Skilift "Erste Berg" is a compact downhill ski area in Masserberg on the Rennsteig. Its 650-metre piste has a 100-metre vertical drop, ranges from easy blue to intermediate red terrain and is served by a single drag lift.
Skilift Aggenhausen is a compact downhill ski area at Mahlstetten with two contrasting slopes. Gentler terrain around Aggenhausen I offers an introduction to skiing and snowboarding, while the steeper Aggenhausen II slope provides a more demanding alternative.
Balderschwang is a family-oriented downhill ski area with gently sloping beginner pistes and practice lifts for children learning to ski or snowboard. More confident young skiers can progress to blue runs, making it a practical choice for families moving beyond their first lessons.
Skilift Beiningen offers family-oriented downhill skiing near Blaubeuren in the Swabian Alb. The broad, north-facing Nordhang main descent suits beginners, while the Schanzenpiste provides another skiing option. Floodlighting also enables skiing after dark.
Belchen offers gondola-served downhill skiing from the historic Belchenhaus towards Obermulten. Its easy and intermediate slopes suit children, beginners and skiers seeking gentle terrain, with every piste returning to the valley station. The named descents include Kaltwasserabfahrt and Donauwellenabfahrt.
Skilift Auchte Bitz is a downhill learning area in Bitz, focused on children and beginners taking their first turns. The Auchte lift provides a setting for introductory skiing and snowboarding, with TV Bitz offering courses for children and young people.
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START HEREThe Auchte ski lift is approximately 250 metres long.
Bläsiberg Skilifte Wiesensteig combines woodland descents above Schöntal with gentle skiing on the Bläsiberg. The easy slopes around Lift 2 suit progressing beginners, while steeper runs beside the main lifts give more experienced skiers different terrain to explore.
Brauneck in Lenggries is a connected ski area with valley descents and mountain huts. Its terrain includes easy and intermediate runs, a black World Cup course and mogul pistes.
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START HEREThe Brauneck-Kabinenbahn provides gondola access from the Lenggries valley base.
Buron is a relaxed downhill ski area served by drag lifts. The Buron-Abfahrt offers easy to intermediate skiing, while the Reutele-Abfahrt is graded easy.
Skilift Böttingen offers downhill skiing on the Schwäbische Alb, with descents ranging from easy to difficult. Evening sessions under floodlights provide another way to enjoy the slope, while the ski hut offers somewhere to take a break and warm up after a run.
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START HERESkilift Böttingen has a towing length of 285 metres.
Winterhalde is Degenfeld’s downhill ski slope, set on a north-facing hillside below the natural ski jump. It caters to children, teenagers and adults, with Snowpark Degenfeld and a slalom course adding freestyle and race-style options when snow cover allows.
Deilinger Skilift is a club-run downhill ski area particularly suited to children and beginners. Its prepared piste has small hills and jumps where young skiers can practise, while a separate area beside the lift accommodates sledging.
Skilift Donnstetten offers family-oriented downhill skiing on three pistes, each 365 metres long. Four drag lifts serve these short slopes, taking skiers to an upper lift destination at 850 metres above sea level for repeated runs within this compact ski area.
Skilift Ebingen offers downhill skiing in Albstadt-Ebingen, with varied descents from its upper station. A snowboard funpark adds another option alongside the ski runs. Floodlighting serves the pistes as far as the middle station for evening skiing.
Ellegglifte–Faistenoy is a small, child-friendly downhill ski area on the edge of Faistenoy. Its family-focused setup combines a drag lift with a shorter practice lift, and skiing here depends on natural snow rather than artificial snowmaking.
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START HEREA drag lift and a shorter practice lift serve the ski area.
Am Ried is Farchant's local downhill ski slope, with skiing aimed particularly at children, teenagers and beginners. When snow conditions allow, the slope is prepared daily, making the local hill a place for learners to concentrate on practising their skiing.
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START HEREThe Am Ried ski lift serves the local slope.
Freizeitzentrum Althütte is a small downhill ski area for children and first-time skiers near Waldmünchen, at the foot of Gibacht and Cerchov. Its learning slope accommodates ski and snowboard practice, while a separate sledging slope with its own lift gives families another winter activity.
Hornlift Fröhnd offers four mechanically groomed descents in the Black Forest, with different difficulty levels catering to beginners and experienced skiers. The lift leads to a viewpoint on the Ittenschwander-Horn. Floodlighting allows skiing to continue into the evening.
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START HEREThe Hornlift is 1,000 metres long and serves a vertical difference of 300 metres.
Gohrersberg offers downhill skiing at Kreuzthal, with three descents and an additional run directly to the village. A staffed kiosk at the valley station provides a place to take a break between runs, keeping refreshments close to the foot of the ski slopes.
Großer Arber caters for beginners and returning skiers. Sonnenhang has a six-person family chairlift with an automatic child safety bar, while ArBär-Kinderland offers a children's timed course.
Haldenköpfle is a family ski area on Schauinsland near Freiburg, with seven easy to intermediate downhill runs. Skiing is divided between Haldenköpfle 1 and Haldenköpfle 2, complemented by a separate practice lift for learners taking their first steps on skis.
Piz Enna is Skiclub Köngen's small downhill learning area in Ennabeuren, part of Heroldstatt in the Swabian Alb. Its slope is geared towards first turns on skis or a snowboard, with the club's practice lift and ski hut forming the focus of this local ski area.
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START HEREThe practice lift is approximately 170 metres long.