38 ski areas in seven countries and more than 2,000 km of runs certified!
As of March 2018 a total of 38 ski areas in Austria, Germany, Switzerland, France, Italy, Greece and the United States use the seal of approval for 'Verified Length of Runs', thus ensuring greater transparency and customer-friendliness in the winter sports industry. Taken together, the resorts certified from winter 2018/19 have a total of around 18.0 million skier visits. These guests see the seal on trailmaps and information boards in the respective ski areas. Moreover there are the visitors to the websites of the respective resorts on which the seal is also present. Become part of the growing number of ski areas that rely on honest communication instead of exaggerating marketing promises!
Divergence of communicated length of runs
from reality (Alps – entire territory, July 2015).
The Seal of Approval
Thanks to the seal "Verified Length of runs" for the first time ski areas have the chance to have their actual length of runs verified by a credible and independent authority.
In order to be awarded the "Verified Length of runs" label, the length of all snowsports runs including pistes and ski routes is measured based on the centerline of the slopes, ie along a line that always runs in the middle between the left and right edge of the piste or ski route.
Background: In January 2013 Christoph Schrahe revealed in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung newspaper that many ski resorts advertise themselves by claiming more piste kilometres than they actually have, the story went ‘viral’ and struck a chord with ski publiucations in many countries. . Since then his name stands for competence in measuring piste length.
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Latest news
First Canadian resort gets a seal for verified length of runs
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Verified Length of Runs now also in France and Italy
Read more … Verified Length of Runs now also in France and Italy
Wintersport-Arena to become Germany's first certified ski region
Read more … Wintersport-Arena to become Germany's first certified ski region
Shuttleberg with verified length of runs as of 2016/17 season
Read more … Shuttleberg with verified length of runs as of 2016/17 season
Verified resorts
Saalbach Hinterglemm Leogang are situated in the western part of the Salzburger Land and belongs to most well known holiday resorts in the Austrian Alps. For the 2015/16 season it will be linked by lifts and runs to the resort of Fieberbrunn which has has already been a well known Freeride-Spot. Thanks to this new connection skiers can look forward to experiencing 270 kilometres of runs for all levels of experience.
Kitzbühel and Skiing. The connection is timeless and legendary. Since 1893, here at the foot of the Hahnenkamm skiing has taken place in Kitzbühel. Every year the world-famous "Streif" gets the most attention of all races within the Alpine Skiing Worldcup. KitzSki encompasses three separate ski areas: The largest reaches from Kitzbühel towards Hahnenkamm, Kirchberg, Aschau, Jochberg-Resterhöhe, Pass Thurn and Hollersbach. The second one is the Kitzbüheler Horn and the third the recently reopened Bichlalm.
The Pizol is a mountain in the Glarus Alps, overlooking Wangs in the canton of St. Gallen. At 2,844 metres above sea level, it is the highest summit of the chain separating the valleys of the Seez and the Tamina rivers, and the highest mountain lying entirely within the canton of St. Gallen.
Austria‘s largest ski paradise Ski amadé, boasting 5 top ski resorts across 25 villages 270 modern lifts and 760 snow-sure pistes, is waiting for you, all available on just one ski pass.
The Shuttleberg Flachauwinkl-Kleinarl will expand its terrain for the 2016/17 season and use the seal of approval 'Verified Length of Runs' for its 40 km of runs between the two villages in the Salzburger Land.
More ski areas in Germany and the USA are currently being certified, totalling around 800 km of runs. More details will follow soon.