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Skiing in Austria

Facts about Austria
Highest point: Großglockner 3.798 m.
Language: German
Currency:Euro = 100 cent
Population:8 million
Capital: Vienna
Pre-dial:0043

Austria is one of the most important ski nations in the world at every level and is indeed where downhill skiing really began at the little village of Lillienfeld near Vienna and in the Arlberg region where between 1900 and 1905 pioneers Mathias Zdarsky and Hannes Schneider began skiing with fixed heels in the modern slalom style departing from the Norwegian Telemark technique that had begun 35 years before.

Today there are more than 600 villages with skiing in the country including many of the world’s most famous resorts like Kitzbuhel, Saalbach, St Anton and Mayrhofen to name only a few. In recent years many of the country’s smaller ski areas have begin to offer hi-tec combined lift tickets which give skiers access to dozens of ski areas on the one ticket. Some of these are the world’s largest of their kind offering over 1,000km, sometimes over 2,000km of skiing and include the Kitzbuhel regional pass, the Ski Amade pass and the Salzburgerland pass.

The country has hosted the Olympic Winter Games twice, in Innsbruck in 1964 and 1972 and has a reputation as one of the world’s top nations for producing world class athletes.

Regions: Carinthia |  Lower Austria |  Salzburg |  Styria |  Tirol |  Upper Austria |  Vorarlberg

 

Top 5 - Vertical drop

Ski resort Meters
Hochzillertal - Hochfügen 1950 m
Zillertal Arena 1920 m
Sölden 1900 m
Hintertuxer Gletscher 1750 m
Silvretta Montafon Hochjoch 1700 m
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Top 5 - Number of runs

Ski resort Number of runs
Ellmau (SkiWelt) 124
Brixen im Thale (SkiWelt) 124
Going (SkiWelt) 124
Hopfgarten (SkiWelt) 124
Kelchsau (SkiWelt) 124
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Top snowdepth

Ski resort Top Base
Mölltaler Gletscher 360 cm 120 cm
Hintertuxer Gletscher 275 cm 20 cm
St. Anton am Arlberg 240 cm 70 cm
Pitztaler Gletscher 235 cm 65 cm
Rifflsee 235 cm 65 cm
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Today's snowfall

Ski resort Snow Date
Obertilliach 35 cm 10/03
Bodental 20 cm 10/03
Mölltaler Gletscher 20 cm 10/03
Katschberg - Aineck 15 cm 10/03
Falkert 15 cm 10/03
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Avalanche Risk

Ski resort Avalanche Risk Updated
No ski resort has reported avalanche risk above: 3 - Considerable
*) The avalanche risk is extracted from the ski resorts' general snow report. "N/A" means that the ski resort has not provided information about avalanche risk.
The international risk scale goes from 1-5, where 1 is "Low" and 5 is "Very high" (See detailed explanation).
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