Kühtai, AT: 03/06/26

jamesdeluxe

jamesdeluxe

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Today, we went to another medium-sized ski area in the Innsbruck region, Kühtai, about 35 minutes from our hotel, which is separated by a road that runs through the village at 2,020 meters. We thought about splitting the day with the Hochoetz ski area 15 minutes further up the road but ultimately decided to stay put at Kühtai because the north- and south-facing sectors allowed us to follow the sun easily.

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My wife on the Kaisersbahn:
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Lunchtime at a hut:
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Some final thoughts about our recent Austria trip:
  • That's a varied grab bag of ski areas on the Indy Pass. A trip length of 12 days would've obviously been better than seven to be able to take advantage of the remaining areas.
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  • The two-day limit on ski areas works fine for the most part; however, it's frustrating not to be able to ski more of Innsbruck's dozen areas. You can of course; however, it's 25% off the normal ticket price for the third day and full price after that (36 to 72 euros depending on the ski area).
  • I suppose that the closest American analogy to the Innsbruck region is Salt Lake but the ones in Innsbruck region are so much more varied -- from a major glacier to several that are mostly above-treeline, along with numerous at lower elevation. For example, check out this excellent report when one of Alpinfans' most prolific members was at Kühtai and Hochoetz, only 15 minutes away from each other, the same week I was there two years earlier. Of course, apples-to-apples conditions in the Cottonwoods are the majority of the time better than Innsbruck (especially in early March) so that's an obvious tradeoff.
  • I wonder if they're going to add any others for 2026-27?
 
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