Gerlos
Slope Breakdown
Gerlos at a glance
Gerlos is a ski resort in Austria, part of the Zillertal Arena ski area. It offers 150 km of slopes served by 52 lifts, with skiing between 1,250 m and 2,500 m (1,250 m vertical). That makes it the 20th largest of the 49 ski resorts in Austria listed on Intski. The season usually runs from December to April. Gerlos is an intermediate's mountain: roughly 59% of the slopes are red runs.
Top features of this resort
Snow forecast
About 17 cm of new snow at the top (2,500 m) in the next 3 days, none at the base.
New snow and temperature at the top station. Estimated by Intski from the MET Norway forecast, updated every few hours. Where it snows most this week
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An alert when 15 cm or more is on the way at Gerlos, and a heads-up before it opens.
Getting there & lift pass
Nearest airport
Innsbruck (INN) — about 50 km from the resort, straight-line distance, allow more by road.
Lift pass
Adult day pass around 82 EUR (2026/27 season). Zillertal Arena day pass.
2025/26: 79 EUR (+3.8%)
About €0.55 per km of piste the pass covers (150 km).
Compare lift pass prices at all resortsPrice source, checked 2026-09-14
Driving to Gerlos
Rules for a car in Austria, checked 30 September 2026 against official sources.
Road charge
Vignette, plus tunnel and Brenner tolls. 1-day vignette (digital only) €9.60, 10-day vignette (digital or sticker) €12.80, 2-month vignette (digital or sticker) €32.00
Winter tyres
Required in wintry conditions, 1 Nov to 15 Apr
Studded tyres
Allowed 1 Oct to 31 May (up to 3.5 t, rear sticker, 80/100 km/h)
Gerlos resort facts
These figures cover the whole Zillertal Arena area, which Gerlos shares with 1 other resort on Intski, not Gerlos's own sector. Difficulty shares from skiresort.info.
About Gerlos
Gerlos is a small Tyrolean municipality in the Schwaz district with 793 inhabitants (as of January 2019), and its draw is straightforward: easy access to the Zillertal Arena centre on the Isskogel.
Resort Highlights
Into the Zillertal Arena
Gerlos is a small Tyrolean municipality in the Schwaz district with 793 inhabitants (as of January 2019), and its draw is straightforward: easy access to the Zillertal Arena centre on the Isskogel. The village is popular with skiing tourists, mainly families, and it lies in the Zell am Ziller judicial district. Small as it is, the municipality is spread across seven districts: Au, Gmünd, Innertal, Mitterhof, Oberhof, Ried and Schwarzach.
The skiing
The Zillertal Arena figures attached to Gerlos are 150 km of pistes and 52 lifts, with the terrain running from the village at 1,250 m to a top station at 2,500 m. That is 1,250 m of vertical, and the top station is high enough for altitude to help snow reliability; our data flags Gerlos as snow-sure. The village altitude of 1,250 m is itself useful, as it means the skiing starts high rather than after a long climb from a valley floor, and the combination of a 1,250 m village and a 2,500 m top gives a consistent snow profile across the day rather than a sharp contrast between a soft valley and a frozen summit.
Fifty-two lifts over 150 km is a dense network, under 3 km of piste per lift, and our data flags the resort for modern lifts. Together those numbers point to a well-connected area where moving between sectors is quick and uplift is rarely the limiting factor. Our data does not split the 150 km by difficulty, but a resort described as popular mainly with families, with dense modern lifts and a high, snow-sure profile, is one where the infrastructure does a lot of the work.
Village
With fewer than 800 residents spread across seven districts, Gerlos is a scattered village rather than a single dense centre, which fits its traditional-charm flag. The Isskogel access point is the reason the village works as a base: the Zillertal Arena centre is reached directly from here. The scenic-views flag completes the profile.
The judicial district of Zell am Ziller, to which Gerlos belongs, gives a sense of where the village sits administratively, but for a skier the more useful orientation is the lift map: Gerlos is the point from which the Isskogel side of the Zillertal Arena is reached, and its 1,250 m altitude means the village is already well up the mountain before the first lift.
Practical
Innsbruck is the nearest airport at roughly 50 km as the crow flies. The season runs from December to April. Municipal information is on the official website.
Frequently asked questions about Gerlos
The Zillertal Arena, reached easily from the village via the Isskogel. The figures attached to Gerlos are 150 km of pistes and 52 lifts.
Small: 793 inhabitants as of January 2019, spread across seven districts (Au, Gmünd, Innertal, Mitterhof, Oberhof, Ried and Schwarzach).
Skiing tourists, mainly families, drawn by the easy access to the Zillertal Arena centre on the Isskogel.
1,250 m, with the lifts climbing to a top station at 2,500 m.
Gerlos has 150 km of marked slopes: 50 km easy (blue), 88 km intermediate (red), 12 km expert (black), served by 52 ski lifts.
The skiing in Gerlos ranges from 1,250 m at the base to 2,500 m at the top — a vertical drop of 1,250 m.
The ski season in Gerlos typically runs from December to April. Exact opening dates vary by year and snow conditions.
Gerlos works for beginners, though it is not a dedicated beginner resort: about 33% of the slopes (50 km) are easy blue runs.
Gerlos has 12 km of expert (black) slopes — about 8% of the total.
An adult day pass in Gerlos costs around 82 EUR (2026/27 season). Zillertal Arena day pass.
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