Ischgl ski resort

About Ischgl

Location:

Ischgl is located in the Paznaun region of the Austrian Tyrol province. The resort is on the Western border of Austria and offers skiing into Switzerland. Paznaun is located in the Silvretta mountain chain.

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Slopes

On the slopes

Ischgl has some of the longest and most snowsure slopes in the Alps, and is open from late November to early May each ski season. The ski area here is the largest in the eastern Alps and is well connected to the village by a selection of high-speed, high-capacity gondolas.

On the mountain, the heart of the ski area is Idalp with several large restaurants and the main nursery slopes, which are served by several easy-to-use lifts (including a conveyor-style carpet lift). Much of the terrain is up above the treeline and most of it consists of long, wide cruising trails up to 7km (4 miles) in length. However, lower runs cut down through the forest and high Alpine bowls that are ideal for powder lovers.

Snowboarding is very big in Ischgl too, and the terrain and uplift is ideally suited to boarding with a large terrain park containing 30 features, a major halfpipe and a boardercross course.

There are nearly 240km (150 miles) of linked skiing between Ischgl and Samnaun in Switzerland, but the Silvretta ski pass also includes the neighbouring ski areas above the villages of Galtür, Kappl and See, which are linked by a bus service. The total area encompasses 370km (232 miles) of trails. There are also some great cross-country routes in the area.