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Kitzbühel

The Hahnenkamm is the mountain above Kitzbühel but is better known as the greatest annual downhill ski race in the world: The Hahnenkamm. The race has been staged here most years since 1931. In Austria it’s the biggest sporting event of the year with 80,000 fans arriving for the main event, the men’s downhill, on a late January Saturday each winter. It’s a popular misconception that the piste where the race takes place is called the Hahnenkamm, when in fact the race takes place on the 3.3km Streif piste which descends 860m with pitches of up to 40.4 degrees and racers hitting nearly 100mph on the fastest section. Famous victors have included Franz Klammer on four occasions, including a record three successive wins and Didier Cuche with five wins.

Visiting Kitzbühel for the race is a great experience, but you can also tackle the Streif yourself for most of the winter (apart from the weeks before the race from early January) and you don’t have to be an expert racer as the resort has conveniently produced a less challenging ‘family-friendly’ variant of the route using the red piste number 21. If you do feel up to the full course the most famous sections of the piste such as the Mausefalle, Steilhang and Hausbergkante, are marked as “extreme ski routes” and are suited to experts only. In either case the start is opposite the summit station of the Hahnenkamm cable car.

Elevation

Summit

6561ft
Vertical Drop

3937ft
Base

2624ft

Terrain

Beginner Runs

Intermediate Runs

41%

Advanced Runs

45%

Expert Runs

14%

Runs

106 MILES

Terrain Parks

Longest Run

5 MILES

Skiable Terrain

690 ACRE

Lifts

Total Number Of Lifts: 54
Gondolas & Trams: 10
Eight Person Lifts: 5
High Speed Sixes: 7
High Speed Quads: 8
Quad Chairs: 0
Triple Chairs: 2
Double Chairs: 5
Surface Lifts: 17

Tourist Office

6370 Kitzbühel

Austria

Phone: +43 5356 6951-215

info@bergbahn-kitzbuehel.at

Kitzbühel Website Tourist office

Ski-lift

Bergbahn AG Kitzbühel

Hahnenkammstraße 1a

6370 Kitzbühel

Austria

Phone: +43 5356 6951-215

info@bergbahn-kitzbuehel.at

Kitzbühel Web site

Important Dates

Projected Opening Ski Season: 12/01/2012

Projected Closing Ski Season: 05/01/2013

Projected Days Open: 153

Days Open Last Year: 154

Years Open: 84

Kitzbühel Reviews

by Skigott3000 27th February 2013
- Overall Rating 3
- Family Friendly 4
- All Mtn. Terrain 3
- Terrain Park 2
- Nightlife 1
Eigentlich cool, aber ...

Pros: Viele Abfahrten, gute Lifte, nicht zu voll, Gastro
Cons: LÃ¤nge der Abfahrten, teuer
by Valero 4th March 2012
- Overall Rating 5
- Family Friendly 5
- All Mtn. Terrain 5
- Terrain Park 4
- Nightlife 5
AMAZING

Pros: fast lifts, snow secure, many mountain huts
Cons: many people on Hahnenkamm and Pengelstein
by Augsburg1982 29th November 2010
- Overall Rating 4
- Family Friendly 5
- All Mtn. Terrain 4
- Terrain Park 2
- Nightlife 2
KitzbÃ¼hel hat schon offen

Pros: Ãberall mit Schnee bedeckt
Cons: Nicht
by rsuminsby 24th March 2010
- Overall Rating 4
- Family Friendly 4
- All Mtn. Terrain 3
- Terrain Park 0
- Nightlife 0
Nice resort, but low elevation

Pros: Well connected lift system
Cons: Lower elevation

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