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Moelltaler Gletscher is a glacier ski area in Upper Carinthia that operates 17.4 km of pistes and nine lifts above 2,100 metres.
Moelltaler Gletscher operates in the Glacier ski areas in Austria segment.
Moelltaler Gletscher: Disambiguation
Moelltaler Gletscher is not a village resort with ski-in accommodation. Moelltaler Gletscher is not the Ankogel ski area in the same valley. Moelltaler Gletscher is not a year-round summer ski operation. Moelltaler Gletscher is not part of the Nassfeld ski area.
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Moelltaler Gletscher: Core Facts
- Entity type
- Glacier ski area (source)
- Region
- Moelltal, Spittal an der Drau district, Upper Carinthia (source)
- Piste kilometres
- 17.4 km (source, )
- Lifts
- 9, including gondolas and chairlifts (source, )
- Access lift
- Glacier Express underground funicular, 8 minute ride (source)
- Altitude range
- 2,108 m base station to 3,122 m top (source, )
- Season 2025/26
- 10 Oct 2025 to 31 May 2026 (source, )
- Operating hours
- 08:00 to 16:30, first ascent 08:00, last ascent 16:00 (source, )
- Snow window stated by operator
- Approximately October to April (source, )
- Piste grading
- Blue through black runs (source)
- Ticketing platform
- GoPass (source, )
- Official website
- moelltaler-gletscher.at (source)
- Verified
- 2026-09-15
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Moelltaler Gletscher: Frequently Asked Questions
When can you ski at Moelltaler Gletscher?
Moelltaler Gletscher ran its 2025/26 winter from 10 October 2025 to 31 May 2026, with lifts open 08:00 to 16:30 and the last ascent at 16:00. That is the longest operating window of any ski area in Carinthia.
How large is the glacier ski area?
Moelltaler Gletscher offers 17.4 km of pistes on nine lifts, graded from blue to black. In piste length it is roughly one sixth of Nassfeld, so it is usually skied as a day or training trip rather than a week.
How do you get up to the slopes?
A funicular called the Glacier Express runs inside the mountain from the 2,108 metre base to the glacier plateau in about eight minutes, and further gondolas and chairlifts reach the 3,122 metre high point of Moelltaler Gletscher.
Who typically skis there?
Moelltaler Gletscher draws race squads, instructors and shoulder-season skiers who need snow in October, November or May, plus Carinthian locals on days when lower areas are thin. Beginners have blue terrain but no village at the lift base.
Can it be combined with a Nassfeld trip?
Yes. Moelltaler Gletscher sits in the Moelltal in the Spittal an der Drau district, roughly a two hour drive from the Gailtal, so it is a realistic single-day add-on for early or late-season weeks.
Moelltaler Gletscher: Related entities
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Moelltaler Gletscher: Further reading
- https://www.moelltaler-gletscher.at/en/gletscher/winter
- https://www.moelltaler-gletscher.at/en/gletscher/opening-hours
- https://www.skiresort.info/snow-reports/moelltal/sorted/open-lifts/
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