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As you’d expect from this all-mountain nation, ski resorts come in all shapes and sizes. There’s a theme with the villages here, and it’s wonderfully cosy and traditional. But the skiing department knows no bounds, with enormous linked areas, mile after mile of groomers and off piste galore.
With great size comes great diversity, and you’ll find a lot to choose between: whether to wake in a chalet, hotel or apartment, spend the day skiing, shopping or spa-ing and how to finish up - with wild après ski or deliciously lazy downtime. And it all adds up to a wonderful week in the mountains.
Austria: Top 10 Biggest Ski Resorts
St Anton’s King of the Arlberg ski area, an almighty expanse of 350km of pistes and 200km of heavenly powder terrain. Après ski doesn’t get bigger or better than Krazy Kangruh and Mooserwirt, with the latter pouring out 2500 litres of beer every afternoon (more per sq. metre than… + more
Nigh on 500 million people tune in to watch the Hahnenkamm race each year, but Kitz’s status as one of the big boys isn’t ALL about the scariest downhill race on the World Cup circuit. This is also one of the most beautiful resorts you’ll come across: look up and you’ve got 360… + more
Declared a city in the late twenties, then a spa resort in the sixties, Zell now has a population of around 10,000 and the capacity to host thousands more guests. The whole place is wonderfully scenic, with Mother Nature displaying her finest Alpine artwork in the form of peaks,… + more
136km of pistes grace Mayrhofen’s two local mountains, and staggeringly all of them are covered by snowmaking. But as the gateway to five valleys, this is just a smidgeon of what’s skiable if you’re based here: The slopes of Egglam, Rastkogel and the snow sure Hintertux Glacier… + more
Head up to the top of Hohe Salve for overwhelming sights of seventy 3000m peaks that’ll make you feel like a speck on the horizon. With the whole area pass up your sleeve, this is your access point to Austria’s largest linked ski area, where you can reach 8 other resorts via 280… + more
Everything you’d expect of a big city seems to fit rather nicely into Ischgl - posh shops, big-name night clubs, gourmet restaurants and even the giant Silvretta Centre with its adventure pool and bowling alley. Most resorts have nothing on the après scene here, with Trofana Alm… + more
While the village itself is small and cosy, it’s long had a big position on the world stage. Local pistes cover 117km, a hefty chunk of the legendary Arlberg’s 350km area. They also include 21 ungroomed ski routes, 7 high touring runs and the White Ring circuit, where a thousand… + more
Saalbach has a healthy dose of everything: classic character, rocking après ski and oodles of skiing. With its smaller neighbour Hinterglemm (they’re often seen as one resort) there’s the capacity to sleep around 20,000 guests, and most digs come in the form of chalets and hotels.… + more
Home to 146km2 of glaciers and 321km2 of peaks, pastures and woodland, this region’s no tiddler. But with only 1km2 of built-up area, the resort itself feels wonderfully snug. It still manages to squeeze in a whopping great spa centre - the 50,000m² Aqua Dome, where the outdoor… + more
It’s completely surrounded by mountains and feels far, far away from noisy traffic. But Hopfgarten’s just moments from the mammoth SkiWelt - Austria’s largest ski circuit with 280km of the good stuff. For further mileage, the Ki-West gondola and an on-piste link to Kirchberg puts… + more
If you want to ski or snowboard really big miles, then the very biggest Austrian ski resorts and linked ski areas in Austria are what you need, this is a list of Austria's biggest ski resorts.
All of these ski and snowboard mountains have at some stage held titles like "largest ski resort in Austria" or "biggest Austrian ski resort"... the biggest ski areas in Austria.
Austria - biggest ski resorts
| Resort | Ski area size |
|---|---|
| St Anton | 350km (pistes) + 200km (powder) |
| Kitzbuhel | 170km |
| Zell am See | 138km across 3 ski areas |
| Mayrhofen | 136km |
| Soll | 280km |
| Ischgl | 240km |
| Lech | 350km |
| Saalbach | 270km |
| Solden | 145km |
| Hopfgarten | 280km |
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