Skiing in the Chiemsee-Chiemgau holiday region
Ski holiday with a difference
...........
on smaller ski areas with varied slopes and
natural slopes for ski tourers..
Adventurous fun on the slopes for the sporty touring
enthusiasts who can still find many slopes and
tours here to practice their sport. Or the piste freaks on the
developed pistes in the surrounding ski areas from the Hochfelln Skiarena,
the Kampenwand in Aschau, the Unterberg in Ruhpolding, to the larger
ski areas in the ski paradise Sudelfeld am
Wendelstein, Winklmoos Steinplatte in Reit im Winkl or Hochkössen
in nearby Tyrol. Here you will find an overview of the possibilities that
are open to you in the Chiemsee-Chiemgau
holiday region if you enjoy alpine skiing.
Compilation of the ski areas :
from the SeeHotel
Wassermann you can drive to more than 30 different
cross-country and
ski areas in
one hour (and shorter).
At a distance of 15 to 30 minutes by
car:
Bergen/Hochfelln, Aschau/Kampenwand, Ruhpolding/Unternberg,
Inzell,
Sachrang, Reit im Winkl/Winklmoosalm, Kössen in Tirol, Walchsee in Tirol, Bad Reichenhall/Predigtstuhl, Gröding bei Salzburg/Untersberg, Salzburger Land, Sudelfeld Bayerisch Zell-Oberaudorf, Oberaudorf/Hocheck
At a distance of 60 minutes by
car:
Ramsau bei Berchtesgaden/Hochschwarzeck,
Unken/Heutal, Salzburger Land, Lofer/Lofereralm/Salzburger Land, Berchtesgaden/Jennerbahn, Berchtesgaden/Roßfeld,
Hallein Dürrnberg/Zinkenkogel, Salzburger Land,
Waidring/Steinplatte(Zusammenhang mit Winklmoosalm), St. Johann in
Tirol/Harschbichl, Kitzbühel/Kitzbüheler Horn, Kitzbühel/Hahnenkamm/Kirchberg, Söll/Hohe Salve,
Hopfgarten/Hohe Salve, Scheffau am Wilden Kaiser,
Ellmau, Brixen/im Tale Westendorf
Brief descriptions of
some ski
areas:
Bergen/Hochfelln 600 to 1650 m
A cable car in two sections on the Hochfelln, two
drag lifts. Demanding ski mountain
Aschau/Kampenwand 650 to 1500 m
Particularly beautiful
ski mountain. One cable car, two chair lifts, two drag lifts.
Easy and
demanding ski area. Very well attended on weekends with good snow
conditions.
Cross-country trails
up to Sachrang
Ruhpolding/Rauschberg/Unternberg 700 to 1650 m
There are several options here, a ski area and cross-country skiing trails (Ruhpolding is the German biathlon center), two ski schools, children's ski schools and children's practice lifts. Unterberg ski mountain: double chairlift and four tow lifts between 700 and 1400 meters. Easy but also demanding ski area.
Inzell 700 to 900 m
Numerous cross-country trails, five drag
lifts. Max-Aicher-Eissportarena.
Sachrang 750 to 950 m, a district of Aschau
10 km behind Aschau in
the Sachranger Valley, just before the Tyrolean border.
Excellent cross-country skiing area; 5 drag lifts especially suitable for
families with children;
unusually snow reliable
Reit im Winkl/Winklmoosalm 700 to 1800 m
One of the most popular
ski resorts in Germany; very snow reliable. Local ski area Walmberg, one chair
lift, four
Drag lifts. From "Seegatterl" (5 km outside of Reit im Winkl)
gondola to the Winklmoosalm. Winklmoosalm / Steinplatte ski area (Tyrol) a total
of 5 chairlifts, 8 drag lifts. High alpine ski area for all demands. In the
Blindau a very nice toboggan run with a lift.
Large, very snow-sure
cross-country
skiing area with more than 50 km of trails.
Skiparadies Sudelfeld Bayerisch Zell-Oberaudorf
On the Inntal motorway to Oberaudorf. The Sudelfeld ski area with its extensive slopes with wide meadow slopes offers many panoramic views. The Skiparadis Sudelfeld has 21 lifts and 32 km of slopes.
Skigebiet
Hocheck Oberaudorf 476 to 900 m
On the Inntal motorway to
Oberaudorf. For skiers and fans of winter sports, the
Hocheck is not "just" any mountain with ski slopes and a
winter toboggan run in the quickly accessible Upper Bavarian
Alps.
Kössen in Tirol 600 to 1700 m
Shortly after Schleching, right after the border with Tyrol, is the village of Kössen. Great, very snow-sure cross-country skiing area with more than 50 km of trails.
Sfaffenberg: One chair lift, three drag lifts up to 1000 meters. Well suited for families.
Unterberghorn: One cable car, three chair lifts, two drag lifts up to 1700 meters. High alpine ski area with challenging runs, guaranteed snow until spring .
Walchsee in Tirol 650 to 1050 m
Borders directly on
Kössen, another cross-country skiing area and Grubenberg ski mountain (Zahmer
Kaiser)
with a
chair lift and six
drag lifts.
Samerberg/Hochries 700 to 1548 m
approx. 30 min from
Seebruck near Grainbach. Chairlift and gondola lift (from the middle station only open in summer). Numerous winter
hiking trails and cross-country skiing trails. Horse-drawn
sleigh rides possible.