Zillertal Arena - World Snowboard Guide

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Zell im Zillertal is situated in the spectacular Zillertal Valley and it’s under an hours drive from Innsbruck. Zell linked in with the villages of Gerlos and Konigsleitten gives you over 200km of well maintained intermediate slopes called the Zillertal Arena. All the villages that form the Arena have something different to offer but in general this area can best be described as suiting intermediate freeriders and km logging lovers of the piste. What you don’t get here are the Brits the place is loved by the urdy gerdy music loving Dutch. When the boarding’s over for the day the drinking starts with bad music spilling echoing around the valley, but if you join in you might just find yourself forgetting your street cred and before you know it your doing a conga round the bar with your new found Dutch friends.

Zell and its neighboring resorts are all well designed and spread out giving a nice sense of open space but note, this open space attracts quite a lot of weekend skiers from Innsbruck, although in general lift lines are not very big apart from the early morning first gondola ride up from the village which is accessed by bus unless you’re staying in Konigsleitten. If you find a big queue at the Gerlos gondola take a bus further up the valley to the bottom of chair 8a and miss all the waiting around.

Zell’s terrain is spread out above the tree line offering some wide open runs and some nice off-piste powder areas. Most of the upper runs are graded red, but some of them are a bit over rated and there’s not a great deal for expert riders to ride down, although the off piste while not steep offers plenty of little rock kickers for those who like to mix it up.

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New for season

2010/11: • Karspitzbahn II in Zell (8-EUB): mit der Karspitzbahn I + II in 12 Minuten von Zell in die Zillertal Arena bis auf 2.116 m Höhe!

• Ausbau Beschneiungsanlage Sportabfahrt in Zell (Nr. 18)

• Falschbachbahn in Gerlos (8-EUB mit Sitzheizung ersetzt 4SB)

• Dorfbahn I + II in Königsleiten (8er-Einseilumlaufbahn in 2 Sektionen mit einer Gesamtlänge von ca. 3 km; Sitzheizung; neues Restaurant bei der Bergstation auf 2.200 m Seehöhe); (ersetzt DSB Königsleiten und Larmachkopf-DSB);

2008/9: New 2nd gondola (Wiesenalmbahn) from the valley into the skiing area Zell/Zillertal Arena in Zell am Ziller. Expansion of the snow making to cover pistes 1, 8, 8a and the ski run to the Wiesenalm, Teufeltal.

Nearby resorts

Distances are in a direct straight line, and take no account of roads. For driving instructions between resorts take a look at the travel page

Nearby resorts:

Resort Statistics

Resort Type: Alpine
Winter: Dec to April

Lifts

Total Lifts: 49
Cable cars: 1
Gondolas: 9
Chair lifts: 22
Drag lifts: 17
Max people per hour: 82,690
Board Leashes required: No

Mountain

Total ride area: 166km

Top lift: 2500m
Vertical drop: 1920m
First lift: 580m

Piste suitability

Green runs: 26%
Red runs: 68%
Black runs: 6%

Lift Passes

	Low Season			High Season
	EUR	GBP	Average	EUR	GBP	Average
Day Pass	41.00	33.52	7%	41.00	33.52	-2%
6-Day Pass	199.00	162.70	13%	199.00	162.70	-1%
6-Day Linked area Pass	199.00	162.70	6%	199.00	162.70	-9%

	EUR	GBP	Average
Season Pass:	575.00	470.12	-2%

Lift Passes:
kids and youth passes available
Lift times:8:30am to 4:00pm

Snowfall

Artificial snowmaking coverage: 32%

Facilities

	EUR	GBP
Days Rental of Board & Boots:	22.00	17.99
4hr Group Lesson (full day):	50.00	40.88
4hr Private Lesson (full day):	90.00	73.58

Snowboard Schools: 3 day 2hrs per day lesson 80-94 euros
Private lesson 35 euros per hour
Snowboard Hire: Board & boots 24 euros per day
Night Riding: : No