Grainau germany
Review of snowboarding and skiing in Grainau Germany.
Grainau Ski Holiday Facts
Established in ? the German ski resort Grainau lies at 2830 metres altitude in the Werdenfelserland region of the German Bavarian Alps. With the highest lifts and ski slopes above 2500m Grainau ski area is snow sure. Over ? snow cannons ensure artificial Grainau snow making covers 7km of ski trails, which equates to around 6.5 of the ski slopes. The nearest airport transfer to Grainau (Germany) is Munich / München at a distance of 145km or approximately ? minutes driving time. Grainau ski season runs from December to May.
SNO-man says
A short distance from Garmisch - Partenkirchen, the cable-car from just outside Grainau reaches the peak of the Zugspitze and accesses the glacier skiing beyond.
alpine downhill runs to ski in Grainau Germany
Beginner Trails
 8 runs 0km |
18% |
Intermediate Trails
 13 runs 18km |
30% |
Advanced Trails
 21 runs 87km |
48% |
Expert Trails
 2 runs 2km |
4% |
Grainau Resort & Holiday Info
| Beginners learning to ski |  |
| Intermediate Skiers | |
| Expert Skiers | |
| Snowboarders | |
| Apres Ski | |
| Family friendly | |
| Snowsure | |
| Ambience | |
| Value for money | |
| Ski Pass Prices (adult 6 day) | €? - €? |
Traditional Ski Village / Purpose Built Ski Resort |
| Ski Resort Opens | Dec 2011 |
| Ski Resort Closes | May 2012 |
| (snow conditions often influence resort opening & closing) |
Ski Area Grainau Mountain
| Downhill Ski Runs | 120km |
| total length of Grainau trails |
| Longest lift serve Run | 3.69km |
| longest piste or trail reachable by ski lift |
| Ski Slope Orientation | S W |
| direction Grainau ski areas face |
| Top Altitude | 2830m |
| top station of highest ski lift |
| Bottom Altitude | 750m |
| bottom of lowest ski run |
| Resort Altitude | 750m |
| centre of Grainau ski resort |
| Vertical Drop | 1350m |
| total descent from top lift to bottom piste |
| Skiable Vertical | ^v 1350m |
| 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 Grainau
Skiing Grainau you'll enjoy 43 pistes and trails and that means approximately 120km of ski runs. Grainau lifts number 12 with the capacity to uplift 12000 skiers up the mountain per hour. The longest ski run in the German ski resort of Grainau is over 3.69km long.
Grainau Ski Area
Grainau ski area has 18% beginner ski runs or nursery slopes, 30% intermediate, 48% advanced ski slopes and 4% for expert skiers - the most difficult Grainau piste is the 3.7km Kandahar run, with a steepness/slope angle of ?%. You can't ski Grainau after dark.
Grainau for skiing gets 4 stars out of 5 overall
Snowboarding in Grainau
If you snowboard Grainau you'll want to know that, of the 12 ski lifts in total, 9 are surface lifts or "drag lifts" - this gives a good indication of how modern the lift system is and well set up Grainau snowboarding is - especially for beginners learning to snowboard. Grainau snowboard facilities include 2 terrain parks and 2 half pipe (longest half pipe length is ? metres), 0 quarter pipe and 0 boardercross courses.
Grainau for snowboarding gets ? stars out of 5 overall
Grainau Apres Ski
The apres ski Grainau scene and off-slope or "non-skier" activities include:
3 apres ski bars 31 restaurants 0 bowling 0 night club 0 cinema 0 billiards / pool 0 games room 0 concert 2 indoor swimming 1 outdoor heated pools 1 saunas 1 hot tubs 1 solariums 0 masseurs 0 indoor ice skating 1 outdoor ice skating 0 indoor sports centre 1 indoor tennis 1 squash racquetball 1 sleigh rides 0 ballooning 0 horse riding 10 prepare winter walks 0 climbing 0 golf 0 fishing 0 museum 0 library Plus these additional apres ski facilities Bavarian Curling, Curling, Folklore Evenings, Slide Shows, Solarium, Squash, Indoor Tennis.
Grainau for apres ski gets 4 stars out of 5 overall
More Grainau Snow Ski Area and Resort Information
Grainau resort - ski Grainau by any other name
The German ski resort of Grainau ski resort is also known as Alpspitze, Zugspitze and has the following common misspellings:
Grainau ski area has ski slopes which face S W
The direction which the various Grainau 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. Grainau ski resort has ski slopes facing S W.
Grainau for snow gets 5 stars out of 5 overall