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Freeriding

Freeriders have a large high altitude area, mostly devoid of trees. There’s nothing hear particularly hard core but their good snow record means that you should be able to always find some relatively untracked. Pardatschgrat, a black run leading back into the village (with the lower section cutting through some trees), is well worth a go, and you'll also find good off-piste freeriding down the runs off Palinkopf. The 20km of ski-routes are the first to get shredded so you’ll need to get up early.

Freestylers

The snowARTpark sits in the Idalp bowl and can be accessed via 2 express chairs. There’s two main areas and depending on snow conditions they sometimes build some monster pro kickers. The main area contains a dual run of 3 kickers, parallel to that are around 10 various rails and boxes. They sometimes have an airbag towards the bottom of the park and a small chill out area. Higher up and leading onto the main park are a series of 3-4 larger kickers. Things are pretty well laid out and well maintained however you do get a number of kids and unaware skiers cutting across run-ins and perching on top of kickers.

Main terrain park from the bottom
Photo: James Woodward

Pistes

If cruising down beautifully manicured motorway wide pistes is your idea of heaven then you’ve made it to the afterlife here. Even when the resort is heaving, it is easy to escape the crowds and gun it down some of the fast trails, and by the end of the day it’s still not as mogulled as you’ll find in most other resorts. Advanced riders should head to the Palinkopf and Greitspitz peaks for the steepest pistes.

Towards Höllkarbahn
Photo: Steve Dowle, WSG

For a lunch stop, you should check out the Alpenhaus on the Idalp area. It’s the newest of the restaurants and serves some excellent food and has a daily BBQ.

Bar inside Restaurant Alpenhaus
Photo: Steve Dowle, WSG

Beginners

There isn’t a huge amount of beginner terrain, but what is available is perfectly maintained and easy to get to. From the top of the Silvrettabahn from the village you’ll enter one of the main beginner thoroughfares, so it’s best to jump onto the fimbabhan lift to the area leading to Alp Trida. The runs are wide and evenly pitched and served by chairs, and a lot less crowded. There are only a few t-bars left around but they are easily avoided.

The runs leading back down to Ischgl are not recommended at all for beginners and easily scared intermediates. They are pretty flat and narrow in places, and heaving at the end of the day. Lower down things can get very rutted and icy.

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
Summer: None

Lifts

Total Lifts: 42
Cable cars: 2
Gondolas: 3
Chair lifts: 23
Drag lifts: 12
Max people per hour: 58,000
Board Leashes required: No

Mountain

Total pistes/trails: 62
Total ride area: 230km pistes
Longest run: 4.3miles (7km)

Top lift: 2864m
Vertical drop: 1472m
First lift: 1400m

Piste suitability

Green runs: 27%
Red runs: 63%
Black runs: 10%

Lift Passes

	Low Season			High Season
	EUR	GBP	Average	EUR	GBP	Average
Day Pass	40.00	32.70	4%	40.00	32.70	-4%
6-Day Pass	182.00	148.80	3%	202.00	165.16	0%
6-Day Linked area Pass	203.00	165.97	8%	236.00	192.95	7%

	EUR	GBP	Average
Season Pass:	631.00	515.91	7%

Lift Passes:
Half-day pass 33 euros
Day pass 40,50 euros
6 Day Silvretta pass 214 euros
Season 582.5 euros
Lift times:8.30am to 4.00pm

Snowfall

Artificial snowmaking coverage: 20%

Facilities

	EUR	GBP
Days Rental of Board & Boots:	37.00	30.25
4hr Group Lesson (full day):	41.00	33.52

Night Riding: : Yes

Other activities

Heliboarding: : Not available
Snowmobiles: Not available

Further information

www.ischgl.com
Email:info@ischgl.com

Ischgl has plenty of good wide intermediate slopes, and hidden off-piste stashes. A super fast lift system, a season that lasts until May, great terrain park, and the most full on apres in the Alps, completes the package.

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ON THE SLOPES: Excellent
OFF THE SLOPES: Good apres-ski
MONEY WISE: Very expensive resort, with over priced accommodation but still good.

HALFPIPE: No
TERRAIN PARK: Yes - 2
BACKCOUNTRY/OFF-PISTE:Yes
TREE RUNS:Yes

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