Pertisau sits postcard-quiet on the western shore of the Achensee, the Karwendel cable car climbing from 950 m to 1,800 m for 24 km of family-paced piste under a limestone wall.
Pertisau is a ski resort in Austria, in the Austrian Alps. The village sits at 950 m and the lifts top out at 1800 m, with 24 km of pistes and 11 lifts. Its BestSnowHotels snow score is 72/100, and the season usually runs Dec 7 → Apr 7.
How we score and classify resortsRun counts and piste kilometres are indicative. Green runs only exist in France, Spain, Andorra, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Japan, the United States, Morocco, Algeria, Lesotho, South Africa, Egypt, Canada, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand and Chile; Italy, Austria, Switzerland and Germany start at blue. Indicative average snow depth near the top of the resort, in cm.
A handful of well-rated hotels in and around the resort. Pick one, then compare live prices across Booking, Expedia and Hotels.com.
Very good · 2.1k reviews
Strong value for Pertisau, with a high guest rating that punches above its nightly price.
Guests rate this hotel as very good (4.5/5 from 2,054 reviews). A mid-range option for Pertisau, with live nightly rates shown for your exact dates so you always see the best price.
Very good · 1.1k reviews
Strong value for Pertisau, with a high guest rating that punches above its nightly price.
Excellent · 672 reviews
One of the highest-rated places to stay in Pertisau, with guests singling out the service and comfort.
Excellent · 423 reviews
One of the highest-rated places to stay in Pertisau, with guests singling out the service and comfort.
Excellent · 352 reviews
One of the highest-rated places to stay in Pertisau, with guests singling out the service and comfort.
Excellent · 365 reviews
One of the highest-rated places to stay in Pertisau, with guests singling out the service and comfort.
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Pertisau is not a true ski-in ski-out resort. The Karwendel cable car base lies at the edge of the village by the lake, with a few central hotels a short walk away, but most visitors use the free village ski bus to reach the lift each morning.
Pertisau combines two Tirolean things most resorts cannot offer at once: a real alpine lake at the door and a quiet little ski mountain behind. The Karwendel cable car lifts you cleanly out of the village from 950 m to 1,800 m, opening onto a compact 24 km area dominated by blue and red intermediates with a couple of black pitches for the strong. It is honestly family-paced terrain, the sort where parents can let stronger teenagers loose for a morning without worrying, and skis still work for sensible adults after lunch. Pertisau is also one of Tirol's serious cross-country towns: the Pertisau Loipe trails fan out along the lakeshore and back into the Karwendel valleys for one of the best classic and skating networks in the country. Add the postcard backdrop of the limestone Karwendel rising straight from the Achensee, the quiet sister relationship with Achenkirch up the lake, and you have a Tirolean week that feels considerably more refined than the piste count suggests.
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Pertisau offers 24 km of pistes across 11 lifts, from 950 m to 1800 m. Whether it suits beginners depends on the dedicated learner zones at the base of the slopes, so check the local ski-school options for green and blue run access.
The season runs from Dec 7 to Apr 7, with a snow score of 72/100. Snow is usually most reliable in the heart of that window, deep in winter, while the closing weeks bring longer days and softer afternoon snow.
Pertisau is not a true ski-in ski-out resort. The Karwendel cable car base lies at the edge of the village by the lake, with a few central hotels a short walk away, but most visitors use the free village ski bus to reach the lift each morning.
Pertisau has 24 km of marked pistes served by 11 lifts, between 950 m and 1800 m of altitude.
Pertisau counts about 21 marked runs in total. The colour breakdown above shows how they split by difficulty, a good guide to whether the resort fits your level.
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