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Review of snowboarding and skiing in Kaprun Austria.

Kaprun Ski Holiday Facts

Established in 1960 the Austrian ski resort Kaprun lies at 3029 metres altitude in the Salzburgerland region of the Austrian Alps / Alpes. With the highest lifts and ski slopes above 2500m Kaprun ski area is snow sure. Over 200 snow cannons ensure artificial Kaprun snow making covers 29km of ski trails, which equates to around 45 of the ski slopes. The nearest airport transfer to Kaprun (Austria) is Salzburg at a distance of 90km or approximately 90 minutes driving time. Kaprun ski season runs from November to June.

SNO-man says

Part of the Europa Sport region with Zell am See but not quite lift linked. A regular ski bus links the high altitude skiing on the Kitzsteinhorn Glacier where there are powder bowls. The toboggan runs care illuminated for night sledging.

alpine downhill runs to ski in Kaprun Austria

Beginner Trails
 0 runs 0km
0%  Intermediate Trails
 16 runs 32km
55%  Advanced Trails
 9 runs 22km
31%  Expert Trails
 4 runs 4km
13% 

Kaprun 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)€176 - €197
Traditional Ski Village / Purpose Built Ski Resort
Ski Resort OpensNov 2011
Ski Resort ClosesJun 2012
(snow conditions often influence resort opening & closing)

Ski Area Kaprun Mountain

Downhill Ski Runs61km
total length of Kaprun trails
Longest lift serve Run7km
longest piste or trail reachable by ski lift
Ski Slope OrientationN S
direction Kaprun ski areas face
Top Altitude3029m
top station of highest ski lift
Bottom Altitude786m
bottom of lowest ski run
Resort Altitude786m
centre of Kaprun ski resort
Vertical Drop2243m
total descent from top lift to bottom piste
Skiable Vertical^v 2243m
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 Kaprun

Skiing Kaprun you'll enjoy 29 pistes and trails and that means approximately 61km of ski runs. Kaprun lifts number 27 with the capacity to uplift 40.095 skiers up the mountain per hour. The longest ski run in the Austrian ski resort of Kaprun is over 7km long. Ski Kaprun summer or winter as there is also glacier skiing in Kaprun.

SNO-man says

Kaprun Ski Area

Kaprun ski area has 0% beginner ski runs or nursery slopes, 55% intermediate, 31% advanced ski slopes and 13% for expert skiers - the most difficult Kaprun piste is the ?km ? run, with a steepness/slope angle of ?%. You can't ski Kaprun after dark.

Kaprun for skiing gets 3 stars out of 5 overall    

Snowboarding in Kaprun

If you snowboard Kaprun you'll want to know that, of the 27 ski lifts in total, 14 are surface lifts or "drag lifts" - this gives a good indication of how modern the lift system is and well set up Kaprun snowboarding is - especially for beginners learning to snowboard. Kaprun snowboard facilities include 3 terrain parks and 1 half pipe (longest half pipe length is 70 metres), 0 quarter pipe and 0 boardercross courses.

SNO-man says

Kaprun for snowboarding gets 4 stars out of 5 overall    

Kaprun Apres Ski

The apres ski Kaprun scene and off-slope or "non-skier" activities include:

12 apres ski bars 33 restaurants 1 bowling 1 night club 0 cinema 0 billiards / pool 0 games room 0 concert 1 indoor swimming 1 outdoor heated pools 1 saunas 1 hot tubs 3 solariums 3 masseurs 0 indoor ice skating 1 outdoor ice skating 1 indoor sports centre 0 indoor tennis 0 squash racquetball 1 sleigh rides 1 ballooning 1 horse riding 18 prepare winter walks 1 climbing 1 golf 0 fishing 3 museum 1 library Plus these additional apres ski facilities Buggy Park, Ice Climbing, Llama Trekking, Tirolean evening, Torchlit procession.

SNO-man says

Kaprun's major off-slope attraction is its swimming and leisure complex, Optimum, which incorporates a leisure pool as well as a heated outdoor pool, Turkish bath, whirl pool and three saunas. Services available include sun beds and lamps, solariums, massage, pedicure, and you can even rent your bathing costume if you forget to bring one. There's a bowling alley on Schlossstrasse, tennis courts, a small library at the information centre and a local folk museum near the church. Outside there's a natural ice rink. You can sometimes go ballooning, try paragliding, horse riding, take a sleigh ride, or have fun on the illuminated toboggan run (2.5km/1.5 miles). Over in Zell am See there is ice sailing and ice surfing on Lake Zell when frozen. In the air there's a choice of scenic flights in light aircraft, gliding, paragliding, hang gliding, even parachuting. Zell's indoor ice rink stages hockey and curling matches as well as skating. There's an indoor riding school, sleigh rides, even llama riding in Kaprun! The multi sports centre has indoor pool, sauna and solarium, and there's also a beauty farm, bowling, a cinema, library and museum in the town. Concerts, exhibitions, festivals and theatre in the castle are staged, there are also art galleries. If you still feel there's not enough to do off the slopes locally, many excursions are organised from the town, with popular destinations including the thermal springs of the Gastein Valley (see Bad Gastein or Bad Hofgastein), the ice cave at Werfen, the salt mines at Hallein, Europe's highest waterfalls at Krimml and the provincial capital of Salzburg.

Kaprun for apres ski gets 3 stars out of 5 overall    

More Kaprun Snow Ski Area and Resort Information

Kaprun resort - ski Kaprun by any other name

The Austrian ski resort of Kaprun ski resort is also known as Kaprun Maiskogel, Kitzsteinhorn, Schmittenhöhe and has the following common misspellings:

Kaprun ski area has ski slopes which face N S

The direction which the various Kaprun 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. Kaprun ski resort has ski slopes facing N S.

Kaprun for snow gets 5 stars out of 5 overall    

kaprun ski holidays
Haus Bergheil
16 Mar 2013
Gatwick £420
kaprun chalets
Chalet Abendruh
12 Jan 2013
Gatwick £490
kaprun luxury
Chalet Mara
15 Dec 2012
Gatwick £523
kaprun hotels
Guesthouse Katharinenhof
12 Jan 2013
Gatwick £474
kaprun cheap deals
Haus Bergheil
16 Mar 2013
Gatwick £420
kaprun family skiing
Guesthouse Katharinenhof
12 Jan 2013
Gatwick £474
kaprun group skiing
Haus Bergheil
16 Mar 2013
Gatwick £420
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Haus Bergheil
26 Jan 2013
Accommodation only £262
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