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Key facts
| Resort | 1000 m |
|---|---|
| Slopes | 930-2095 m |
| Lifts | 55 |
| Pistes | 200 km |
| Blue | 45 % |
| Red | 48 % |
| Black | 7 % |
| Snowmaking | 90 % |
| Price index | 90 |
Package operators
Alpine Answers, BoardnLodge, Chalet Group, Crystal, Crystal Finest, Directski.com, First Choice, Inghams, Interactive Resorts, Interhome, Neilson, Rocketski, Simply Alpine, Ski Expectations, Ski Independence, Ski McNeill, Ski Miquel, Skiing Austria, Skitracer, Snow Finders, Snowscape, STC, Thomson
Saalbach-Hinterglemm
The upside
- Large, well-linked, intermediate circuit, good for mixed groups
- Impressive lift system – world’s highest proportion of fast lifts
- Saalbach is a big but pleasant, affluent village, lively at night
- Main streets are largely traffic-free
- Lifts and pistes are conveniently close to centres of both villages
- Dozens of good mountain huts
- Large snowmaking installation
- Sunny slopes, but ...
The downside
- Most slopes are low as well as sunny, and the snow suffers
- Limited steep terrain
- Nursery slopes in Saalbach are not ideal
- sunny, and crowded in parts
- Saalbach spreads along the valley
- some lodgings are far from central
- Hinterglemm sprawls along a long street with no clearly defined centre
- Both are noisy from 4pm and Saalbach can get rowdy at night
Latest user reviews
Spent an excellent week in Saalbach-Hinterglemm in…
N Gale 19 Mar 2008
A mixed group of 10 intermediates, we stayed in Chalet…
Jon Widdows 2 Feb 2008
We liked the sunny south facing runs, but they lose…
Andrew Raftis 10 Aug 2007
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Summary
A recent Austrian tour confirmed that the ‘Skicircus’ is in most respects the best of the major ski areas east of Innsbruck – it has more challenging intermediate terrain and better mountain restaurants than the SkiWelt (Söll, Ellmau etc), slicker lifts than Kitzbühel, and has the edge on both in terms of village altitude and ski convenience, provided you pick your spot.
The snowmaking is now good enough to make a midwinter holiday a fairly safe bet, but there is a limit to what snowmaking can achieve on low, sunny slopes as spring approaches. Like the other areas we mention, this is really a place to book at short notice, when conditions are good.
News
For 2009/10 A six-pack with covers and heated seats replaced the Turm draglift, on the lower slopes of Kohlmaiskopf at Saalbach. Above Hinterglemm, an eight-seat chair replaced the quad to Hasenauer Köpfl.
At Leogang, a fast quad replaced the Almlift T-bar below the gondola mid-station. And the Priesteregg chalet village has opened – nine woody chalets, a restaurant, bar and sauna.
For 2008/09 an eight-pack with heated seats and covers replaced the Asitz quad up to Kl. Asitz on the return from Leogang.
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