Active tourism Ski resort Gerlitzen, Austria

Active tourism is a temporary travel and stay, which is the main motive for recreation, outside his residence. Because of the need to participate in physical activities, visits and desires for watching various sporting events or any active or passive involvement in sporting activities on a personal level or the organized tourist destination for tourists prepare a variety of sports and recreational offerings. Thus, the capacity of accommodations are sports fields, gyms, fitness gym and other sports and recreational facilities are increasingly under the control of professional trainers. For lovers of active tourism prepared various adventure specialties such as rafting, kayaking, scuba diving, paragliding, climbing the cliffs of mountains, diving the depths of the sea, the wild nature cycling, caving, air tourism and other ordinary and unusual sports. The nature of man's movement, and accelerated pace of life, stress and more sitting and not moving during the work, on vacation people make up sport.

The Gerlitzen ski area is located in the Villach region in the heart of Carinthia.

From the top of the mountain you have a wonderful view of the „Dreiländereck“, where the borders of Austria, Italy and Slovenia meet.

The Gerlitzen Alpe at the lake Ossiacher See is also called 'Baby Kronplatz' - a ski resort on a mountain with ski runs that lead in all directions of the world into the valley.

The ski area is the ideal destination for the weekend. Conveniently located, the skiers reach the ski resort from Annenheim with the oldest gondola lift in Carinthia or from Klösterle with the chairlift.

The advantage of this ski area is the proximity to the town of Villach, which is only a few kilometers away. After an active day in the mountains, in the afternoon you can stroll around the shopping center or just go to the cinema. A free ski bus is available.

42 km of perfectly groomed slopes at an altitude from 1.000 to 1.911 m, state-of-the-art snowmaking technology and 15 modern lifts guarantee a varied skiing...