Resort Guide: Kitzbühel
Resort Statistics
🌲 Resort height: 800m
🏔️ Highest point: 2000m
🗺️ Total ski area: 158km
❄️ Season Dates: December – April
🚡 Lifts: 54
🎿 Snow Parks: 2
🟢 Green runs: 0
🔵 Blue runs: 22
🔴 Red runs: 25
⚫️ Black runs: 13
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🌟 Kitzbühel Highlights:
A quintessential Austrian village hidden in the Tyrolean alps provides a great, traditional atmosphere, and balances it wonderfully with the intermediate and advanced skiing found on the slopes above.
✅ Best For:
Mixed groups of all abilities who want to enjoy both world-class skiing and the best of the Austrian apres and gastro scene. With a great mixture of steep and mellow slopes, as well as a variety of accommodation options, Kitzbuhel attracts all types of visitors and is perfect for larger groups with varying tastes and proclivities.
✈️ Getting to Kitzbühel
- By Car: Driving to Kitzbühel allows for flexibility and scenic views. The main routes from nearby cities include:
- From Munich (approx. 140km, 1.5 to 2 hours): Take the A8 and A93 towards Kufstein, then continue on the E45 and B178 to Kitzbühel.
- From Innsbruck (approx. 100km, 1 to 1.5 hours): Drive east on the A12/E45 and then take the B170 to Kitzbühel.
- By Train: Kitzbühel is well-connected by train. You can take trains from major cities like Innsbruck, Salzburg, and Munich to Kitzbühel Hauptbahnhof (main station). From the station, local buses or taxis can transport you to the ski resort.
- By Air: The nearest airports to Kitzbühel are Innsbruck Airport (INN) and Salzburg Airport (SZG), both located approximately 80-90km away. After arriving at the airport, you can arrange a shuttle, private transfer, or rental car to reach Kitzbühel.
- By Shuttle or Transfer: Many companies offer shuttle services from airports like Innsbruck or Salzburg directly to Kitzbühel. This option is convenient if you prefer not to drive.
Kitzbühel Ski and Snowboard Resort Guide:
Photo: Snowsports Kitzbühel
At just shy of 100km from Innsbruck, visitors can be in Kitzbuhel in a little over an hour from the airport. And they should definitely make the trip, if only to see the town itself.
Kitzbuhel is about as Austrian as villages come. If you were asked to picture an Austrian skiing hamlet, you’d think of pitched-roof chalets layered with snow, wooden-clad houses, and hip-high drifts lining the streets. Throw in some old-fashioned streetlamps, lights strung between them, and steins clinking merrily in every bar and restaurant, and you’ve pretty much got Kitzbuhel.
Kitzbühel for Beginners:
Photo: Snowsports Kitzbühel
Kitzbuhel has a lot of nursery and beginner slopes sitting above the town and has many winding blues with gentle inclines to accommodate those looking to hone their skills, rather than plunge down the daunting Streif — the home to the Hahnmemkamm, where skiers can reach upwards of 85mph if they so choose. Which we don’t…
Kitzbühel for Intermediates:
Photo: Snowsports Kitzbühel
Intermediates will love the progression opportunities on offer and can take the 35km (22 mile) Ski Safari route (marked by the elephant symbol) if they feel inclined. If not, there are lots of blues, reds, blacks, and off-piste to discover. Enough to keep any progressing skier or boarder well entertained.
Kitzbühel for Experts:
Photo: Snowsports Kitzbühel
Expert skiers will know the name Kitzbuhel even if they haven’t been before. With many runs primed and prepped for downhill racing, feeling the wind in your hair (or the holes in your helmet) isn’t a tall order. Or if it’s quintessential Austrian off-piste you’re after, you’ll find it easy to pop off the sides of runs and hunt some untouched powder. Kitzbuhel really is a resort that does both just as well as the other.
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And there you have it! SkiBro‘s Ultimate Resort Guide: Kitzbühel. For ski passes in Kitzbühel, ski maps and resort updates, head here.
