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Ski Lifts in Obergurgl

The Gurgl lift pass covering Obergurgl and Hochgurgl is expensive for a small ski area, but it funds one of the best lift networks in the Alps, with huge carrying-capacity and few queues. Most lift passes also cover the lifts in nearby Solden as well, and the 25 minute bus journey to get there.

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Obergurgl and Hochgurgl (Gurgl) Ski Lifts

Gurgl has 25 mountain lifts of which four rise above 2,800m to give access to its famously snowsure ski slopes: the Kirchenkarbahn (see photo at the top of the page), Schermerbahn 3000, Plattachbahn, and Wurmkogl II. But the cornerstone of the network is the 3.6km long Top Express gondola which links Obergurgl and Hochgurgl, carrying skiers above the Ferwalltal and Konigstal valleys in minutes to unite the ski area.

Added together the Obergurgl and Hochgurgl lifts can transport about 43,000 people per hour, which is on a par with ski areas that have many more skiers. The result is a high quality skiing experience with very few lift queues, even in peak seasion.

Obergurgl Hochgurgl (Gurgl) Ski Lift Passes

The Gurgl lift pass covers both the Obergurgl and Hochgurgl ski areas, and may be purchased at lift stations and in some hotels and ski hire shops, but the best price is normally online at: https://obergurgl.skiperformance.com/en/winter/store#/en/winter/

Lift passes are free for young children, and there are discounts for juniors, seniors and the disabled.

The Gurgl lift pass is expensive given its relatively small ski area. But it not only funds one of the best lift networks in the Alps but also includes activities that other ski resorts make you pay extra for, such as night skiing (which happens twice a week, once at Obergirgl and once at Hochgurgl) and and nighttime togogganing.

Most Gurgl lift passes also covers Solden, which is just 25 minutes’ away via a regular ski bus service which is free to Gurgl lift pass holders. Solden has a similar, but larger, high altitude ski area, so intermediates and above staying in Obergurgl and Hochgurgl will definitely want to ski in both ski areas. Solden and Obergurgl-Hochgurgl are part of the Otztal Valley Superski area, which also includes Hochoetz-Kühtai, Niederthai, Gries and Vent but all the other areas are further away than Solden and much smaller in size.