Seefeld austria
Review of snowboarding and skiing in Seefeld Austria.
Seefeld Ski Holiday Facts
Established in 1945 the Austrian ski resort Seefeld lies at 2100 metres altitude in the Tirol / Tyrol region of the Austrian Alps / Alpes. With the highest lifts and ski slopes below 2500m Seefeld ski area is not snow sure. Over 150 snow cannons ensure artificial Seefeld snow making covers 41km of ski trails, which equates to around 90 of the ski slopes. The nearest airport transfer to Seefeld (Austria) is Innsbruck at a distance of 25km or approximately 40 minutes minutes driving time. Seefeld ski 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 to ski in Seefeld Austria
Beginner Trails
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Intermediate Trails
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Advanced Trails
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Expert Trails
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Seefeld Resort & Holiday Info
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| Family friendly | |
| Snowsure | |
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| Value for money | |
| Ski Pass Prices (adult 6 day) | €185 - €185 |
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 Seefeld Mountain
| Downhill Ski Runs | 46km |
| total length of Seefeld trails |
| Longest lift serve Run | 6km |
| longest piste or trail reachable by ski lift |
| Ski Slope Orientation | SW NW |
| direction Seefeld ski areas face |
| Top Altitude | 2100m |
| top station of highest ski lift |
| Bottom Altitude | 1200m |
| bottom of lowest ski 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 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 Seefeld
Skiing Seefeld you'll enjoy ? pistes and trails and that means approximately 46km of ski runs. Seefeld lifts number 30 with the capacity to uplift 16500 skiers up the mountain per hour. The longest ski run in the Austrian ski resort of Seefeld is over 6km long.
Seefeld Ski Area
Seefeld ski area has ?% beginner ski runs or nursery slopes, ?% intermediate, ?% advanced ski slopes and ?% for expert skiers - the most difficult Seefeld 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.
Seefeld for skiing gets 3 stars out of 5 overall
Snowboarding in Seefeld
If you snowboard Seefeld you'll want to know that, of the 30 ski lifts in total, 21 are surface lifts or "drag lifts" - this gives a good indication of how modern the lift system is and well set up Seefeld snowboarding is - especially for beginners learning to snowboard. Seefeld snowboard facilities include 1 terrain parks and 0 half pipe (longest half pipe length is 0 metres), 2 quarter pipe and 0 boardercross courses.
Seefeld for snowboarding gets 2 stars out of 5 overall
Seefeld Apres Ski
The apres ski Seefeld scene and off-slope or "non-skier" 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.
Seefeld for apres ski gets 4 stars out of 5 overall
More Seefeld Snow Ski Area and Resort Information
Seefeld resort - ski Seefeld by any other name
The Austrian ski resort of Seefeld ski resort is also known as Seefeld Gschwandtkopf, Rosshuette, Geigenbühel, Kreithlift, Hohe Munde, Lifte Neuleutasch
and has the following common misspellings:
Seefeld ski area has ski slopes which face SW NW
The direction which the various Seefeld 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. Seefeld ski resort has ski slopes facing SW NW.
Seefeld for snow gets 3 stars out of 5 overall