Ski Bad Gastein

If you ski Bad Gastein you get miles of slopes with the Ski Amadé ski region. All this along with a traditional Alpine setting. There's a wide variety of slopes for both skiing and snowboarding in Austria here.

Where

Located in the heart of the Austrian Alps, ski Bad Gastein and get access to the Gasteinertal ski area, one of Austria's biggest skiing and snowboarding areas. It's also in the Ski Amadé ski region with 60 slopes and over 250 km of slopes, you could ski all week and almost never take the same piste twice. Access is easy, with Salzburg airport 1.5 hours away, and a train station in town.

Essentials	Suitable For	Slopes
RESORT ALTITUDE : 1000m TOTAL PISTE : 200 km LONGEST RUN : 8 km START SEASON : December END SEASON : March	OVERALL SKIING BOARDING APRÉS FAMILIES	Beginners 0 / 0% Intermediates 6 / 24% Advanced 15 / 60% Experts 4 / 16% TOTAL RUNS : 23 SNOW CANNONS : 150 / 24ha SNOW PARKS : 1 CROSS COUNTRY : 90 km

On the slopes

Austria offers ski holidays in Bad Gastein that are suitable for all levels, though high-mileage intermediates will find it most to their liking. This area is not recommended for absolute beginners, with the nursery slopes generally rated as either too steep or too short, however, more advanced skiers and boarders will enjoy the off-piste runs at Sportgastein and Graukogel. Boarders will find there is now a park and half-pipe, but might not enjoy the high number of draglifts.

Ski area :

If you ski Bad Gastein, you are also in the ski region of Ski Amadé along with the following resorts; Alpendorf, Bad Gastein, Bad Hofgastein, Flachau, Maria Alm, Ramsau am Dachstein, Schladming, Sportgastein, St Johann im Pongau, Wagrain .

Off the slopes

Eating out offers an impressive range of choices, over 35 in all, and the après-ski is good, with a choice of lively nightspots, and even a casino if you fancy a flutter. Away from the skiing there is a great choice of activities, including ice skating, curling, tobogganing, sleigh rides, ice climbing, and snow shoe walking. Overall this is an attractive town with great aprés-ski, though probably not a good choice for a family holiday with small children.

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