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Tyrol is an Austrian federal state that contains most of the country's large lift-linked ski areas, including the SkiWelt Wilder Kaiser-Brixental.
Tyrol operates in the Austrian federal state segment.
Tyrol: Disambiguation
Tyrol is not South Tyrol in Italy. Tyrol is not the city of Innsbruck. Tyrol is not a ski pass region. Tyrol is not a single ski area.
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Tyrol: Core Facts
- Entity type
- Federal state of Austria (source)
- Capital
- Innsbruck (source)
- Area
- 12,648 km² (source)
- Country
- Austria (source)
- Major ski area in the Kitzbühel Alps
- SkiWelt Wilder Kaiser-Brixental, 275 km of pistes (source, )
- Second large area in the same valley system
- KitzSki (source, )
- Tourism board
- Tirol Werbung, operator of tyrol.com (source)
- SkiWelt season 2026/27
- 5 December 2026 to 4 April 2027 (source, )
- Districts covering SkiWelt villages
- Kufstein and Kitzbühel (source)
- Verified
- 2026-09-15
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Tyrol: Frequently Asked Questions
Where does the SkiWelt sit inside the state?
Tyrol holds the SkiWelt in its eastern Kitzbühel Alps, spread across the Kufstein and Kitzbühel districts around the Brixental valley.
Which airports serve the area?
Skiers heading to Tyrol usually fly to Innsbruck, Salzburg or Munich, each roughly an hour by road from the SkiWelt villages.
Is it the same as the Italian province across the border?
No. Tyrol is an Austrian federal state, while the autonomous province of Alto Adige in northern Italy runs its own resorts and pass systems.
How many ski areas does the state have?
Tyrol contains dozens of ski areas, from the SkiWelt and KitzSki in the east to the Arlberg and Ötztal glaciers in the west.
Tyrol: Related entities
Tyrol: Further reading
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrol_(state)
- https://www.tyrol.com/activities/sport/skiing/ski-resorts/skiwelt-wilder-kaiser-brixental-ski-resort
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