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Ski touring along the edge of the 6.3 km long Klösterle valley run

With your piste touring ticket or a valid Gerlitzen season ski pass, 20-hour season ticket, the Kärnten Ski Pass, or the Winter Kärnten Card, ski touring along the side of the Klösterle valley run is permitted. The piste touring ticket can be purchased at the starting point (Kinderland Klösterle, directly next to the parking lots) as well as at the ticket offices of the Klösterle I valley station. Here you can find all current ski touring rates: 

Piste Touring Ticket: € 15

Piste Touring Ticket including 1 ride on a 4-person chairlift: € 28

Piste Touring Season Pass: € 109

 

The Gerlitzen Alpe is one of the few ski resorts where ski tourers are warmly welcome. To ensure that this positive coexistence continues, we urgently ask you, for safety reasons, to use only the official Gerlitzen–Klösterle ascent route on the designated ski touring strip and to step onto the far-left edge of the piste only where absolutely unavoidable. Please also make sure to walk in a single file and as space-efficiently as possible, so as not to obstruct ski operations and to ensure everyone’s safety.

Please keep in mind that our ski slopes are primarily reserved for users of the cable cars and lifts. Skiers must not be hindered or endangered by ascending ski tourers.

Our goal is respectful and safe coexistence between ski tourers and skiers. We trust that you, the ski touring community, will support this in all our interests. However, if this cannot be ensured, we - like many other ski resorts - would be forced to prohibit ski touring on our slopes in the future.

Thank you for your understanding and consideration!

 

Forest Path:

If there is enough natural snow, the municipality of Arriach also maintains a signposted forest path. This ends without exception at the "Huaba Hut". From there, the ascent is only possible via the piste walker path along the Klösterle north run next to the piste. See graphic below:

 

Rules for ski tourers on the Gerlitzen Alpe:

• Ski slopes are primarily available to users of cable cars and lifts! Skiers should never be hindered or endangered by mountain hikers!
• The ascent is only permitted on the Gelitzen Klösterle ascent route and only on the edge of the piste (FIS Rule No. 7)!
• Crossing the slopes is strictly forbidden!
• Dogs are strictly forbidden!
• Particular caution is required in front of crests, in narrow passages and steep slopes!
• The ban on the use of a closed piste also applies to mountain hikers!
• All slopes are closed from 4:30 p.m. to 8:30 a.m. It is strictly forbidden to enter the slopes during this time! There is danger to your life!

Please note for the descent: According to §33, skiing in the forest in the area of lifts (e.g. cable cars) is only permitted on marked slopes. The "area of ascent aids" is to be understood as the area that can be reached from the mountain station of an ascent aid, but at least an area of 500m on both sides of the ascent aid, slope or marked descent. You should therefore only ski on the marked slopes. If we violate this, we will be punished with a complaint.