Seefeld ski holidays
Established in 1945 the Austrian ski resort Seefeld lies at 960 metres altitude in the Tirol / Tyrol region of the Austrian Alps / Alpes. With the highest lifts and ski slopes at 2100m the area is not snow sure. Over 150 snow cannons ensure artificial snow making covers 41km of trails, which equates to around 90 of the slopes. The nearest airport transfer to Seefeld is Innsbruck at a distance of 25km or approximately 40 minutes minutes driving time. Their season runs from December to April.
SNO-man says
A complete winter and summer destination resort with a world-beating six five-star hotels. There are numerous sports facilities as well as a large ski area with 90% snow-making, and it is included on the 'Happy Pass' with major German resorts. Après ski is often lively.
Since 2003 the area including smaller adjoining villages have marketed themselves jointly as Seefeld Olympia Region, (Olympiaregion Seefeld), which means some of the facilities listed may be in neighbouring villages, although most remain in Seefeld.
Alpine Downhill Runs
Beginner Trails
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Intermediate Trails
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Advanced Trails
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Expert Trails
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Resort and Holiday Stats
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| Lift Pass Prices (adult 6 day) | €187 - €203 |
Traditional Village / Purpose Built Resort |
| Resort Opens | Dec 2013 |
| Resort Closes | Apr 2014 |
| (snow conditions often influence opening/closing) |
Mountain and Slopes
| Downhill Runs | 46km |
| total length of Seefeld trails |
| Longest Lift-Served Run | 6km |
| longest piste or trail reachable by lift |
| Slope Orientation | SW NW |
| direction Seefeld area faces |
| Top Altitude | 2100m |
| top station of highest lift |
| Bottom Altitude | 1200m |
| bottom of lowest run |
| Resort Altitude | 960m |
| centre of Seefeld ski resort |
| Vertical Drop | 900m |
| total descent from top lift to bottom piste |
| Skiable Vertical | ^v 900m |
| can include extra hike up above top lift |
Skiing in Seefeld
? pistes and trails means approximately 46km of runs. 30 Seefeld lifts have capacity to transport 16500 per hour. The longest run in the Austrian ski resort is over 6km.
The mountain has ?% beginner runs or nursery slopes, ?% intermediate, ?% advanced slopes and ?% for experts - the most difficult piste is the 5km Reither Kar ./ Hohe Mund run, with a steepness/slope angle of ?%. You can ski Seefeld after dark as there is night skiing on ?km of illuminated piste.
Rating for skiing gets 3 stars out of 5 overall
Snowboarding in Seefeld
Of the 30 ski lifts, 21 are surface lifts or "drag lifts" - this gives an indication of how modern the lift system is and how good Seefeld is for snowboarding - especially for beginners learning to board. Facilities include 1 terrain parks and 0 half pipe (longest half pipe length is 0 metres), 2 quarter pipe and 0 boardercross courses.
Rating for snowboarding gets 2 stars out of 5 overall
Seefeld Apres Ski
Off-Slope activities include:
17 apres ski bars 141 restaurants 4 bowling 3 night club 1 cinema 7 billiards / pool 2 games room 1 concert 6 indoor swimming 1 outdoor heated pools 6 saunas 0 hot tubs 5 solariums 8 masseurs 0 indoor ice skating 4 outdoor ice skating 2 indoor sports centre 10 indoor tennis 3 squash racquetball 50 sleigh rides 0 ballooning 2 horse riding 210 prepare winter walks 1 climbing 3 golf 0 fishing 2 museum 3 library Plus these additional apres ski facilities Aerobics, Air Gun Shooting, Badminton, Biathlon, Casino, Climbing Wall, Curling, Indoor Golf, Pinball, Playcastle, White Water Rafting, Theme Park, Snow Bananaing, Snow Carting, Snow Rafting.
SNO-man says
Virtually all on-snow and ice sports are available in the Seefeld Olympia Region and in many cases the options include rare choices unavailable elsewhere or 'better than everywhere else' variants on old favourites. In the former category the snow bananas involve sliding down the slopes with a group of friends on a large inflated tube. You can also try parascending, snow rafting or the more traditional past-times such as tobogganing and ice-skating.
There are two public swimming pools in the region - the Olympia Sport and Congress Centre in Seefeld and the Alpenbad in Leutasch. In Seefeld you have a 75 m long landscaped indoor pool, a children's pool and also a hot water outdoor pool - even in winter! New is the Seefeld Wild Water Slide, considered to be the longest and most exiting one in whole Austria. In Leutasch the indoor pool complex includes an 82 m water slide. Both facilities offer completely new fantastic various sauna and solarium possibilities.
For tennis you can try the Casino Tennishalle in Seefeld with its eight indoor courts or in Reith there are another two indoor courts at the Hotel Alpenkönig. To improve your game you can always consider some tuition with the Estess Swedish tennis school based in Seefeld.
Many of the larger hotels in the region have beauty farms with treatments also available to non-residents or you might want to relax by taking a trip to the nearby Tyrolean capital of Innsbruck.
Rating for apres ski gets 4 stars out of 5 overall
"Seefeld" by any other name
The Austrian resort is also known as Seefeld Gschwandtkopf, Rosshuette, Geigenbühel, Kreithlift, Hohe Munde, Lifte Neuleutasch
and has common misspellings:
The direction which the various Seefeld slopes face can make or break your ski holiday. To guarantee good snow conditions, choose a resort with piste which face the right way for the time of year you're travelling.
- In the coldest winter months of January and February pick a resort with sunny south facing 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 resort with cool and shady north facing trails will ensure you're not riding on slush, but benefitting from best late season snow. The best destinations have areas which face in all directions so that you're guaranteed greating conditions whatever the weather. Seefeld has slopes facing SW NW.
Rating for snow gets 3 stars out of 5 overall
Seefeld reviews, 2.8 star rating and information is collated by SNO man from staff experience and customer feedback.