Bad Gastein austria
Review of snowboarding and skiing in Bad Gastein Austria.
Bad Gastein Ski Holiday Facts
Established in 1911 the Austrian ski resort Bad Gastein lies at 2650 metres altitude in the Salzburgerland region of the Austrian Alps. With the highest lifts and ski slopes above 2500m Bad Gastein ski area is snow sure. Over 590 snow cannons ensure artificial Bad Gastein snow making covers 45km of ski trails, which equates to around 54 of the ski slopes. The nearest airport transfer to Bad Gastein (Austria) is Salzburg at a distance of 90km or approximately 75 minutes driving time. Bad Gastein ski season runs from December to April.
SNO-man says
A historic and rather grand spa resort located in one of Austria's largest ski areas. It has more sophisticated après ski than many resorts and the world renowned skiing includes many delightful wooded trails.
alpine downhill runs to ski in Bad Gastein Austria
Beginner Trails
 0 runs 0km |
0% |
Intermediate Trails
 11 runs 37km |
26% |
Advanced Trails
 24 runs 76km |
57% |
Expert Trails
 7 runs 7km |
16% |
Bad Gastein Resort & Holiday Info
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| Ski Pass Prices (adult 6 day) | €182 - €196 |
Traditional Ski Village / Purpose Built Ski Resort |
| Ski Resort Opens | Dec 2011 |
| Ski Resort Closes | Apr 2012 |
| (snow conditions often influence resort opening & closing) |
Ski Area Bad Gastein Mountain
| Downhill Ski Runs | 127.6km |
| total length of Bad Gastein trails |
| Longest lift serve Run | 10.4km |
| longest piste or trail reachable by ski lift |
| Ski Slope Orientation | N S E W |
| direction Bad Gastein ski areas face |
| Top Altitude | 2650m |
| top station of highest ski lift |
| Bottom Altitude | 1017m |
| bottom of lowest ski run |
| Resort Altitude | 1080m |
| centre of Bad Gastein ski resort |
| Vertical Drop | 1553m |
| total descent from top lift to bottom piste |
| Skiable Vertical | ^v 1065m |
| can include extra hike up which may be possible above top lift - stat used by some resorts to con us about true "vertical drop" which is lift-served |
Skiing in Bad Gastein
Skiing Bad Gastein you'll enjoy 42 pistes and trails and that means approximately 127.6km of ski runs. Bad Gastein lifts number 26 with the capacity to uplift 73365 skiers up the mountain per hour. The longest ski run in the Austrian ski resort of Bad Gastein is over 10.4km long.
Bad Gastein Ski Area
Bad Gastein ski area has 0% beginner ski runs or nursery slopes, 26% intermediate, 57% advanced ski slopes and 16% for expert skiers - the most difficult Bad Gastein piste is the 2km B3 - Toni Sailer Strecke run, with a steepness/slope angle of ?%. You can ski Bad Gastein after dark as there is night skiing on ?km of illuminated piste.
Bad Gastein for skiing gets 3 stars out of 5 overall
Snowboarding in Bad Gastein
If you snowboard Bad Gastein you'll want to know that, of the 26 ski lifts in total, 7 are surface lifts or "drag lifts" - this gives a good indication of how modern the lift system is and well set up Bad Gastein snowboarding is - especially for beginners learning to snowboard. Bad Gastein snowboard facilities include 1 terrain parks and 0 half pipe (longest half pipe length is 0 metres), 0 quarter pipe and 0 boardercross courses.
Bad Gastein for snowboarding gets 3 stars out of 5 overall
Bad Gastein Apres Ski
The apres ski Bad Gastein scene and off-slope or "non-skier" activities include:
10 apres ski bars 25 restaurants 2 bowling 5 night club 0 cinema 0 billiards / pool 0 games room 1 concert 1 indoor swimming 1 outdoor heated pools 1 saunas 0 hot tubs 2 solariums 15 masseurs 0 indoor ice skating 1 outdoor ice skating 0 indoor sports centre 2 indoor tennis 0 squash racquetball 3 sleigh rides 0 ballooning 1 horse riding 10 prepare winter walks 0 climbing 0 golf 0 fishing 2 museum 0 library Plus these additional apres ski facilities Casino, Shooting.
SNO-man says
World-class sporting facilities include indoor and outdoor riding stables, 28 indoor thermal swimming pools, 18 tennis courts (two indoor), shooting range, an ice rink and an 18 hole golf course. About 34km of walkways are kept clear for hikers in the winter.
Places of historical interest include the early pilgrimage church of Maria zum Guten Rat completed in 1767 and the Gastein Museum and mining monument "Alt B"ckstein".
Taking advantage of the thermal curative treatments should not be missed, the highlight for most being the 2km train ride to the Healing Galleries where temperatures reach around 90 degrees celcius.
Excursions to Salzburg are a possibility.
Bad Gastein for apres ski gets 4 stars out of 5 overall
More Bad Gastein Snow Ski Area and Resort Information
Bad Gastein resort - ski Bad Gastein by any other name
The Austrian ski resort of Bad Gastein ski resort is also known as Bad gastein Graukogel, Sportgastein, Stubnerkogel, Angertal, Schlossaln and has the following common misspellings:
Bad Gastein ski area has ski slopes which face N S E W
The direction which the various Bad Gastein ski slopes face can make or break your skiing or snowboarding holiday. If you want to guarantee good snow and ski conditions, you should choose a resort with ski slopes which face the right way for the time of year you're travelling.
- In the coldest winter months of January and February you need a ski resort with some sunny south facing ski slopes, so your days on the snow doesn't feel like a polar expedition. Conversely, in the warmest spring skiing months of March and especially April, a ski resort with some cool and shady north facing slopes will ensure you're not skiing on slush, but benefitting from best late season snow. The best ski resorts have ski areas and slopes which face in all directions so that you're guaranteed greating skiing whatever the weather. Bad Gastein ski resort has ski slopes facing N S E W.
Bad Gastein for snow gets 4 stars out of 5 overall