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High in Salzburgerland’s Pongau region, Mühlbach am Hochkönig sits at around 860 metres, rising to nearly 1,900 metres at the upper lifts. Beneath the limestone spires of the Hochkönigmassif, this is a village wired for winter where altitude, design and movement align. Part of the Ski region Hochkönig within Ski Amadé, it defines the Austrian art of skiing: elegant, fast and utterly precise.
The Königstour is the signature line. Spanning 35 kilometres across six summits and a cumulative descent of roughly 7,500 metres, it connects Mühlbach, Dienten and Maria Alm in one continuous flow. Across 120 kilometres of terrain, skiers find balance in the Austrian grading triad: 52 km blue for glide and grace, 41 km red for rhythm, 19 km black for power and precision. Each piste delivers its own personality – high carving lines above the tree line, forested switchbacks or steep fall lines where the air thins and the snow feels alive.
A network of 34 lifts keeps everything fluid. The Kings Cab gondola leads the system with heated seats and full-glass cabins, gliding from valley to ridge in one smooth arc. For those chasing wilder snow, Mühlbach’s Skirouten and Skitourenrouten open natural lines through powder fields below the Mandlwände cliffs – a playground of rock, silence and speed.
Freestyle energy centres on Kings Park, one of Austria’s longest snowparks at 1.8 km, a sculpted run of rails, boxes and kickers aligned with the Kings Cab. In Mühlbach itself, Livingroom Snowpark, which is around 1,500 metres, keeps the atmosphere grounded and creative while Snowpark Natrun in Maria Alm offers a lower-altitude stage for beginners.
Off the slopes, cross-country trails stretch 40 km across Alpine pastures, winter hiking paths trace 85 km of snowbound forest and toboggan runs flash to life under floodlight. When night falls, night skiing at the Simmerl lift turns the snow into theatre – light, speed and echoing turns under the stars.
Evenings pulse between mountain huts and village bars, firelight and frost. Mühlbach am Hochkönig is pure Alpine energy – sculpted snow, crisp altitude and the clean geometry of movement.
Set beneath the Hochkönig peaks, stieg’nhaus is Austria’s newest design hideaway. A modern Alpine retreat of soft luxury, sculptural calm and quiet hospitality shaped by light, craft and stillness.
Four cute bastions of style and snuggle up in the duvet sentiments for winter, none of which are in France.
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Bordering Germany, Liechtenstein and Switzerland, Austria’s western Vorarlberg region is famous for its incredible skiing prowess, fantastic alpine views and also for holding the oldest and most influential ski club in the world.
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With a chill in the air as October comes to a slow close we are looking forward to officially entering November and with it, the opening of ski season. For a head start on the celebrations head to joyful Gurgl in Tirol for a start to the 2024-2025 season that goes off with a bang.
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Located in the Hohe Tauern National Park in the heart of the Salzburgerland province, Bad Gastein’s ski playground is made up of 200km of groomed pistes scattered over four different mountains, part of the Ski Amadé area, with over 1,000 metres of altitude which offers superb long downhill runs.
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Lech is best known for its skiing and when you include the other Arlberg resorts of St. Anton, St. Christof, Warth-Schröcken and Stuben, which can be reached by Lech-Zürs, there are 340 km of piste and 190 km of off-piste, accessed by 94 lifts.
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Skiing in Leogang, part of Skicircus Saalbach - Hinterglemm -Leogang - Fieberbrunn as it is officially known is quite the ride, encompassing high mountain passes, over 270kms of thrilling runs, seven snow parks and five toboggan runs.
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Close to the Tirol mountains of the Tux and Zillertal Alps, this design hotel of chilled style and nostalgic tradition, steps away from the chocolate-box picture-postcard image with creative art installations and a casual approach to life in the alps.
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St. Anton is also serious about ski. The entranceway to the Arlberg ski region, which includes St. Anton am Arlberg, St. Christoph, Stuben, Lech, Zürs, Warth and Schröcken, consists of 305 km of marked slopes and 200 km of off-piste trails serviced by 88 state-of-the-art cable cars.
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Truly a highlight for any ski fanatic is the prospect of enjoying the vast area of the Zillertal Superski, where even the name sounds totally epic. Stretching from the Hintertux Glacier (hello skiing all year round) to Hochzillertal/Hochfügen.
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As well as skiing and hiking the Silvretta glacier at 3,000 metres, winter hikes are popular as are snowshoe tours and cross-country skiing. The region has over 74 cable cars and lifts that connect the 297 kilometres of ski slopes, perfectly designed to ensure speedy runs and perfect days on powder.
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East of Bolzano is the long heralded as Europe's largest alpine plateau in the Dolomites of South Tyrol, the pastures and ski region of Alpe di Siusi, or Seiser Alm in German, spans almost 60km2 has to be in your wander travel bucket-list for winter ski and cross-country sports
Vienna, Hall in Tirol, Salzburg and Innsbruck are our Kirsche on the cake urban pitstops - our cultural heartthrobs, hubs of Habsburg heritage, Petri dishes of arty accomplishments and showcases of the city’s status markers of old.
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