Kaprun (Kitzsteinhorn), Austria
Zell am See-Kaprun, Salzburg
Runs by difficulty
- blue 16.9 km
- red 12.6 km
- black 14.0 km
The split comes from OpenStreetMap. A run with no difficulty tag falls into none of the three bars, so they can add up to less than the resort total.
Lift pass
73 EUR per person per day
A 6-day pass costs 440 EUR.
Resort price list · Price list checked on 2026-08-13.
When to go
A ten-winter average, computed from a weather archive for a point at 1,711 m above sea level.
Average snowfall per month, in centimetres.
| Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| day | 3° | -2° | -3° | 0° | 2° | 5° |
| night | -4° | -8° | -10° | -7° | -6° | -2° |
This is snowfall, not snow depth on the slope: it says how much usually falls in a given month, not how much lies there. The measuring point sits close to the valley floor, so higher up it snows more.
Source: ERA5-Land (ECMWF), Copernicus Climate Data Store. Averaged over 2017–2026.
Lifts
Names and types from OpenStreetMap. Unnamed lifts are left out of this list, so it can be shorter than the count at the top of the page.
- 3K K-onnection Kaprun Kitzsteinhorn gondola
- Almbahn Kaprun chairlift
- Gipfelbahn cable car
- Gletscherjet 3 mixed lift
- Gletscherjet 4 gondola
- Gletscherjet I gondola
- Gletscherjet II gondola
- Kitzlift I T-bar
- Kitzlift II T-bar
- Kristallbahn chairlift
- Langwiedbahn chairlift
- MK Maiskogelbahn gondola
- Magnetköpflift T-bar
- Maisilift I platter lift
- Maurerlift T-bar
- Panoramabahn gondola
- Schmiedingerbahn chairlift
- Schneehasen-Lift platter lift
- Sonnenkarbahn I chairlift
- Sonnenkarbahn II chairlift
Places to stay by the lift
Distance is measured in a straight line to the base station of the nearest lift. No booking site publishes that number — it comes from matching accommodation against lift geometry.
- 8 within 300 m
- 100 within 1 km
- 333 places in the valley
The closest one stands 216 m from a lift.
Work out the cost of the triptest versionThe planner splits travel, lodging and lift passes by the number of people. Room prices are fetched for the dates you give.
Photos
What makes Kaprun (Kitzsteinhorn) different
Kaprun is Zell am See's neighbour, but the skiing here is a different kind: above the village rises the Kitzsteinhorn glacier, the only one in the region and one of the few in Austria you can ski to nearly 3,000 m. It is what lets the season start in autumn, while the grassy slopes lower down are still green, and hold on well into spring. If you are after snow certainty in this corner of the Alps, this is where it comes from.
From the village of Kaprun you reach the glacier without a car: the 3K cable car links the family Maiskogel mountain, the mid-station at Langwiedboden and the upper Kitzsteinhorn into a single run. Up top the pistes spread across a glacier plateau — more wide, gentle descents than steep pitches, so it is terrain where families and skiers still finding their feet feel safe. From the summit you look out over the ridges of the Hohe Tauern and the Grossglockner.
This is the snowiest place in the whole set. The weather model gives around 143 cm in December, 130 in January, and still over 80 even in April — a glacier gathers and holds snow in a way no lower mountain can. That is the reason to aim for Kaprun at the start or the end of the season, when elsewhere the snow has not yet arrived or has already gone.
The pass is the same Ski ALPIN CARD as at Zell am See — one card for the Kitzsteinhorn glacier, the Schmittenhöhe and the whole Skicircus Saalbach; the 6-day adult costs €440 in the 2026/27 main season (the Zell am See-Kaprun pricelist, checked August 2026, fixed). Outside the full season the glacier also sells its own ticket. Check prices with the operator before you travel, as they change each season. The drive from Poland is short by Alpine standards, through Czechia and Salzburg with no Brenner — about 683 km from Wałbrzych, 761 from Wrocław, 794 from Katowice, 869 from Kraków.
Resorts nearby
Straight-line distance, from the OpenStreetMap roster — the road through the valley is usually longer. The second figure is piste length.
- Kitzsteinhorn Austria 3 km away · 13 km of piste
- Maiskogel Austria 4 km away · 23 km of piste
- Schmittenhöhe Zell am See Austria 12 km away · 154 km of piste
- Weißsee Gletscherwelt Austria 12 km away · 14 km of piste
- Raurisertal Austria 19 km away · 19 km of piste
- Skicircus Saalbach-Hinterglemm Leogang Fieberbrunn Austria 20 km away · 381 km of piste
- Großglockner Heiligenblut Austria 23 km away · 88 km of piste
- Kals-Matrei Austria 27 km away · 50 km of piste
Where this comes from
Piste and lift geometry and their names: OpenStreetMap, under the ODbL licence.