Skiarena Wasserkuppe

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Location

Main-Tauber-Kreis
Germany
49° 37' 51.9996" N, 9° 49' 36.9984" E
DE
General info: 

Skiing on the Wasserkuppe, the highest mountain in Hesse and the birth place of gliding. Tree cover is thin in the Rhon mountains (contrasting with Germany's other low mountain regions).

BASE: 1476ft
SUMMIT: 3018ft
VERTICAL DROP: 1541ft

NO. OF. LIFTS: 3
Gondolas: 0
Chairs: 0
Surface: 3

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