Ski in Brixen / Plose

Skiing in Brixen / Plose

Brixen / Plose, Italy (950m to 2600m)

A small town offering a wide range of facilities - including indoor ice rink and numerous bars and restaurants. The skiing takes place in the Plose region above, which includes one of the world's longest black descents (at 9km, the longest slope in the South Tyrol). Top après ski spots include the Igloo at the base of the Plose lifts and there is a megadisco in Brixen.

Brixen / Plose

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Brixen / Plose Ski Facts

Brixen / Plose Ski Facts

		Intermediate Skiers
		Beginners
		Snowboarding
		Snow
		Apres-ski
	2	Black Runs (9km)
	11	Red Runs (28km)
	8	Blue Runs (8km)
40km		Downhill Pistes
13km		Cross Country Trails
10		Ski Lifts
2040m		Max Vertical
2600m		Highest Lift
950m		Lowest Piste
560m		Resort Altitude

Brixen / Plose

The Italian ski resort of Brixen / Plose has direct access to 40km of downhill skiing, with 15 individual pistes, served by 10 ski lifts.

With pistes above 2500 metres, skiing and snowboarding is assured throughout the season.

Snowmaking :- Brixen / Plose is able to augment natural snow, on 3km of ski runs, with 15 Snow Cannons.

Ski Lift Capacity :- The 10 Ski Lifts of Brixen / Plose are able to uplift 15,300 skiers / snowboarders per hour.

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

Skiing in Brixen / Plose

Brixen has the twin advantages of having its own first rate ski area at Plose, and in being part of the vast confederation of ski resorts on the Dolomiti Superski single lift ticket. The resort's geographical position makes it a good base for excursions to famous ski areas like Val Gardena and the resort of the Pustertal, making maximum use of the wonderful lift ticket, or indeed to explore near neighbours in Brixen's own Valle Isarco / Eisactal Valley.

The Plose skiing is reached by a six-seater gondola lift from the village of St Andrä (S.Andrea), which itself at 961 Metres is a 10km (6 mile) drive up the mountain from the city. There are several other access points higher up and around the mountain. The gondola takes skiers up to a snow sure 2029m above which most of the skiing takes place over a 40km (25 mile) area, linked by a series of chairs. There are runs for all standards of skier but experts will especially enjoy the 6km (4 miles) long 'Trametsch' black (piste number 101) back down through the trees beneath the gondola to the village. As with about half of all the piste on Plose, it has snow making cover.

For beginners there's less choice but a wide blue, the Campo Scuola, does come back down to

the top station of the gondola from a triple chair which is accessed from there: it's a popular run for ski school. Most of the rest of the terrain is of medium difficulty and best suited to intermediates and progressing beginners.

There are many other ski areas in the vicinity, the next closest being on the Gitschberg where a further 10 lifts serve over 20km (13 miles) of trails and an 1100m vertical, accessed from the valley floor at Mühlbach - Rio di Pusteria. Cross country skiers have a huge choice of long and short, low and high altitude loops dotted all over the valley. A guide booklet is available from the tourist office.

Snowboarding in Brixen / Plose

There's a fun park and half pipe on Plose and, with virtually all of the terrain accessed by gondola or chair lifts, it's easy to get around. All the opportunities locally and in the greater area open to skiers are of course there for boarders too, including the possibility of exploring further with the one Dolomiti Superski ticket.

Plose Ski School, which is very politically incorrect in not carrying out the obligatory renaming of itself ( as in: Plose Ski and Snowboarding School) none the less offers specialised tuition and board rentals are available in Erwin Stricker's rental shop at the base of the gondola. Those 'boarders who have crossed over from skateboarding will be pleased to discover a rare skateboard-park-in-a-ski-resort in Brixen.

Brixen / Plose Aprés Ski

There's plenty to suit all kinds of après skiers in Brixen, from quiet, sophisticated evenings in high class restaurants and piano bars, to all action night spots, such as the Disco Max, which is open from 10pm until 3am. Happening bars include the Diesel and the Time Out pubs, both open from 6pm through until 2am.

When the lifts close at Plose it's worth stopping off at the Igloo at the base of the gondola in St Andrä (and also the end of the long black). This place is also open until 2, beating your average gondola base station café‚ by a long chalk and is a good choice for those who plan to sleep in their ski kit. You'll need a taxi back down however.

Brixen / Plose in brief

Brixen / Plose Ski Resort is:-
Ok for Expert Skiers.
Good for Intermediate Skiers.
Ok for Beginners.
Good for Snowboarding.
Opened : 26 November 2011
Closes : 15 April 2012
Opening subject to Snow Conditions.

Map of Brixen / Plose