Val Sinestra - Inn River from the mouth of the Branclabach to the mouth of the Susasca - Val Susasca - Flüela Pass - Davos - Wolfgang ...
Cross-country skiing is possible on the Schwendel trail with 12 km, the Küren-Wäldele-Egg trail with 14 km and the Steinbock trail with 14.6 km (plus 10 km skating trail) at an altitude of 1044 and 1290 m above sea level. Over 50 km of winter hiking trails complete the offer.
The White Ring (Der Weiße Ring) is the longest ski race in the world, according to Guinness Book of Records. 5,500 metres altitude, 22 kilometres of ski runs. Ski pioneer Sepp Bildstein was the initiator of the White Ring, the ski resort that has connected the villages of Lech, Zürs, Zug and Oberlech for over 50 years. [29]
The station forms part of the Zermatt ski area. From 1958 to 2007 [ 2 ] [ 3 ] there was a cable car from Gornergrat over the Hohtälli (3,275 m (10,745 ft)) to the Stockhorn (3,405 m (11,171 ft)) which, until the construction of the Klein Matterhorn cable car, was the highest mountain station in Zermatt.