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"Top Ten Best" Austrian resort lists
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Skiing best resorts for skiing
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Snowboarding best resorts for snowboarding
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Snow sure most snow-sure ski resorts
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Apres ski best resorts for apres ski
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Group best group ski resorts
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Family best ski resorts for families
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Luxury best luxury ski resorts
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Pretty the world's prettiest ski resorts
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Beginner best resorts to learn to ski
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Intermediate best intermediate ski resorts
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Advanced best resorts for advanced skiers
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Off Piste best resorts for off-piste skiing
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Biggest biggest resorts & linked ski areas
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Summer best resorts for summer skiing
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Cheap best resorts for cheap skiing
List of all Austrian ski resorts
Alpbach is said to be the most beautiful village in Austria and it’s not hard to see why: this picturesque, chocolat...more ‣
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Highlights • Picturesque village • Brilliant family resort• Excellent for beginners
Ski in the tracks of some of the Olympic greats at this former Olympic ski resort, which ranks with the best in Austr...more ‣
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Highlights • Easy access to other resorts• Intermediate and advanced skiers• Near Innsbruck
This gorgeous village has access to mile upon mile of the Gastein Valley’s powdery pistes and is linked by train to ...more ‣
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Highlights • Historic spa town • Regular host of Snowboard World Cup • Traditional Austrian après
One of Austria’s hidden gems, you may not have heard of this Austrian market town and ski resort – but it’s well w...more ‣
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Highlights • World renowned Spa Town • Host of Snowboarding World Cup • Traditional Austrian charm
The clue’s in the name: ‘Bad’ is used to describe spa towns in German and people have been coming here since 500BC...more ‣
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Highlights • St Katherin and Römerbad baths • 4 and 5* spa hotels • Resort with history
Fieberbrunn is tucked away in the Kitzbüheler Alps with brilliant slopes for beginners and intermediates and incredi...more ‣
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Highlights • Fantastic friendly atmosphere.• Picturesque skiing and village• Freeride World Tour venue
Located amidst the stunning surrounds of Ski Amadé - Austria’s biggest unlinked ski area - which includes the immen...more ‣
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Highlights • In the heart of the huge Ski Amadé• Amazing range of off-slope activities
A stay in this small village near Mayrhofen in the heart of the Zillertal leaves you relaxed and invigorated in equal...more ‣
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Highlights • Quiet, cosy village• Huge linked ski area• Year round glacier skiing
With Fugen you’ve a traditional Tyrolean town to call home – pastel buildings, centuries-old churches and all – wi...more ‣
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Highlights • Biggest town in Zillertal• Near Mayrhofen• Good leisure centre
The tram-ride from nearby Innsbruck sets a week in Fulpmes off to a marvellously scenic start, and the sights just ke...more ‣
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Highlights • Bus linked to the Stubai Glacier• Excellent Kindergarten• Near Innsbruck
A cosy town at the end of the Paznaun valley, with a load of great views, Galtur is a hidden gem. Intermediates will ...more ‣
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Highlights • 6 section ski-area• Fantastic scenery• Quaint village
This farming village turned ski resort is part of the biggest ski area in the Zillertal valley. Don’t let the quaint...more ‣
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Snowboarding
Highlights • Zillertal Arena resort• Near Mayrhofen
This traditional alpine village is a part of the biggest linked and most popular ski circuit in Austria, offering gor...more ‣
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Snowboarding
Highlights • Large linked resort• Modern ski lift system• Austrian aprés experience
This old Austrian market town lies at the foot of the striking Hohe Salve Mountain in the magnificent Kitzbühel Alps...more ‣
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Highlights • Traditional Tyrolean village charm• Cheap way to ski SkiWelt• One of the sunniest areas in the region
A former Olympic resort, Igls sits in the Innsbruck mountain range and is less than half an hour from the big city it...more ‣
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Snowboarding
Highlights • Near Innsbruck• Opportunity to upgrade to a glacier ski pass• Olympic bob sleigh and Olympic Run
