Austria · up to 2857 m

Ischgl-Samnaun

High-altitude mileage by day, stadium-sized concerts by night.

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263

Marked runs

187 named

160.3 km

Total slopes

Lifts

1499 m

Vertical drop

2857 m

Top elevation

1358 m

Base elevation

Green 1.3 kmBlue 39.8 kmRed 83.4 kmBlack 25.2 kmFreeride 10.6 km

The story of Ischgl

Ischgl turned a remote Paznaun farming village into the Alps' most professional pleasure machine. The skiing is genuinely excellent — that's the part outsiders forget: the Silvretta Arena rides a high ridgeline between 2,000 and 2,872 m, so its vast network of long reds and blues holds cold, reliable snow from late November into early May, with lift infrastructure as slick as anywhere in the world.

The area's quirk is its border: runs drop off the ridge into Samnaun, a duty-free Swiss village, and the old smuggling routes between the two are now celebrated with marked 'Smuggler's Circuits' you can ski in a day. Come afternoon, Ischgl's other reputation takes over — this is après-ski's world capital, and the town has hosted its famous Top of the Mountain concerts since the mid-90s, with acts from Elton John and Tina Turner to Rihanna playing to crowds in ski boots.

The formula — serious skiing, seriously organized hedonism — has made Ischgl the benchmark big Austrian resort.

Great for mileage huntersGreat for party peopleGreat for intermediatesGreat for late-season skiers

Signature runs

Palinkopf to Samnaun

Off the area's 2,872 m high point and down into duty-free Switzerland — long, wild-feeling, and ending at a chocolate shop.

Piste 14 (Idalp–Ischgl)

The long homeward run to town — a highway at 4 pm, a delight at 9 am.

Höllenkar blacks

The steep, shaded 'hell's cirque' faces that give experts their morning workout before the crowds wake.

Local tips

◆Ski the Smuggler's Circuit (gold route) for the best full-area tour — and buy duty-free chocolate in Samnaun as proof.
◆The famous après bars peak 4–7 pm; ski the emptied mountain until last lift instead, then join in.
◆Season-opening and closing Top of the Mountain concerts are free with a lift pass — check the line-up before booking dates.
◆Snow insurance: Ischgl's altitude means late-season trips here are safer bets than almost anywhere in Austria.

Did you know?

Ischgl's Top of the Mountain concerts have featured Elton John, Tina Turner, Bob Dylan and Rihanna.

The ski area crosses into Switzerland at Samnaun, one of Europe's last duty-free enclaves.

Skiing between 2,000 and 2,872 m keeps Ischgl's season running reliably from late November to early May.

Mountain records

Longest run

4.3 km · 914 m vertical · Red (intermediate)

Steepest sustained pitch

14a

max 88% gradient · 1.5 km · Black (advanced)

The 10 best runs at Ischgl-Samnaun, scored

Every run is scored 0–100 from its real shape — vertical drop, length, how well its steepness fits its difficulty class, and flow (flats and uphill sections cost points). How the Bonvo Score works →

189
40
4.3 km · 914 m drop · avg 21% · World-class
Red
274
60 Alp Trida-Samnaun Laret
3.2 km · 555 m drop · avg 17.1% · Outstanding
Blue
373
38
2.5 km · 707 m drop · avg 27.9% · Outstanding
Red
473
35
1.7 km · 596 m drop · avg 35% · Outstanding
Black
573
39
2.2 km · 756 m drop · avg 33.5% · Outstanding
Freeride
672
12
2.0 km · 528 m drop · avg 26.7% · Outstanding
Red
772
80
3.8 km · 715 m drop · avg 18.6% · Outstanding
Red
870
63
2.7 km · 466 m drop · avg 17.1% · Outstanding
Blue
967
62
2.4 km · 407 m drop · avg 16.8% · Excellent
Blue
1067
20
1.6 km · 416 m drop · avg 26.4% · Excellent
Black

