Bad Kleinkirchheim austria
Review of snowboarding and skiing in Bad Kleinkirchheim Austria.
Bad Kleinkirchheim Ski Holiday Facts
Established in 1956 the Austrian ski resort Bad Kleinkirchheim lies at 2055 metres altitude in the Carinthia / Kärnten region of the Austrian Alps / Alpes. With the highest lifts and ski slopes below 2500m Bad Kleinkirchheim ski area is not snow sure. Over 750 snow cannons ensure artificial Bad Kleinkirchheim snow making covers 103km of ski trails, which equates to around 98 of the ski slopes. The nearest airport transfer to Bad Kleinkirchheim (Austria) is Klagenfurt at a distance of 60km or approximately 60 minutes driving time. Bad Kleinkirchheim ski season runs from December to April.
SNO-man says
This old spa town, nicknamed BKK, was reborn as a ski resort when one of its sons, Franz Klammer, became the greatest ever name in downhill racing. Linked to St Oswald and best suited to intermediates who will enjoy the wide red runs which predominate.
alpine downhill runs to ski in Bad Kleinkirchheim Austria
Beginner Trails
 0 runs 0km |
0% |
Intermediate Trails
 2 runs 18km |
6% |
Advanced Trails
 25 runs 77km |
78% |
Expert Trails
 5 runs 5km |
15% |
Bad Kleinkirchheim Resort & Holiday Info
| Beginners learning to ski |  |
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| Family friendly | |
| Snowsure | |
| Ambience | |
| Value for money | |
| Ski Pass Prices (adult 6 day) | €174 - €189 |
Traditional Ski Village / Purpose Built Ski Resort |
| Ski Resort Opens | Dec 2011 |
| Ski Resort Closes | Apr 2012 |
| (snow conditions often influence resort opening & closing) |
Ski Area Bad Kleinkirchheim Mountain
| Downhill Ski Runs | 103km |
| total length of Bad Kleinkirchheim trails |
| Longest lift serve Run | 4.8km |
| longest piste or trail reachable by ski lift |
| Ski Slope Orientation | N S |
| direction Bad Kleinkirchheim ski areas face |
| Top Altitude | 2055m |
| top station of highest ski lift |
| Bottom Altitude | 1070m |
| bottom of lowest ski run |
| Resort Altitude | 1070m |
| centre of Bad Kleinkirchheim ski resort |
| Vertical Drop | 985m |
| total descent from top lift to bottom piste |
| Skiable Vertical | ^v 985m |
| can include extra hike up which may be possible above top lift - stat used by some resorts to con us about true "vertical drop" which is lift-served |
Skiing in Bad Kleinkirchheim
Skiing Bad Kleinkirchheim you'll enjoy 32 pistes and trails and that means approximately 103km of ski runs. Bad Kleinkirchheim lifts number 26 with the capacity to uplift 35000 skiers up the mountain per hour. The longest ski run in the Austrian ski resort of Bad Kleinkirchheim is over 4.8km long.
Bad Kleinkirchheim Ski Area
Bad Kleinkirchheim ski area has 0% beginner ski runs or nursery slopes, 6% intermediate, 78% advanced ski slopes and 15% for expert skiers - the most difficult Bad Kleinkirchheim piste is the 1km Muldenabfahrt run, with a steepness/slope angle of ?%. You can't ski Bad Kleinkirchheim after dark.
Bad Kleinkirchheim for skiing gets 3 stars out of 5 overall
Snowboarding in Bad Kleinkirchheim
If you snowboard Bad Kleinkirchheim you'll want to know that, of the 26 ski lifts in total, 18 are surface lifts or "drag lifts" - this gives a good indication of how modern the lift system is and well set up Bad Kleinkirchheim snowboarding is - especially for beginners learning to snowboard. Bad Kleinkirchheim snowboard facilities include 0 terrain parks and 0 half pipe (longest half pipe length is 0 metres), 0 quarter pipe and 0 boardercross courses.
