A simple question that has unfortunately no simple answer. How many calories you actually burn on a day of skiing depends on several aspects such as intensity, duration and terrain you have chosen. Even if we cannot give an exact number, we can guess. If we assume an average but ambitious amateur skier who skis for one hour on a moderately difficult (red) piste, energy consumption ranges between 400 and 600 calories. Depending on whether you put more or less pressure on the ski edges and how you use your body weight, the number of calories burnt can of course vary. An interesting detail: The daytime temperature on the day of skiing also influences calorie consumption. Therefore, you burn more calories on cold winter days than on a warm spring skiing day. The entire Ötztal with 6 ski areas and 90 mountain lifts promises plenty of ski challenges ready to melt away calories.