Ski in Alpbach

Skiing in Alpbach

Alpbach, Austria (1000m to 2030m)

An ideal beginner resort oozing Tyrolean charm and voted the most beautiful village in Austria by Austrians themselves in 1983. The village's 2500 year history has not been compromised by modern development, which includes an excellent indoor pool complex. Inneralpbach is linked to skiing of Alpbach, 4km (2.5 miles) away, it is a quiet, ideal beginner resort.

Alpbach

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Alpbach Ski Facts

Alpbach Ski Facts

		Expert Skiers
		Intermediate Skiers
		Beginners
		Snowboarding
		Snow
		Apres-ski
	3	Black Runs (9km)
	10	Red Runs (28km)
	3	Blue Runs (12km)
45km		Downhill Pistes
20km		Cross Country Trails
14		Ski Lifts
1030m		Max Vertical
2030m		Highest Lift
1000m		Lowest Piste
1000m		Resort Altitude

Alpbach

The Austrian ski resort of Alpbach has direct access to 45km of downhill skiing, with 11 individual pistes, served by 14 ski lifts.

With skiing above 2000 metres, snow cover is generally reliable.

Snowmaking :- Alpbach is able to augment natural snow, on 37km of ski runs, with 67 Snow Cannons.

Ski Lift Capacity :- The 14 Ski Lifts of Alpbach are able to uplift 19,000 skiers / snowboarders per hour.

There are four airports within two hours drive, so ski weekends, snowboard breaks and short ski holidays to Alpbach are perfectly feasible. Innsbruck Airport is just one hours drive away, in good driving conditions, so you can be on the piste quickly.

Skiing in Alpbach

Alpbach's skiing is largely centred on the wooded Wiedersberger Horn mountain, the main access gondola lift to which is a four minute bus journey from the village, at Achenwirt. It's also possible to reach the skiing by a second gondola lift, an eight seater, up from Inneralpbach. The slope has largely north-west facing, well prepared slopes that are grass covered in the summertime, so that skiing is possible on even a thin layer of snow without much fear of hitting rocks beneath.

Alpbach has three separate nursery areas at village level, away from the main pistes below the Wiedersberger Horn mountain. If snow cover is inadequate at village level you can take the four minute bus ride over to the mountain and take the gondola to the top where there is another nursery area. Intermediates will find plenty of long reds cut down through the trees from the top to the bottom of the mountain.

A particularly long and challenging route, the Gmahkopf, goes from the top of the gondola down to Inneralpbach. Experts have a choice of two blacks, plus off-piste routes and good tree-lined powder skiing when the snow is freshly fallen. Alpbach also participates in the huge Kitzbüheler Alpen Ski Pass which covers 680km (425 miles) of runs in total and more than 260 lifts. Guest races are staged at the end of the week with a prize giving ceremony following.

Snowboarding in Alpbach

Alpbach offers a 40 metre long half pipe. Otherwise 'boarders will find plenty of natural terrain features to enjoy, including some excellent long red cruises and off-piste powder routes. Although the village nursery slopes are drag lift driven the gondola served main mountain terrain, including additional altitude blues for the less confident has a lot going for it.

Alpbach Aprés Ski

Alpbach is usually jolly and lively as soon as the lifts close. No visit to Alpbach is complete without a visit to the two historic Inns, originally built by miners in centuries past, at the Böglerhof and the Jakober. The Postalm is also popular, as is the Messnerwirt Pizzeria and Bar.

Organised evening activities include the not-to-be-missed farmer's theatre (Tyrolean night) and film shows. Evening sleigh rides to the Rossmoos Inn for a yodel and to learn a bit of yodelling technique are another popular weekly option.

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Alpbach in brief

Alpbach Ski Resort is:-
Good for Expert Skiers.
Very good for Intermediate Skiers.
Excellent for Beginners.
Good for Snowboarding.

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