Skiing
The Katschberg - the perfect skiing region for all levels. The Katschberg distinguishes itself with its beautiful slopes, modern lifts, snow guarantee (90 % of the pists are equipped with snow making facilities) and its seal of slope quality.
Regardless if beginner or professional everybody will find a run which suits his skills, especially the longest black run of Carinthia, the „Direttisima“, with 100 % decline is popular for professionals. For the children there is an exclusive child fun park with mini-jet and speaking comic figures available.
New this winter 2011/2012 - Silverjet Set For Take-Off
This summer, the investment plan of Bogensperger's Katschberg lift dynasty includes further expansion at the Aineck. Silverjet2 is being constructed on its Salzburg side, at a cost of 10 million euros. With the new cable car, skiers will no longer have to use the "Branntweiner- und Ainecklift" T-bar lifts to ascend the mountain.
Silverjet2, with its 8-passenger gondolas, will rise to 520 metres, covering a length of 2250 metres. The new facility will enable the summit station to be reached within seven minutes, representing a speed of 22 km/h. As with most of the other Katschberg lift facilities, the manufacturer will be the well-known Vorarlberg company Doppelmayr, which has designed a particularly futuristic look for the summit and base stations. Incidentally, the summit station will also contain the garage of the Aineck PistenBully fleet, consisting of ten state-of-the-art vehicles.
A1, here we come! This construction project will eliminate one of the last bottlenecks at the Aineck, reducing the journey time from the valley in St Margarethen up to the Aineck summit by ten minutes. Silverjet will be boarded directly at the Aineck double-chairlift. From the summit station, there will be a direct connection to the A1, or skiers can ski to the cable car via the Almen run (Almenabfahrt).
Awards. The piste pleasure will thereby be taken to a whole new level – and not least because the Katschberg has once again won the "Ski Area Test" and has been awarded the "International Pistengütesiegel" (international seal of approval for piste quality). And that's not all: the border mountain between Carinthia and Salzburg has been awarded the title of "Beste Beschneiungsanlage 2011" (best snow cannon 2011).
New in winter 2010/2011 - The Snowbowl
Snowbowl is the name of the new, three kilometers long ski slope from Aineck at Katschberg towards Margarethen in Lungau. Besides the “old” ski slope and the two year old “A1” ski slope, it presents a third option to reach the valley from the Aineck Summit Train.
Due to 35 new snow cannons the entire ski slope can be artificially snowed – similar to all other ski slopes at Katschberg. Including Snowbowl, the ski slope area in the Aineck Summit Train region amounts to approx. 30 hectare, distributed over 1,800 m altitude difference.
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Best conditions also for snowboarder
While the boarders have fun in the half pipe or pro-jump, also the funpark promises an unique snow fun experience. After a great skiing or snowboarding day you can visit one of the pubs and huts which offer Apres Ski in the center of the village.
