Der Katschberg im Winter
Gleich vor der Haustür heißt es: "Brettln anschnallen und los gehts!"
70 Pistenkilometer und 16 moderne Liftanlagen (6 weiter sind in Planung) erschließen das schnee- und lawinensichere Schigebiet zwischen 1.640 und 2.220 Höhenmetern mit 100% beschneiten Abfahrten. Der Grossteil der Abfahrten (ca. 40 km) sind mittelschwer, für Anfänger stehen leichte Pisten (ca. 10 km) zur Verfügung.
Bei den Liften gibt es keine Wartezeiten und abseits der gepflegten Pisten finden auch Individualisten das, wonach sie suchen: Die höchstgelegene Langlaufloipe der Alpen verleiht allen Langläufern das Gefühl unbeschränkter Freiheit. Tourenschilauf und Tiefschneeabfahrten runden das Alpinprogramm ab.
Zum Après Ski trifft man sich den gemütlichsten Skihütten der Alpen.
Mit Katschis Kinderjet steht den Kids ein Funpark mit Mini-Jet und sprechenden Comic-Figuren zur Verfügung.
Eine romantische Pferdeschlittenfahrt durch tiefverschneite Wälder, Geräumte Spazierwege und immer wieder der Blick in die phantastische Winterlandschaft und Bergwelt machen den Katschberg besonders wertvoll. Auf dem Katschberg freuen sich nicht nur die Schifahrer auf den Winter!
NEW in WINTER 2011/2012 - Silverjet Set For Take-Off
This summer, the investment plan of Bogensperger's Katschberg lift dynasty includes further expansion at the Aineck. Silverjet2 is being constructed on its Salzburg side, at a cost of 10 million euros. With the new cable car, skiers will no longer have to use the "Branntweiner- und Ainecklift" T-bar lifts to ascend the mountain. Silverjet2, with its 8-passenger gondolas, will rise to 520 metres, covering a length of 2250 metres. The new facility will enable the summit station to be reached within seven minutes, representing a speed of 22 km/h. As with most of the other Katschberg lift facilities, the manufacturer will be the well-known Vorarlberg company Doppelmayr, which has designed a particularly futuristic look for the summit and base stations. Incidentally, the summit station will also contain the garage of the Aineck PistenBully fleet, consisting of ten state-of-the-art vehicles.
A1, here we come! This construction project will eliminate one of the last bottlenecks at the Aineck, reducing the journey time from the valley in St Margarethen up to the Aineck summit by ten minutes. Silverjet will be boarded directly at the Aineck double-chairlift. From the summit station, there will be a direct connection to the A1, or skiers can ski to the cable car via the Almen run (Almenabfahrt).
Awards. The piste pleasure will thereby be taken to a whole new level – and not least because the Katschberg has once again won the "Ski Area Test" and has been awarded the "International Pistengütesiegel" (international seal of approval for piste quality). And that's not all: the border mountain between Carinthia and Salzburg has been awarded the title of "Beste Beschneiungsanlage 2011" (best snow cannon 2011).
NEW in WINTER 2010/2011 - Snowbowl is ready!
Snowbowl is the name of the new, three kilometers long ski slope from Aineck at Katschberg towards Margarethen in Lungau. Besides the “old” ski slope and the two year old “A1” ski slope, it presents a third option to reach the valley from the Aineck Summit Train newly built last year.
The term “Snowbowl” is related to Aineck’s topography: the new route follows a basin known for its snow richness. With “Snow Basin” this was considered, when deciding about a name for the new ski slope. Then, the Carinthian term “Schneeschüssale” was proposed during brainstorming. However, this proposal generally was cute, but not sophisticated and international enough. Thus, “Schneeschüssale” was translated into the English term “Snow bowl“, which then mutated into “Snowbowl” (snow punch).
Due to 35 new snow cannons the entire ski slope can be artificially snowed – similar to all other ski slopes at Katschberg. Including Snowbowl, the ski slope area in the Aineck Summit Train region amounts to approx. 30 hectare, distributed over 1,800 m altitude difference.