All 187 named slopes

Slope	Difficulty	Length	Vertical	Avg gradient	Score
40	Red	4.3 km	914 m	21%	89
60 Alp Trida-Samnaun Laret	Blue	3.2 km	555 m	17.1%	74
38	Red	2.5 km	707 m	27.9%	73
35	Black	1.7 km	596 m	35%	73
39	Freeride	2.2 km	756 m	33.5%	73
12	Red	2.0 km	528 m	26.7%	72
80	Red	3.8 km	715 m	18.6%	72
63	Blue	2.7 km	466 m	17.1%	70
62	Blue	2.4 km	407 m	16.8%	67
20	Black	1.6 km	416 m	26.4%	67
7a	Black	1.4 km	434 m	29.9%	67
11	Blue	1.8 km	415 m	22.7%	66
4	Black	1.3 km	439 m	33.2%	66
42	Red	3.1 km	514 m	16.5%	66
7	Red	2.9 km	561 m	19%	66
62a	Red	1.7 km	344 m	20.5%	65
65	Red	1.7 km	342 m	19.8%	65
12a	Freeride	1.3 km	390 m	28.9%	65
66	Red	1.6 km	315 m	19.4%	64
14b	Black	1.3 km	376 m	28.4%	64
37	Red	1.9 km	284 m	15.1%	64
23	Blue	1.7 km	286 m	17%	63
34	Black	1.2 km	343 m	28%	63
70	Red	1.7 km	381 m	21.8%	62
34	Black	1.1 km	346 m	31.4%	62
21	Black	1.3 km	314 m	23.2%	62
76	Red	1.8 km	346 m	19.4%	61
3	Red	3.4 km	576 m	17.1%	61
26	Freeride	888 m	340 m	37.8%	61
24	Red	1.7 km	326 m	18.9%	60
14a	Black	1.5 km	585 m	37.8%	60
1	Red	3.2 km	573 m	18.1%	60
22	Blue	1.2 km	268 m	21.5%	60
61	Red	1.3 km	247 m	19.4%	60
41 Palinkopf - Piz Val Gronda Tal	Freeride	963 m	316 m	32.4%	60
4	Red	1.0 km	304 m	29%	60
69b	Red	1.2 km	229 m	19.1%	59
10	Red	1.3 km	351 m	27.4%	59
14c	Black	852 m	290 m	33.2%	59
3a	Freeride	932 m	408 m	42.8%	59
5	Red	1.7 km	383 m	22.2%	58
26a	Freeride	993 m	360 m	35.9%	58
69	Blue	968 m	208 m	21.4%	57
30	Red	1.4 km	287 m	20.8%	57
33	Black	819 m	241 m	29.3%	57
67	Red	781 m	220 m	27.5%	56
64	Blue	1.5 km	237 m	16.1%	56
13	Red	1.2 km	288 m	24.4%	56
2a Idalp - Nachtweide Tal	Red	853 m	205 m	23.4%	56
6	Blue	1.0 km	176 m	17.1%	56
68	Red	776 m	197 m	24.6%	55
41	Black	932 m	270 m	28.4%	55
40a	Red	1.3 km	240 m	18.4%	55
1	Black	582 m	218 m	36.3%	55
2b	Blue	840 m	166 m	19.5%	55
2	Blue	959 m	167 m	17.1%	55
13	Red	735 m	169 m	22.6%	54
10	Red	716 m	176 m	24.3%	54
20	Black	500 m	185 m	35.2%	54
62	Blue	816 m	187 m	22.7%	54
70a	Red	871 m	152 m	17.4%	54
15	Black	561 m	173 m	30%	54
13	Black	762 m	289 m	36.3%	54
5	Red	842 m	273 m	32.1%	54
72	Red	637 m	136 m	20.9%	53
6	Blue	742 m	129 m	17.1%	53
8	Blue	1.0 km	200 m	18.8%	53
72	Black	522 m	177 m	33.6%	53
21	Black	506 m	168 m	32.1%	53
12	Red	518 m	153 m	29.1%	53
40c	Red	591 m	156 m	25.9%	53
65a	Red	515 m	148 m	28.1%	52
1	Black	448 m	140 m	31.2%	52
12	Red	575 m	114 m	19%	52
32	Red	520 m	160 m	30.5%	52
8	Blue	622 m	115 m	18.4%	52
11	Blue	609 m	115 m	18.4%	52
68b	Red	767 m	212 m	27.4%	52
40a	Freeride	459 m	145 m	30.6%	52
71	Blue	1.0 km	147 m	14.3%	51
33	Black	493 m	114 m	22.8%	51
1	Black	242 m	117 m	46.8%	50
7	Red	401 m	76 m	17.9%	50
3	Red	437 m	86 m	19.1%	50
36	Red	828 m	156 m	18.4%	50
37	Red	459 m	148 m	31.1%	50
4a	Black	289 m	110 m	36.6%	50