Bad Kleinkirchheim for snowboarding gets 3 stars out of 5 overall
Bad Kleinkirchheim Apres Ski
The apres ski Bad Kleinkirchheim scene and off-slope or "non-skier" activities include:
24 apres ski bars 15 restaurants 0 bowling 1 night club 0 cinema 1 billiards / pool 0 games room 0 concert 3 indoor swimming 2 outdoor heated pools 8 saunas 1 hot tubs 6 solariums 12 masseurs 0 indoor ice skating 1 outdoor ice skating 0 indoor sports centre 1 indoor tennis 0 squash racquetball 2 sleigh rides 0 ballooning 1 horse riding 60 prepare winter walks 0 climbing 1 golf 0 fishing 0 museum 1 library Plus these additional apres ski facilities Accupuncture, Adventure Swimming Complex, Curling, Electrotherapy, Ice Yachting, Thermal Baths, Underwater Massage.
SNO-man says
BKK has more to do in the evenings than most Austrian resorts. For people who would like to discover other winter sports apart from skiing, every Tuesday its possible to try out various new sports (including snowboarding, carving and snow-biking), or you can enjoy ice-skating, curling or a night toboggan adventure. Really adventurous guests can try paragliding or ice-surfing (wind surfing on a frozen lake), others may prefer a ride in a horse-drawn sleigh or winter hiking along the well-kept paths.
There are also an indoor tennis and squash centres. After a day of sports you can relax in one of the two thermal baths, the spa St. Kathrein and the thermal Römerbad. Here you can regenerate your tired muscles or just enjoy a fun evening in a fantastic water landscape. And with water temperatures of 24 and 36 ° Centigrade even open-air swimming is possible. Facilities include a sauna, solarium, whirlpool and a Roman Tepidarium .
For the adventurous the incredible swimming landscape of the Römerbad also includes wild streams, steam grottoes, a wave machine and water whirls, whereas people looking for spa treatments will welcome the vast range of therapy available in the St. Kathrein thermal spa complex. St. Kathrein a real Mecca for the health conscious, includes four swimming pools, both open-air and indoors. St. Kathrein also boasts hot whirlpools, heated benches, solaria, sauna landscapes, relaxation grottoes, plunge baths, a Roman-Irish steam bath, drinking fountains, a reading garden, Kneipp basins and a café/restaurant integrated into a large and uniquely designed Tepidarium. The climatic chamber with its therapeutic temperature between 30 and 50° Centigrade - invented by the Romans - provides immensely positive benefits, such as relaxation and blood pressure regulation.
Esoteric sounds will intensify the beneficial experience of the Tepidarium even more. The service of St. Kathrein includes daily programmes free of charge for all bathing guests: Meditative deep relaxation, water gymnastics, special movements to improve your spinal column and integrated relaxation exercises. And in addition to the variety of therapy offers, from magnetic field therapy to the famous healing effects of light, there are the positive effects of the thermal water, counteracting the disturbing effects of today's hectic life.
Bad Kleinkirchheim for apres ski gets 4 stars out of 5 overall
More Bad Kleinkirchheim Snow Ski Area and Resort Information
Bad Kleinkirchheim resort - ski Bad Kleinkirchheim by any other name
The Austrian ski resort of Bad Kleinkirchheim ski resort is also known as Bad Kleinkirchheim Kaiserburg and has the following common misspellings:
Bad Kleinkirchheim ski area has ski slopes which face N S
The direction which the various Bad Kleinkirchheim ski slopes face can make or break your skiing or snowboarding holiday. If you want to guarantee good snow and ski conditions, you should choose a resort with ski slopes which face the right way for the time of year you're travelling.
- In the coldest winter months of January and February you need a ski resort with some sunny south facing ski slopes, so your days on the snow doesn't feel like a polar expedition. Conversely, in the warmest spring skiing months of March and especially April, a ski resort with some cool and shady north facing slopes will ensure you're not skiing on slush, but benefitting from best late season snow. The best ski resorts have ski areas and slopes which face in all directions so that you're guaranteed greating skiing whatever the weather. Bad Kleinkirchheim ski resort has ski slopes facing N S.
Bad Kleinkirchheim for snow gets 3 stars out of 5 overall