Ifen
About the area
Ifen is a compact area in Vorarlberg: about 20 km of pistes, half of them easy (10 km blue), 6 km red and 4 km black. That mix suits beginners and cautious intermediates, with four short easy runs right next to a lift base, though the 20% share of black and freeride terrain means you need to pick your lines. Experts should look elsewhere — 4 km of steep terrain and a maximum of 443 m vertical on a single run is not much. Families get an easy start: two of the four lifts are gondolas, so there is no chairlift loading with small children.
The area runs from 1,257 m to 2,019 m, giving 762 m of total vertical, and access is by two gondolas plus one chairlift and one platter. The longest descent measures 3,364 m, part of the Kleinwalsertal-Oberstdorf ski region.
At a glance
- Pistes
- 21 km
- Lifts
- 4
- Altitude
- 1257–2019 m
- Vertical
- 762 m
- Runs
- 33
- Longest run
- 3.4 km
- Biggest vertical on one run
- 443 m
- Gondolas & cable cars
- 2
- Bubble/heated lifts
- 3
- Nursery runs at lift bases
- 4
Measured on OpenStreetMap data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), via OpenSkiMap. Computed 2026-09-09. Official figures may differ.
Pistes by difficulty
- Blue10.3 km
- Red6.2 km
- Black4.2 km
- Unclassified0.1 km
Lifts by type
- 2Gondola
- 1Button lift
- 1Chairlift
Who should come here
Who should come here
Computed from the terrain itself — not a house opinion.
Beginners
with caveats
- · 50% of pistes are green/blue (10 km)
- · 20% are black/expert/freeride
- · 4 short easy runs next to a lift base
Families
with caveats
- · 2 gondola/cable-car lifts (no chairlift loading for small kids)
- · bases reached by ski bus
Experts
not really
- · 4 km black/expert/freeride (20%)
- · longest vertical on one run 443 m
Best forbeginnersintermediates
Where to stay
Villages and towns with lifts to this area, and cheaper towns down the valley.