Goldeck is a Mountain as well as a medium-sized ski resort, located near Spittal an der Drau in the center-west of the State of Carinthia, in Austria.
Mount Goldeck, the top of which is equipped with a antenna, at 142 meters of altitude. It offers us very beautiful views of the valley and the city of Spittal an der Drau .
Skiable terrain
The ski resort was created in 1060 on the slopes of the mountain. The altitude of the skiable terrain is particularly illuminated. It is linked to the valley by a Cableway low capacity (37 people for the first section, 25 for the second). The departure station is located at the edges of the valley of Spittal an der Drau and only four kilometers from the exit to the highway. The arrival station of the cable car is located downstream from the summit. The latter is linked by a ski lift and by the chairlifts six-seater detachable Gipfelbahn Skyliner built in 2009, reaching a few meters below the antenna The important projects, at the same time in the park of the mechanical climbs in the houses, had been announced in 2010 by the ski manufacturer Kneissl, majority shareholder of the station La bankruptcy the latter makes us think that these plans will not be carried out as planned. The long waiting lines - sometimes around 1/2 hours - to get on the cable car in the morning, which are caused by the installation's low hourly flow, can only be reduced if the route of the detachable chairlift is concentrated in the vicinity from the town of Schwaig.
The ski resort promotes the "sporty" side of its skiable territory mainly due to the fact that it has the Longest black track back from the valley of the Alps . In this case, the 8.5-kilometer black track joins the top of the terrain with the plain, that is, it has a total drop of about 1,600 m. One day you arrive in the valley, the rest of the skiers to undertake a skibus that lasts for 15-20 minutes will see the guarantee of the telephérique. It is necessary to emphasize that the skibus does not work when the track is officially closed, especially when the level of snow thickness is not enough in the valley.
The chairlifts Seetalbahn it stops on a second slope of the terrain, a little less interesting, since its only track is quite flat. This mechanical ascent has the particularity of following the geography of the mountain, with two curves on its route - a very rare technology for chairlifts. A road - with a toll in summer - joins the feet of this mechanical climb. In addition, a hotel was built there.
The station also connects to the 50 hectare off-piste ski area, located above the second canyon of the cable car, which is very accessible almost effortlessly after the top of the terrain. Every year an international freeride competition takes place there.
The resort is a member of the TopSkiPass Kärnten & Osttirol group of ski resort groups.