Skiing in Kitzbuhel
Summary
Kitzbuhel is one of Europe’s premier ski resorts and boasts, alongside its 185km / 115miles of ski runs, the legendary Kaiser run which is a staggering 8.3km / 5.2miles long, one of the world’s longest continuous runs from a chairlift and is part of the renowned Hahnenkamm-Rennen annual downhill race. For sure enjoy the slopes, but its also a very pleasant place to be for non-skiers. For example, I went with my family all of whom are are non skiers, and they loved the town which is a wonderful combination of pretty and sophisticated (the Austrians, of course, do this effortlessly). You also have the options of heading up on some of the cable cars for the experience of the restaurants at the top and the views across the mountains. I would in particular recommend the Kitzbuheler Hornbahn Cable Car which has sensational panoramic views from the 1996m / 6550ft Kitzbuheler Horn
highlights
#1 Skiing through the world-class and vast 185km+ of Kitzbuhel's ski slopes
#2 Sensational views from the top of the 1996m / 6550ft Kitzbuheler Horn, which can be accessed by non-skiers
#3 Skiing the legendary Kaiser run. A staggering 8.3km long
#4 Eating in one of those wonderful ski restaurants on top of one of the mountains with the unrestricted views, in this example the Panoramaalm
#5 The pretty and sophisticated town in Kitzbuhel itself with its gorgeous streets filled with cafes and elegant restaurants to keep the non-skiers busy
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Score Detail
Background - how many times have you asked someone what a travel experience was like and the response was "amazing" or "awesome"? That response is nice to know, but it makes it hard to differentiate that experience compared to others. That is exactly what these scores are trying to do - differentiate the experience by giving a score out of 10 based on 6 categories and then giving an overall experience score
This overall experience score is calculated by: take the highest of the "Culture" or "Nature" score (1-10) + "Fun factor" (1-10) + "Avoiding the crowds" (1-10) + highest of the "Unique" or "World Famous score" (1-10). Then convert into a score out of 100
Extra detail - the logic being that I find all of the 6 individual scores important, but I don't want to mark an experience down just because it doesn't cover both "Culture" and "Nature", or because it isn't both "World Famous" and "Unique". Take the examples of Safari in The Serengeti and walking through Rome - they both appeal at opposite ends of the nature / culture spectrum, and you can have a fantastic time without needing to appeal to both sides. So, their overall scores aren't penalized for their lack of one or the other, and I've done the same for "World Famous" vs "Unique". But . . . I do think that the "Fun factor" of an experience is important, irrelevant of other factors, and so is "Avoiding the Crowds" (or where there are crowds that add to the experience). So, both of these scores are standalone