It’s not a matter of either/or when it comes to choosing between a city and ski break in Innsbruck. Here, you’ve go...more ‣
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Highlights • Historic city• 9 ski areas• Excellent transport links
A place to ski high and party hard: As well as having some of the nation’s finest snow conditions, Ischgl’s neck an...more ‣
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Highlights • Some of Austria highest slopes • Awesome après • Famously fast lifts
A rustic resort nestled at the bottom of Austria’s most established skiable glacier, Kaprun offers the traditional e...more ‣
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Snowboarding
Highlights • Austria’s oldest skiable glacier• Austria’s biggest superpipe• Early summer skiing
Little known, but well worth getting to know, Katschberg is a laid back, family-friendly resort with a ski area that...more ‣
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Snowboarding
Highlights • Family-friendly• Ski in / Ski out hotels• Short airport transfer
Surrounded by the beautiful Kitzbühel Alps, Kitzbuhel in the Tyrol is a romantic medieval town with heaps of Austri...more ‣
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Snowboarding
Highlights • World's most difficult run• Romantic Austrian charm• Foodie favourite
One of the classics, Lech is somewhere you should definitely ski at least once – and we won’t be surprised if, like...more ‣
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Snowboarding
Highlights • Some of the best snow in Austria • Traditional charm, modern conveniences• Amazing 5* hotels
Nearly 70% of Lofer’s slopes are suited to beginners - and with a friendly market town to call home this is a cracki...more ‣
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Snowboarding
Highlights • Short transfer from Salzburg• Excellent child facilities• Quiet ski resort
A gorgeous Austrian village, linked with two others to form the Hochkönig ski area, and 24 others to form the ginorm...more ‣
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Snowboarding
Highlights • Hochkönig ski area • On the Königstour• Vegan ski region
One of Austria's top ski resorts, Mayrhofen has a magnificent medley of varied terrain, Austrian charm and lively apr...more ‣
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Snowboarding
Highlights • Hintertux glacier• Tyrolean charm• Snowbombing festival• 100% artificial snow coverage
Highly praised for its improvements in recent years and widely regarded as a freeride haven, the Montafon area has so...more ‣
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Snowboarding
Highlights • Large ski area• Traditional Austrian villages• Friendly environment
If the brothers Grimm created a fairy-tale ski resort, it’d look a lot like Nauders. Traders and smugglers passed th...more ‣
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Snowboarding
Highlights • Ski Italy & Austria• Near the Reschen Pass• Tyrolean character
Neustift’s a friendly mountain resort that’s terrifically located for you to enjoy everything that’s great about t...more ‣
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Snowboarding
Highlights • Glacier skiing• Charming Tyrolean architecture• Close to Innsbruck
Soak up some traditional Tyrolean charm at this quaint, alpine village in the heart of the beautiful Wildschonau vall...more ‣
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Snowboarding
Highlights • Traditional Tyrolean charm• Easy links to ski Juwel ski area
With some of Austria’s most snow-sure conditions, an easy-going atmosphere and bundles of character, it’s no wonder...more ‣
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Snowboarding
Highlights • Long ski season• Chic and cheerful• Ski-in ski-out accommodation
Obertauern stands apart from other Austrian resorts in more ways than one; it’s the nation’s only purpose-built res...more ‣
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Snowboarding
Highlights • Excellent lift system• Clever natural ski circuit • Attractive purpose built resort
In ‘the golden valley of the Alps’, this picturesque village served as a gold-mining town right up until the last c...more ‣
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Snowboarding
Highlights • Traditional Austrian charm & hospitality• Stunning Hohe Tauern National park
The hills are a hive of activity in Saalbach - the liveliest base in the glorious Glemmtal valley, it often plays hos...more ‣
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Snowboarding
Highlights • Huge linked resort • Modern lift system• Austrian après experience
Surrounded by beautiful mountains and lakes in the massive Ski Amadé area, this living and breathing alpine town has...more ‣
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Snowboarding
Highlights • Part of the extremely well-connected Ski Amadé• Excellent après-ski including restaurants, bars and shops• Close to the Dachstein glacier
Perhaps the best cross-country ski destination in the world, this Nordic sporting village is famous for hosting vario...more ‣
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Snowboarding
Highlights • World-class cross-country• Oodles to do
With lively après-ski it’s an Austrian resort that definitely packs a punch... but it’s not all about the parties ...more ‣
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Snowboarding
Highlights • High altitude ski area• Efficient lift system• 1 of Austria's biggest glacier areas
