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1 / 8Petzen - ski resort in Austria. Ski area from 650 to 1,959 m, vertical drop 1,309 m. 5 lifts. Piste map, weather and snowfall. Piste map and weather.
Trail information
Petzen is a ski resort in the Carinthia region (Austria). Gentle runs predominate, so the resort suits beginners and families with children.
Worth knowing
The ski area rises from 650 to 1,959 m, with a vertical drop of 1,309 m. This vertical drop allows skiers to descend from top to bottom without changing lifts and noticeably changes the conditions along the way. The season usually runs from 12 December to 21 March.
Snowparks
"Freestyle Area Snowpark": 35 features. There is a line for beginners. According to the resort's official website.
Maps
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Contacts and opening hours
Average monthly snowfall at Petzen
Snowfall per month - cm. Below each bar - how many days it snowed that month. Observation data for the last 3 completed seasons.
Accommodation
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What visitors say about the resort
The praise is for the calm, family character: wide gentle pistes, practice lifts beside the valley station and almost no queues even at weekends. Visitors like the easy approach, with no traffic jams on the way from Klagenfurt or Ljubljana. Snowmaking gets good marks for stretching the season when cover in the valley is thin. The panorama from the top station comes up repeatedly, and the summer bike park has become a reason to come in its own right.
The ageing gondola draws criticism - riders report cabin doors that neither close nor open fully. Lift staff are described as unfriendly, particularly when bikes have to be loaded. The top-station restaurant is called expensive for small portions of average quality. Strong skiers get bored quickly, since there is hardly any difficult terrain, and the low base leaves the area dependent on snow guns. Apres-ski is effectively absent.
An editorial summary of public reviews on specialist sites. This is not a visitor review: we retell what is written about the resort most often, both praise and criticism.
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