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Key facts
| Resort | 760 m |
|---|---|
| Slopes | 800-2000 m |
| Lifts | 53 |
| Pistes | 170 km |
| Blue | 40 % |
| Red | 46 % |
| Black | 14 % |
| Snowmaking | 59 % |
| Price index | 100 |
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KitzbühelAustria
The upside
- Extensive, attractive, varied slopes offering a sensation of travel – with trips to the SkiWelt also possible
- Beautiful medieval town centre
- Vibrant nightlife
- Lots to do off the slopes
- Plenty of cheap lodgings
- Excellent mountain restaurants
The downside
- Low altitude means snow is often poor low down (though snowmaking is fairly extensive)
- Surprisingly few challenges on-piste
- Disappointing nursery area
- Some crowded pistes
Latest user reviews
I drop in on Kitz every year or two, and many years…
Chris Gill 24 Jan 2010
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Summary
Kitzbühel is one of the big names of the ski world, largely thanks to its spectacular Hahnenkamm downhill race course – the most exciting on the World Cup circuit. Hahnenkamm race weekend is one of the key dates on the Alpine social calendar. But the place has powerful attractions for the rest of us, too.
We quite like the slopes, too – especially since the huge 3S cross-valley gondola made the link to Jochberg and Pass Thurn in 2004. The lift system as a whole is slowly being brought up to scratch – last season there was rejoicing in Kirchberg at the replacement, at last, of the infamous slow Maierl chairlifts.
It’s just a pity the place isn’t 300m higher. In countless visits over a 25-year period we’ve encountered good snow down to the village just once. Our advice is to book late, when you know the conditions are good.
News – this season 2011/12
A six-pack with covers and heated seats is due to replace the Resterhöhe double chair and Moseralm T-bar above Resterhöhe.
News – last season
A 10-seat gondola and an eight-seat chair above it (both with heated seats) replaced the chain of slow Maierl chairs out of Kirchberg towards Ehrenbachhöhe.
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