The heart of the SkiWelt area, Söll is a traditional and animated village at the foot of the Hohe Salve Mountain, lo...more ‣
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Snowboarding
Highlights • Super-efficient lift system• Largest night ski resort in Austria• Over 288 km of ski runs
Austria's snowsport capital, St Anton in the extensive Arlberg circus of the Tyrolean Alps has every level of ability...more ‣
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Snowboarding
Highlights • Huge Arlberg area• Awesome après ski• Extensive powder terrain
This traditional and cosy village wouldn’t look out of place in a fairytale but offers much more. The fact that it’...more ‣
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Snowboarding
Highlights • Off-piste bowls and chutes galore • Quaint Austrian Charm • 250km ski area
St Johann's a typical Tyrolean village - beautifully Baroque and bang in the middle of the Schneewinkel ski area. SNO...more ‣
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Snowboarding
Highlights • Huge linked ski area• Great off slope activities• Night skiing
This pretty Austrian village is old as the hills, and you’ll find it up by the border to Germany, a snowball’s thro...more ‣
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Snowboarding
Highlights • Ski Austria & Germany• Short transfer from Salzburg• Historic setting
With Salzburg an hour’s drive away, alpine peaks every which way and a pretty Austrian village to call home – Werfe...more ‣
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Snowboarding
Highlights • Eco-ski resort• 42km ski area• Traditional alpine resort
Lovely old Westendorf is easily one of the prettiest Austrian ski resorts – but there’s more to this village than A...more ‣
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Snowboarding
Highlights • Part of the SkiWelt• Varied terrain• Efficient lift system
With a terrific blend of top class skiing, a lively après scene and a beautiful location, Zell am See offers a lot m...more ‣
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Snowboarding
Highlights • Unparalleled panoramic skiing • Exceptional on piste dining • Culture rich town centre• Large ski area
Avoid huge lift lines and crowded restaurants this year with a trip to one of Austria’s most underrated resorts. Oft...more ‣
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Highlights • Sunny south facing slopes • High altitude skiing • Traditional village
Most popular ski resorts in Austria
St Anton is undoubtedly the capital of Austria’s ski resorts, enormously popular with powder hounds, experts and anyone looking for amazing après – if anyone knows how to party it’s the Austrians (Mooserwirt and Crazy Kangaroo are absolute legends in the après world). Next in the après ski league table and growing considerably in popularity is Ischgl – a resort where you can ski hard and party even harder. Host of Snowbombing festival and home to the unforgettable Igloo Bar, Mayrhofen is another top town that brings hordes of party-lovers throughout the season.
Those who prefer a more refined time on the snow love Lech, which is arguably the prettiest village in Europe and absolutely oozes high-end alpine charm. Another romantic and hugely famous town is Kitzbühel – its colourful medieval buildings, their setting within the striking Kitzbühel Alps and the presence of the world famous "Hahnenkamm" piste make it a destination that visitors return to year after year.
The Austrians welcome families with open arms and the excellent tuition, wide, gentle slopes and laid back atmosphere make this a great nation to bring the little ’uns. Commonly appearing on the league tables for best family resort are Ellmau, Niederau, Alpbach and Obergurgl.
Snow sure resorts are always winners in the popularity contest with high altitudes, nearby glaciers and amazing historic snowfall promising excellent conditions throughout the season. If you’ve come for the powder, favourite resorts include Lech, Sölden, St Anton, Obergurgl, Ischgl and Kaprun.
Those looking to clock up the miles in a huge ski area tend to flock to the resorts in SkiWelt – the biggest connected ski area in the country (where you’ll find Söll, Ellmau, Westendorf, Kirchberg and Hopfgarten amongst others) and the 340km Arlberg area – the “cradle of alpine skiing” (which is home to Lech, Zurs and St Anton).
All resorts in Austria
Alpbach |
Alpendorf |
Auffach |
Axamer Lizum |
Bad Gastein |
Bad Hofgastein |
Bad Kleinkirchheim |
Brand & Burserberg |
Dachstein West |
Ellmau |
Fieberbrunn |
Filzmoos |
Finkenberg |
Fugen / Fugenberg |
Fulpmes |
Galtur |
Gerlos |
Gosau |
Hinterglemm |
Hintertux |
Hochgurgl |
Hochkoenig |
Hochsolden |
Hopfgarten |
Igls |
Innsbruck |
Ischgl |
Itter |
Kaprun |
Katschberg |
Kirchberg |
Kirchdorf |
Kitzbuhel |
Kuhtai |
Lech |
Lofer |
Maria Alm |
Mayrhofen |
Montafon |
Nauders |
Neustift |
Niederau |
Oberau |
Obergurgl |
Obertauern |
Rauris |
Saalbach |
Scheffau |
Schladming |
Seefeld |
Solden |
Soll |
St Anton |
St Christoph |
St Johann |
St Wolfgang |
Stubai glacier |
Waidring |
Werfenweng |
Westendorf |
Wildschonau |
Zell am See |
Zell am Ziller |
Zurs |
Austria ski resorts FAQ:
Austrian skiing is largely based in the Alps mountain range. Phenomenal ski areas are coupled with a lively, fun atmosphere and traditional villages, unlike the purpose-built resorts elsewhere in Europe. Check out famous resorts like St Anton, Lech, Ischgl, Solden, Obergurgl, Kitzbuhel, Zell Am See or Mayrhofen - you won’t be disappointed by the ski areas in Austria!
