title: Laterns-Gapfohl (Ski area)
text: # Laterns-Gapfohl (Ski area)
  
  The Laterns-Gapfohl ski area is a winter sports area in the Austrian municipality of Laterns in Vorarlberg. The ski area stretches across 27 km of slopes.
  
  ## Geography
  
  The Laterns-Gapfohl ski area is located in the Laterns Valley in Vorarlberg, a side valley of the Alpine Rhine Valley. It stretches across the south-west and south-east slopes of the Nob, a mountain in the Freschengruppe of the Bregenz Forest Mountains, at an altitude from 1,035 m up to 1,771 m above sea level.
  
  At the foot of the ski area lies the village of Innerlaterns, which belongs to the municipality of Laterns.
  
  ## Pistes
  
  In addition to the seven slopes of different levels of difficulty (easy: 11 km, medium: 12 km, difficult: 4 km) with a total length of 27 km, three ski routes are marked.
  
  There is also a 4 km long natural toboggan run. Furthermore, guided snowshoe hikes and numerous ski tours are offered.
  
  ## Lifts
  
  A total of 5 lifts are operated in the Laterns-Gapfohl ski area: a 4-seated chairlift, a 6-seated chairlift, 3 drag lifts and a magic carpet.
  
  ## Photo gallery
  
  * Tobogganing child in the Laterns-Gapfohl ski area
  * Ski area Laterns-Gapfohl: View from the Berghof over the Alpine Rhine Valley (the towns of Rankweil and Feldkirch shrouded in fog) in the background the Swiss mountains with the Alpstein mountains.
  * The Hoher Freschen in the Bregenz Forest Mountains seen from the Nob in Laterns-Gapfohl in Vorarlberg.
  