1	Red	325 m	88 m	25.2%	50
67	Red	364 m	70 m	18.7%	49
81	Black	1.6 km	360 m	21.8%	49
31	Red	649 m	203 m	30.9%	49
9	Freeride	950 m	237 m	23.7%	49
14a	Black	261 m	68 m	24.6%	49
4	Black	269 m	88 m	31.8%	49
1	Red	279 m	64 m	21.5%	49
1	Red	362 m	54 m	14.5%	49
37	Red	291 m	42 m	14.1%	48
69	Blue	638 m	116 m	17.5%	48
14b	Black	195 m	51 m	25.7%	48
37	Red	648 m	121 m	18.6%	48
6a	Black	493 m	128 m	25.4%	48
63	Blue	273 m	34 m	12.4%	48
1	Red	257 m	38 m	14%	48
70	Red	209 m	69 m	30.8%	47
25	Red	432 m	130 m	27.5%	47
15	Red	145 m	27 m	18%	47
30	Red	160 m	50 m	28.5%	47
2	Blue	894 m	160 m	17.5%	47
1a	Red	1.8 km	372 m	20%	47
6	Blue	298 m	26 m	8.8%	47
1	Red	596 m	99 m	16.6%	47
1	Red	200 m	36 m	18%	47
6	Blue	197 m	35 m	17.3%	47
2	Blue	163 m	20 m	11.2%	46
8	Blue	71 m	8 m	10.3%	46
1	Red	95 m	13 m	12.6%	46
62a	Red	89 m	15 m	14.7%	46
4	Red	798 m	141 m	17%	46
70	Red	345 m	75 m	21.5%	45
14	Red	400 m	55 m	12.2%	45
20	Red	313 m	61 m	18.7%	45
3	Red	367 m	73 m	19.4%	45
1	Red	110 m	14 m	11.3%	45
30	Red	290 m	51 m	16.3%	44
23	Blue	242 m	17 m	6.7%	44
1	Red	261 m	38 m	12.7%	44
20	Red	202 m	24 m	10.8%	44
39	Freeride	212 m	50 m	22.4%	44
70	Blue	263 m	23 m	7.8%	43
25	Red	211 m	31 m	13.2%	43
32	Red	1.5 km	210 m	14.2%	43
1	Red	85 m	31 m	31.4%	43
1	Blue	266 m	24 m	8.8%	43
1	Red	549 m	85 m	12.7%	43
13	Blue	88 m	10 m	8.9%	42
2	Blue	105 m	12 m	7.7%	41
3a	Freeride	305 m	66 m	20.2%	41
80a	Red	512 m	50 m	9.6%	40
40b	Blue	1.3 km	99 m	7.5%	40
68a	Red	653 m	72 m	10.5%	40
37	Red	274 m	62 m	21.1%	40
1	Red	637 m	90 m	13.6%	39
1	Red	135 m	11 m	7.6%	37
15	Red	1.9 km	192 m	9.9%	36
Südstrasse	Blue	244 m	15 m	4.9%	36
80	Red	986 m	94 m	9.3%	36
Skiweg Compatsch	Blue	615 m	67 m	6.9%	36
5a	Red	504 m	204 m	38.9%	36
14c	Black	845 m	140 m	16.4%	36
1a	Red	1.3 km	162 m	11.8%	36
13	Black	283 m	52 m	17.4%	35
7	Red	55 m	5 m	6.9%	35
22	Blue	985 m	85 m	8.3%	33
80b	Blue	1.3 km	73 m	5.1%	32
6	Blue	133 m	3 m	1.8%	31
21	Black	250 m	41 m	16%	31
40	Red	52 m	4 m	4.7%	30
Brückliweg	Blue	263 m	12 m	3.8%	30
6	Blue	52 m	0 m	0.1%	29
80a	Blue	470 m	24 m	4.7%	29
33	Black	264 m	34 m	12.3%	27
20	Red	85 m	3 m	2.9%	27
1	Red	730 m	65 m	8.7%	24
Skiweg Laret-West	Blue	409 m	33 m	4.2%	24
80	Red	851 m	74 m	7.7%	23
1	Red	107 m	4 m	2.6%	22
1	Red	55 m	43 m	57.2%	22
20	Black	107 m	5 m	3.6%	21
14	Black	131 m	15 m	9.8%	21
80a	Blue	729 m	24 m	2.9%	19
14a	Black	153 m	4 m	0.8%	17
14a	Black	393 m	39 m	9.2%	15
2a	Red	375 m	24 m	4.2%	12
7a	Freeride	942 m	122 m	12.7%	10
Dorfstrasse	Red	31 m	4 m	7.4%
20	Red	50 m	3 m	5.4%
14	Red	6 m	1 m	3.4%
5	Red	10 m	4 m	17.7%
Verbindung	Blue	8 m	0 m	0.5%
Verbindung	Blue	35 m	2 m	0.4%
Skiweg Laret-West	Blue	25 m	3 m	12.9%
6	Blue	39 m	6 m	11.1%
3	Red	21 m	3 m	11.9%
1	Red	39 m	0 m	0.1%
6	Blue	25 m	5 m	10%
1	Red	20 m	4 m	16%
1	Red	10 m	0 m	0.6%

