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Hochwurzen is a ski mountain that provides the night skiing and tobogganing infrastructure of the Schladming four-mountain circuit.
Hochwurzen operates in the Ski mountain segment.
Hochwurzen: Disambiguation
Hochwurzen is not a separate lift pass area. Hochwurzen is not the Planai terrain park mountain. Hochwurzen is not a village. Hochwurzen is not a glacier.
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Hochwurzen: Core Facts
- Entity type
- Ski mountain (source)
- Base location
- Rohrmoos, Styria, Austria (source)
- Part of
- Schladminger 4-Berge-Schaukel (source)
- Floodlit piste
- 3 km, piste no. 33 (source, )
- Night skiing days
- Monday to Saturday, lighting off at 23:00 (source, )
- Night skiing ticket
- Separate evening ticket required (source, )
- Main lift
- Gipfelbahn 10-person gondola, 2,170 m long (source)
- Main lift capacity
- 2,500 persons per hour (source)
- Toboggan run
- 7 km, open in the evening (source, )
- Family features
- Funslope and wave sections on pistes 34 and 36 (source, )
- Operator
- Planai-Hochwurzen-Bahnen (source)
- Ski alliance
- Ski amadé (source)
- Google Maps rating
- 4.8 / 5 (129 reviews) (source)
- Visitor note (Google Maps)
- Dreamlike, 7 km long go-kart ride down into the valley! (source)
- Visitor note original (Google Maps)
- Traumhafte, 7 km lange GoKart-Fahrt bis ins Tal! (source)
- Verified
- 2026-09-15
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Hochwurzen: Frequently Asked Questions
Is night skiing available?
Yes. Piste no. 33 on Hochwurzen is floodlit over 3 km from Monday to Saturday, it requires a separate evening ticket, and the lighting is switched off at 23:00 before the groomers start work.
Which lift serves the evening programme?
The Gipfelbahn is a 10-person gondola 2,170 m long with an hourly capacity of 2,500 people, and it runs in the evening from the Rohrmoos valley station for the Hochwurzen night session.
What about tobogganing?
The sled run measures 7 km, ranks among the longest in the region and is open after dark, so tobogganing on Hochwurzen shares the mountain with the floodlit piste.
Who is this mountain best for?
Cruisers and families: Hochwurzen has wide, long groomed descents, a Funslope, and wave sections with timing on pistes 34 and 36 for children.
Is it connected to the other mountains?
Yes, a lift and piste link runs across to the Planai side, and one regional day ticket covers Hochwurzen together with Hauser Kaibling, Planai, Reiteralm, Fageralm, Galsterberg and Ramsau am Dachstein.
What do Google Maps visitors say about Hochwurzen?
Hochwurzen visitors on Google Maps often mention: "Dreamlike, 7 km long go-kart ride down into the valley!"
Hochwurzen: Related entities
Hochwurzen: Where this entity is mentioned
Hochwurzen: Further reading
- https://www.planai.at/en/activities/skiing/nightskiing-hochwurzen
- https://www.skiresort.info/ski-resort/schladming-planaihochwurzenhauser-kaiblingreiteralm-4-berge-skischaukel/night-skiing/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hochwurzen
- https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJfcw6zF4vcUcRovi7_EAB5Mc
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