Fulpmes austria
Review of snowboarding and skiing in Fulpmes Austria.
Fulpmes Ski Holiday Facts
Established in 1959 the Austrian ski resort Fulpmes lies at 2136 metres altitude in the Tirol / Tyrol region of the Austrian Alps / Alpes. With the highest lifts and ski slopes below 2500m Fulpmes ski area is not snow sure. Over 85 snow cannons ensure artificial Fulpmes snow making covers 17km of ski trails, which equates to around 33 of the ski slopes. The nearest airport transfer to Fulpmes (Austria) is Innsbruck at a distance of 20km or approximately 20 minutes driving time. Fulpmes ski season runs from November to April.
SNO-man says
A large village with good skiing close to the Stubai glacier and Neustift. Facilities include indoor pool and tennis, bowling, billiards and an ice rink. The skiing on the local Schlick mountain is varied and interesting, with the Stubai offering a snowsure alternative.
alpine downhill runs to ski in Fulpmes Austria
Beginner Trails
 0 runs 0km |
0% |
Intermediate Trails
 5 runs 13km |
45% |
Advanced Trails
 5 runs 7km |
45% |
Expert Trails
 1 runs 1km |
9% |
Fulpmes Resort & Holiday Info
| Beginners learning to ski |  |
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| Family friendly | |
| Snowsure | |
| Ambience | |
| Value for money | |
| Ski Pass Prices (adult 6 day) | €124 - €155 |
Traditional Ski Village / Purpose Built Ski Resort |
| Ski Resort Opens | Nov 2011 |
| Ski Resort Closes | Apr 2012 |
| (snow conditions often influence resort opening & closing) |
Ski Area Fulpmes Mountain
| Downhill Ski Runs | 21km |
| total length of Fulpmes trails |
| Longest lift serve Run | 5.5km |
| longest piste or trail reachable by ski lift |
| Ski Slope Orientation | N NE S E |
| direction Fulpmes ski areas face |
| Top Altitude | 2136m |
| top station of highest ski lift |
| Bottom Altitude | 960m |
| bottom of lowest ski run |
| Resort Altitude | 960m |
| centre of Fulpmes ski resort |
| Vertical Drop | 1176m |
| total descent from top lift to bottom piste |
| Skiable Vertical | ^v 1176m |
| 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 Fulpmes
Skiing Fulpmes you'll enjoy 11 pistes and trails and that means approximately 21km of ski runs. Fulpmes lifts number 9 with the capacity to uplift 11860 skiers up the mountain per hour. The longest ski run in the Austrian ski resort of Fulpmes is over 5.5km long.
Fulpmes Ski Area
Fulpmes ski area has 0% beginner ski runs or nursery slopes, 45% intermediate, 45% advanced ski slopes and 9% for expert skiers - the most difficult Fulpmes piste is the ?km ? run, with a steepness/slope angle of ?%. You can't ski Fulpmes after dark.
Fulpmes for skiing gets 4 stars out of 5 overall
Snowboarding in Fulpmes
If you snowboard Fulpmes you'll want to know that, of the 9 ski lifts in total, 6 are surface lifts or "drag lifts" - this gives a good indication of how modern the lift system is and well set up Fulpmes snowboarding is - especially for beginners learning to snowboard. Fulpmes snowboard facilities include 1 terrain parks and 1 half pipe (longest half pipe length is ? metres), 1 quarter pipe and 0 boardercross courses.
Fulpmes for snowboarding gets 3 stars out of 5 overall
Fulpmes Apres Ski
The apres ski Fulpmes scene and off-slope or "non-skier" activities include:
4 apres ski bars 39 restaurants 1 bowling 2 night club 1 cinema 1 billiards / pool 0 games room 0 concert 1 indoor swimming 1 outdoor heated pools 1 saunas 1 hot tubs 1 solariums 0 masseurs 0 indoor ice skating 1 outdoor ice skating 1 indoor sports centre 1 indoor tennis 0 squash racquetball 1 sleigh rides 0 ballooning 1 horse riding 19 prepare winter walks 0 climbing 0 golf 0 fishing 0 museum 0 library Plus these additional apres ski facilities Curling, Shooting, Theatre .
SNO-man says
Fulpmes has an excellent Aquarena indoor swimming pool complex. Also in resort there's an ice rink, indoor tennis, billiards tables, library, Tyrolean bowling and a toboggan run.
The nearby Neustift recreation centre contains an indoor swimming pool with a waterslide, saunas, sun beds, more nine pin bowling lanes, an indoor shooting range and a festival hall.
Ski-alpinism along the "Stubai Haute Route" ranks among the Eastern Alps' classics. Mountain-guides can be engaged from daily hikes to weekly courses in rock and ice-climbing, to such particularities as ski alpinism and ice-waterfall climbing.
By the way, in winter every Friday, equipment and professional advice will be given to all climbers at the 20m high permanent ice-tower on the Stubai Glacier.
Over and above winter sports a winter-vacation in the Stubai Alps guarantees numerous other activities: ice-skating, curling, horse riding, horse-drawn sleigh rides, indoor tennis and squash. Two schools are teaching both paragliding and delta-flying or simply take you on a tandem-flight.
For those who want to try their hand at tobogganing, six runs with a total length of about 60 km present a real challenge. A "must" is the "Elfer", Tyrol's longest natural toboggan track, several times a week also open for nightly floodlit runs.
Fulpmes for apres ski gets 4 stars out of 5 overall
More Fulpmes Snow Ski Area and Resort Information
Fulpmes resort - ski Fulpmes by any other name
The Austrian ski resort of Fulpmes ski resort is also known as Fulpmes and has the following common misspellings:
Fulpmes ski area has ski slopes which face N NE S E
The direction which the various Fulpmes 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. Fulpmes ski resort has ski slopes facing N NE S E.
Fulpmes for snow gets 5 stars out of 5 overall