Lifts at Ischgl-Samnaun

25× chair lift3× cable car6× t-bar2× platter1× drag lift3× magic carpet5× gondola

Lift	Type	Length	Rise	Seats	Ride time
Silvrettabahn	Gondola	3.8 km	961 m	24	11 min
Fimbabahn	Gondola · heated	3.7 km	940 m	8	7 min
(Projekt) 10EUB Laret-Muller	Gondola	3.4 km	815 m	10	—
Pardatschgratbahn	Gondola · heated	3.3 km	1254 m	28	—
Flimsattelbahn	Chairlift (bubble)	2.7 km	483 m	4	9 min
Piz Val Grondabahn	Cable car · heated	2.4 km	508 m	150	—
Gampenbahn	Chairlift (bubble) · heated	2.3 km	922 m	6	8 min
Luftseilbahn Samnaun	Cable car	2.2 km	712 m	80	6 min
Twinliner	Cable car	2.2 km	711 m	180	6 min
Velilleckbahn	Chairlift (bubble) · heated	1.9 km	561 m	6	6 min
Flimjochbahn	Chairlift (bubble)	1.8 km	448 m	4	4 min
Idjochbahn	Chairlift (bubble)	1.7 km	458 m	8	8 min
Höllspitzbahn	Chairlift	1.7 km	641 m	4	6 min
Höllkarbahn	Chairlift (bubble)	1.6 km	322 m	6	6 min
Nachtweidebahn	Chairlift (bubble)	1.6 km	365 m	6	6 min
Palinkopfbahn	Chairlift (bubble) · heated	1.5 km	441 m	6	6 min
Viderjochbahn 1	Chairlift (bubble)	1.5 km	334 m	6	5 min
Grivaleabahn	Chairlift	1.5 km	336 m	4	5 min
Pardoramabahn	Gondola	1.5 km	732 m	4	5 min
Velillbahn	Chairlift (bubble)	1.5 km	274 m	6	5 min
Zeblasbahn	Chairlift (bubble)	1.4 km	372 m	6	5 min
Lange Wandbahn	Chairlift (bubble) · heated	1.4 km	611 m	6	6 min
Greitspitzbahn	Chairlift (bubble)	1.4 km	403 m	6	5 min
Viderjochbahn 2	Chairlift (bubble)	1.3 km	289 m	6	4 min
Paznauner Thayabahn	Chairlift	1.2 km	296 m	6	4 min
Visnitzbahn	Chairlift (bubble) · heated	1.2 km	364 m	8	5 min
Alp Trida Sattelbahn	Chairlift (bubble)	1.0 km	221 m	6	3 min
Gratbahn	Chairlift (bubble)	945 m	305 m	6	3 min
Höllbodenbahn	Chairlift	925 m	181 m	8	3 min
Mullerbahn	Chairlift (bubble)	775 m	210 m	6	3 min
Blais Grondalift	T-bar	747 m	150 m	—	4 min
Schwarzwasserlift	Platter lift	725 m	26 m	—	5 min
Sonnenbahn	Chairlift (bubble) · heated	663 m	129 m	6	3 min
Bodenalpbahn	Chairlift	651 m	312 m	4	—
Alp Trider Ecklift	Drag lift	620 m	125 m	—	4 min
Greitspitzlift	T-bar	546 m	110 m	—	4 min
Übungslift Velill	T-bar	431 m	60 m	—	—
Musellalift	T-bar	402 m	123 m	—	—
Sassgalunbahn	Chairlift	353 m	140 m	6	4 min
Milolift	Platter lift	285 m	25 m	—	—