Skiing area

Beginners on skis or carving pros - all winter sports fans will simply feel spoilt by 130 kilometres of downhill runs, spread out over 59 different pistes. The easy ones, marked in blue, are especially suitable for beginners. People who like it more active choose from 51 kilometres of red runs or opt for the slopes of the black category which are really hard to master. You have only just begun skiing? Our instructors can give you some valuable tips.

Snowboarders find the very best conditions for a symbiosis of art and extreme sport in the half-pipe on Schmittenhöhe or at the Funpark on Kitzsteinhorn, at an altitude of 2,900 metres. You can practise daring stunts there or leave the first trails in untouched snow here already in October: in the shadow of the 3,203-metre summit of Kitzsteinhorn, true après-ski feeling will set in even in midsummer.

The Region Zell am See - Kaprun offers a well-prepared network of more than 200 kilometres of trails for the fans of cross-country skiing. Professional instructors show beginners how to do the 'double pole'. And the ski hire companies supply you with the suitable equipment for unspoilt snow fun. They offer not only skating and classic skis for the cross-country trails, but also the latest material for downhill skiing and snowboarding.