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Speed Check at Wagrain

Intermediate · 169 m long with 28 m of vertical, averaging 9° and 16° at its steepest, facing W.

16°steepest 50 m
9°average pitch
169 mlength
28 mvertical
1628 mtop elevation
Wfaces

Snow and sun

Speed Check is west-facing: afternoon sun, softens late and can crust as it refreezes.

Grooming: classic.

How to get to Speed Check

Lifts that reach the top: Obergassalmbahn (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Buchaubahn (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Straßalmbahn (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Tellerlift Obergassalm (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Alpendorf Gondelbahn (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Übungslift Obergassalm (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 19 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Alpendorf Gondelbahn
  2. Ski Gernkogel 2. Sektion, Gernkogel - blaue Abfahrt (easy)
  3. Ride Obergassalmbahn
  4. Ski Gernkogel 2. Sektion, Gipfelbahn Buchau, Skitour Gernkogel, Gernkogel - blaue Abfahrt (easy)
  5. Ski Gernkogel 2. Sektion, Gipfelbahn Buchau, Gernkogel - rote Abfahrt (intermediate)
  6. Ski Speed Check (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Gernkogel 2. Sektion, Gipfelbahn Buchau, Gernkogel - rote Abfahrt, unnamed easy trail. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Übungslift Obergassalm (2 min), Obergassalmbahn (2 min), Tellerlift Kreisten (6 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.