Gerlitzen, Austria

Gerlitzen is a ski resort that you will find in the Austrian state of Carinthia (or Kärnten in German), in the Eastern Alps of Austria, and on this page you will find most of what you need to know for a skiing holiday here. The season in Gerlitzen normally starts in end November to start April.

Gerlitzen is open for skiing right now and the slopes currently have a reported snow depth of 70 centimeters. Today, 95% of the lifts and 65% of the slopes are open.

Gerlitzen has pistes totaling 52 kilometer, of which 9 kilometer are blue easy pistes, 37 kilometer red and slightly more challenging slopes, and 6 kilometer black and more difficult pistes. Here you'll find 21 lifts, with a total capacity of 28100 passengers/hour. The vertical drop is at most 911 meter and the highest served area by the ski lift system is at 1911 meter. The longest piste in Gerlitzen is 3.5 kilometers.

If you have family members or others in your party who are not interested in down hill skiing, there are cross-country skiing tracks available at a total length of 12 kilometers. In addition to skiing, there is also the possibility of winter hiking here, and even a toboggan run if you want to try it.

If you want to fly to Gerlitzen

The fastest way to get to Gerlitzen is normally by plane, unless you don't live nearby. The airport Kärnten, Klagenfurt is only 33 kilometers from Gerlitzen, which is an advantage as there are more transfer options and the travel time is shorter. Other alternative airports that are possible to fly to are Brnik, Ljubljana (66 kilometers distance), as well as Thalerhof, Graz (121 kilometers from the ski resort).

Other ski resorts nearby Gerlitzen

Ski resorts near Gerlitzen include Bad Kleinkirchheim (16 kilometers distance), Turracher Höhe (25 kilometers distance) and Kranjska Gora (25 kilometers distance).