Austria has some outstanding beginner-friendly resorts. Our favourite ski resorts in Austria for families are:
- Niederau, in the Ski Juwel area, has accessible slopes and great ski schools (some geared specifically to first-timers like Happy)
- Mayrhofen has a great learning area atop the Penken gondola, and almost all the resort is linked by blues. Head over to the Ahorn mountain if you prefer wider runs.
- Obergurgl has 2 lifts that are free if you’re in a ski school and 3 other lifts that can be covered by a day pass. When you’ve found your feet, there are many blue runs to test out your new skills.
Some ski resorts in Austria will open in November, but our earliest holiday departures will be early December. By the time Christmas and New year come round you can expect good snow conditions to be in place across most resorts.
There are over 400 individual ski resorts in Austria. Many resorts are grouped as larger ski areas like the famous Arlberg area, Ski Circus, Ski Juwel and Ski Welt. The links between some of these resorts may not be as seamless as in France, but they offer incredible and varied terrain.
Like most things, it depends on what is the best fit for you- call us, and we’ll talk you through it. Best-selling resorts in Austria are St Anton, Mayrhofen and Kitzbuhel. Here are some ideas for the best ski holiday in Austria:
- For beginners: Niederau, Mayrhofen, Obergurgl
- For families: Obergurgl
- For developing/intermediate skiers: Kitzbuhel, Mayrhofen, Söll
- For advanced piste skiers: St. Anton, Mayrhofen,
- For a little bit of everything: Kitzbuhel, Zell Am See
- For powder and off-piste: St Anton, Ischgl, Fieberbrunn
- For Apres: St Anton, Lech, Ischgl
- For scenery: Zell Am See, Kitzbuhel, Alpbach
Austrian resorts tend to be at lower altitudes, so resorts with high slopes or glaciers are recommended for skiing in December.
Obergurgl is a fantastic option, sitting at 2000m in height with top slopes over 3000m. Hintertux (Mayrhofen) and Solden both offer glacier skiing up past 3200m. By the end of December, most of the resorts should be experiencing great conditions.
January is great for fresh snow and quieter slopes - it’s definitely one of the best months to visit the mountains!
Kitzbuhel is fantastic in January. There is awesome terrain, picturesque setting and arguably the best time to visit as the slopes top out at 2000m. Pick the right week, and you might get to watch the Hahnenkamm race. Thanks to the Rettenbach & Tiefernbachfern Glaciers and the reliable snow record, Solden can be explored to its fullest throughout January.
Tied with January for the best conditions, February is a fantastic time to plan a trip to Austria. As the slopes get busier through mid-season, Austria's modern, high capacity lift systems come into their own.
St Anton is World famous for a reason, and a great place for powder hunting in the off-piste. Niederau has great ski schools specifically for beginners and a charming, relaxed feel which is a great option for families travelling in the school holidays. Lastly, you'll love Mayrhofen in February with it's wide slopes and terrain for all abilities. If you're visiting at half term, there are great features for the younger generation like the Funslope.
You’ll start to see the sun coming back and spring, making a burgeoning appearance in March. Temperatures get much more comfortable and the nights don’t close in quite so fast, all while keeping good snow conditions.
Longer nights are slightly warmer temperatures mean you can really take advantage of the legendary apres bars in St Anton, like Mooserwirt and Krazy Kangaruh. Obergurgl is a snow-sure option. The resort height helps to mitigate any early high temperatures. If you want to preserve the best conditions for as long as possible into March Solden, Stubai and Hintertux all offer solid glacier skiing.
Austrian resorts are typically found at lower heights than their French counterparts so choosing a ski resort with high skiing, glaciers and north-facing slopes are the best bet.
Thanks to the glacier in Kaprun you can get good snow conditions well into April. Obergurgl is 2000m in height at resort level helps mitigate the warming temperatures, and the resort has slopes up over 3000m. Check out the view from Top Mountain Star hut in Hochgurgl, at one of the ski area's highest points.
Which are the best Austria ski holidays?
| Property | Resort | Price (per person) |
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| Salzburger Hof | Zell Am See | £ 1499 |
| Chalet Monte Vera | St Anton | £ 919 |
| Elisabeth Hotel | Mayrhofen | £ 1259 |
| Hotel Berghof | Lech | £ 1689 |
| Hotel Arlberg | Lech | £ 3159 |
| Hotel Schloss Lebenberg | Kitzbuhel | £ 1299 |
| TOP Hotel | Hochgurgl | £ 1769 |
| Hotel Alpina Deluxe Resort | Obergurgl | £ 1269 |
| Hotel Edelweiss & Gurgl | Obergurgl | £ 1637 |
| Hotel Gotthard | Obergurgl | £ 1479 |
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