Gargellen

Beginners: yesFamilies: yesExperts: not really

About the area

Gargellen is a small Vorarlberg area with about 26 km of pistes, and the balance is clearly tilted towards easy skiing: 74% of the runs are green or blue, some 20 km in total, with 18 short easy runs sitting right next to a lift base. That makes it a sound choice for beginners and for intermediates who want to cruise blues all day. Experts will run out of material quickly - only 8% of the terrain (2 km) is black or freeride, and the biggest vertical on a single run is 513 m. Families should note there is just one gondola, so loading small children mostly means chairlifts or surface lifts.

The skiing spans 1,427 m to 2,272 m, with 8 lifts: one gondola, three chairlifts, three platters and one T-bar. The longest descent measures 2,449 m.

At a glance

Pistes
27 km
Lifts
8
Altitude
1427–2272 m
Vertical
845 m
Runs
52
Longest run
2.4 km
Biggest vertical on one run
513 m
Night skiing
0.2 km
Gondolas & cable cars
1
Bubble/heated lifts
2
Nursery runs at lift bases
18

Measured on OpenStreetMap data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), via OpenSkiMap. Computed 2026-09-09. Official figures may differ.

Official site

Pistes by difficulty

  • Green0.3 km
  • Blue19.4 km
  • Red4.9 km
  • Black2.1 km

Lifts by type

  • 3Button lift
  • 3Chairlift
  • 1T-bar
  • 1Gondola

Who should come here

Who should come here

Computed from the terrain itself — not a house opinion.

Beginners

yes

  • · 74% of pistes are green/blue (20 km)
  • · 8% are black/expert/freeride
  • · 18 short easy runs next to a lift base

Families

yes

  • · 1 gondola/cable-car lift (no chairlift loading for small kids)
  • · a base right at the lifts

Experts

not really

  • · 2 km black/expert/freeride (8%)
  • · longest vertical on one run 513 m

Best forbeginnersintermediates

Where to stay

Villages and towns with lifts to this area, and cheaper towns down the valley.

At the lifts

Cheaper, down the valley

Real towns with beds, food and shops, close enough to ski from.