Nassfeld - in the 10 best resorts in Austria

The largest ski resorts, Bad Kleinkirchheim and Nassfeld, occupy an honorable place in Austrian winter tourism on a par with the popular resorts of Salzburgerland and Tyrol. Getting to the most important ski resorts in Carinthia is very easy: the road to Nassfeld on the Tauern A10 Autobahn from Salzburg Airport will take no more than 2 hours - literally a stone's throw.

Unlike Bad Kleinkirchheim, the Nassfeld ski resort is not a settlement - it is just a point on a 1552 m high mountain pass (Nassfeldpass) surrounded by the peaks Gartnerkofel (2195 m), Rosskofel (2239 m) and Trogkofel (2280 m). Despite not too high altitudes, there has been a lot of snow here, on the border of Austria and Italy, in the last couple of years. For example, from January 31 to February 2, 2014, 155 cm of snow piled on the slopes of Nassfeld, and the total depth of the snow cover was more than 2 meters.

The Nassfeld ski area has a total of 110 km of pistes, as well as several freeride slopes, located on an area of 113 hectares. Most of the slopes are of medium difficulty - there are 63% of the total number of slopes here. For beginners, there are not many trails - 27% and 10% - difficult. The longest track is 8 km long.

In addition to the prepared slopes and areas of the Freeride Area, there are 2 snow parks and a fancross track for freeskiing in Nassfeld. In addition, snow tubing, bike bob, snow skate, snow scooter, sleds, snow trick, ski fox, bike board and other equipment for fun on snow can be rented at the lower station of the Millennium Express cable car. slopes.

Not so long ago, the Nassfeld-Hermagor region was included in the Guinness Book of Records, hosting amateur ski competitions on the longest route of 25.6 km. The competition is called Schlag das Ass (inger) and was originally organized by Armin Assinger, a former alpine skier of the Austrian national team, 4-time winner of the World Cup competition, and currently the famous TV presenter of the Austrian version of the TV show «Who want to be a millionaire?».

The number of participants who took part in these races averages about 800 people. The point of the race is to beat Assinger's result, the main prize is the BMW X1. The prize, of course, is wonderful, although an ordinary amateur is unlikely to be able to improve the time of a professional, even a former.

This winter the race «Beat Assinger» will be held for the 6th time and will be held on January 17, 2015. If you suddenly find yourself in Nassfeld at this time, do not miss this curious sight, or take part in it yourself. The event will end with a spectacular aerial show by Red Bull Flight Show World Champion Hannes Arch.

And the tour operator TezTour will help you to spend the post-New Year holidays in this wonderful place. Moreover, with a direct flight from Moscow to Salzburg, from where the resorts are within easy reach. Departure dates - 01/03/2015 and 01/10/2015. More details...

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Race route
Freeride in Nassfeld
Evening sleigh rides
Start of the race in 2014

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