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Ketting Route at Schmittenhöhe Zell am See

Expert · 848 m long with 280 m of vertical, averaging 18° and 28° at its steepest, facing NW.

28°steepest 50 m
18°average pitch
848 mlength
280 mvertical
1936 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

Ketting Route is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Ketting Route

Lifts that reach the top: Kettingalmbahn (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Kapellenbahn (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Schmittenhöhebahn (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Hochzellerbahn (skiing advanced terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 25 minutes, expert skiing needed):

  1. Ride cityXpress
  2. Ski Nordabfahrt (easy)
  3. Ski Standardabfahrt (advanced)
  4. Ski Trassabfahrt (advanced)
  5. Ride Schmittenhöhebahn
  6. Hike unnamed easy connector (easy)
  7. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  8. Ski Wilder Kaiser (advanced)
  9. Ski Ketting Route (expert)

Where it ends

Joins unnamed easy trail, Skiweg Ketting, unnamed advanced trail, Kettingpiste, Wilder Kaiser. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Kettingalmbahn (1 min).

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Measured from OpenStreetMap geometry and elevation via OpenSkiMap (ODbL). Times are rough. Grades, grooming and openings change day to day — check the resort's own reports.