Summary

Mayrhofen is easy to like – a neat, polished, animated village in a pleasant rural setting – and we always enjoy our visits. In the past, we’ve been grateful that we’ve been able to dodge the Penken gondola queues by driving to other lifts; this is less necessary now, with the swanky new three-cable gondola in place.
If what is attracting you is the relatively snow-sure slopes, bear in mind that you can access those slopes from quieter villages further up the valley, notably Lanersbach (which has its own web page) and Vorderlanersbach next door, which also have the merit of pistes back to the village – unlike Mayrhofen’s main mountain.

Blogs, features and news

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• New gondolas galore in Austria
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