When we were spending the few days after the 2022 New Year's in Oberstdorf, we mostly skied in Austria near the border. But of course we also tried the local slopes! Oberstdorf's Nebelhorn was the obvious choice in town. Modern ski lifts and, lots of vertical, and very long slopes for Germany attracted us! The skiing was good, and so were the views!
While the top station of the resort is not that high (2224 m), it gets a lot of snow, and a very decent vertical (1396 m). The ski resort has also Germany's longest ski run at 7,5 km.
Oberstdorf is of course well known for them opening the alps Four Hills Tournament ski jumping competition every year. I did not know they had such good skiing, but this area is littered with ski resorts... many just in Oberstdorf and more around.
I really liked the small cabin ski lifts, with this invention in the middle to put our skis in, so easy and so practical! Why don't more ski lifts work this way:
The ski area map for the region can be found here.
More information about Oberstdorf and Nebelhorn on the Oberstdorf lift company's home page, Wikipedia, Powderhounds, and Skiresort.info. Coordinates for the valley station at Nedelhorn are N 47.40477 E 10.28574.
The ski jumps that Oberstdorf is known for:
There were some funny igloos, too:
Slopes:
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