Lanersbach, Austria

Lanersbach ski holidays

Established in 1963 the Austrian ski resort Lanersbach lies at 1300 metres altitude in the Tirol / Tyrol region of the Austrian Alps / Alpes. With the highest lifts and ski slopes at 3250m the area is snow sure. Over 120 snow cannons ensure artificial snow making covers 120km of trails, which equates to around 55 of the slopes. The nearest airport transfer to Lanersbach is Innsbruck at a distance of 90km or approximately 90 minutes driving time. Their season runs from December to April.

SNO-man says

The Hintertux glacier is one of Europe's largest year-round skiing operation and in winter is part of the Ziller valley pass that takes in Mayrhofen. The glacier is serviced by increasingly high-tech lifts including Glacier Bus 3 with 24 person cabins capable of uplifting 3000 skiers per hour from the bottom to the top of the glacier. There are five villages in the valley beneath the glacier, which is regarded by many as having the best summer skiing in the world and is one of the few centres open for snow spoprts 365 days per year. The largest is Lanersbach, where most of the facilities are based. The little village of Hintertux itself, at the head of the valley, has thermal springs. The lifts are directly at the huge day-visitors car-park. Apart from skiing there are motre than 250 km of hiking trails and Natursport Tirol offers active sports like paragliding, canyoning, flying fox and caving.

Alpine Downhill Runs

Beginner Trails  0 runs 0km	0%	Intermediate Trails  7 runs 59km	27%
Advanced Trails  14 runs 132km	54%	Expert Trails  3 runs 36km	19%

61 pistes and trails means approximately 227km of runs. 59 Lanersbach lifts have capacity to transport 107820 per hour. The longest run in the Austrian ski resort is over 12km. Visit summer or winter as there is glacier skiing in Lanersbach.

Of the 59 ski lifts, 25 are surface lifts or "drag lifts" - this gives an indication of how modern the lift system is and how good Lanersbach is for snowboarding - especially for beginners learning to board. Facilities include 2 terrain parks and 2 half pipe (longest half pipe length is 100 metres), 2 quarter pipe and 0 boardercross courses.

10 apres ski bars 50 restaurants 1 bowling 4 night club 0 cinema 0 billiards / pool 0 games room 0 concert 11 indoor swimming 0 outdoor heated pools 4 saunas 0 hot tubs 7 solariums 6 masseurs 0 indoor ice skating 2 outdoor ice skating 0 indoor sports centre 0 indoor tennis 2 squash racquetball 3 sleigh rides 0 ballooning 10 horse riding 68 prepare winter walks 4 climbing 0 golf 0 fishing 2 museum 1 library Plus these additional apres ski facilities Canyoning, Curling, Flying Fox, Ice Climbing, White Water Rafting.

There are lots of things to do besides skiing, most of them energetic, including parapenting, swimming, squash, ice climbing, skating, tobogganing and walking. For those who want to relax in a more leisurely fashion there are saunas and sleigh rides as well as a little Folk Museum near Lanersbach. Of course, the scenery is just spectacular so you could do worse than relax on one of the many cafe sun terraces and simply admire your surroundings whilst topping up that suntan!

Childcare in Lanersbach, Austria

Lanersbach day and evening care plus snow ski schools and babysitting.

This is an excellent resort for families although the shortage of beginner slopes means that it might not always be the absolutely best choice when introducing newcomers to the white stuff. That said, once everyone is off and running, the whole family will be able to have a fantastic time skiing all over the mountains together. For three plus year olds, there is an excellent ski kindergarten and babies and toddlers from 1 -3 years can be looked after by the Guest Kindergarten.

3 stars out of 5 overall    

Lanersbach Shopping

Lanersbach shopping - fashion boutiques, outdoor gear and food shops

There are supermarkets and specialist food shops, a chemist, post office and so on but retail therapy is confined to sports and souvenir shops. If you are very keen to shop, Mayrhofen has many a good selection of retail outlets and Innsbruck is a beautiful, medieval town with a wide range of interesting boutiques and large department stores.

Lanersbach value for money gets 3 stars out of 5 overall    

Ski Equipment Rental Shops in Lanersbach

Lanersbach hire shops - overview of all shopping in Lanersbach

There are supermarkets and specialist food shops, a chemist, post office and so on but retail therapy is confined to sports and souvenir shops. If you are very keen to shop, Mayrhofen has many a good selection of retail outlets and Innsbruck is a beautiful, medieval town with a wide range of interesting boutiques and large department stores.

Lanersbach ski rental shops value rating gets ? stars out of 5 overall    

Main Ski School in Lanersbach

Lanersbach ski school - snowboarding course & skiing lessons

The official ski/board school is called Schi- und Snowboardschule Tuxertal and has 20 teachers teaching in English, German and taking students from a minimum age of 3.info@skischule-tuxertal.at www.skischule-lanersbach.at 87755

Lanersbach for beginners         gets 3 stars out of 5 overall    

Lanersbach for intermediates  gets 4 stars out of 5 overall    

Lanersbach for expert skiers   gets 4 stars out of 5 overall    

Lanersbach for snowboarding  gets 4 stars out of 5 overall    

Mountain & Snow Sports in Lanersbach

Lanersbach snow sports - off slope winter mountain sports

Cross Country Skiing (langlaufen) in Lanersbach: 28km X C ski trails, Lessons available? Y

Easy XC Ski Trails: 28km     Intermediate XC Trails: 0km   Difficult XC Trails: 0km

Telemark Tuittion: Y     Telemark Rental 5      Paragliding schools: 3

Snow mobile Rental: 0     Toboggan Run Length: 12km

Non Skiing Winter & Snow Activities in Lanersbach

Lanersbach snow fun - off slope winter activities

Outdoor Ice Rink: 2 Indoor Ice Rink: 0 Balloon Flights: 0

Prepared Winter Walks: 68 Snowshoeing: 4 Hang Gliding : 0

Snow mobile Rental: 0 Toboggan Run Length: 12km Paragliding schools: 3

Lanersbach non skiing facilities also include Canyoning, Curling, Flying Fox, Ice Climbing, White Water Rafting.