Ski Hopfgarten

Ski Hopfgarten and you're in a pretty village in the SkiWelt circuit. Offering long and sunny pistes beginners and intermediates will love this resort. The Ski Welt offers more than 250km of pistes for all abilities - read our review.

Where

Based at 620m, ski Hopfgarten im Brixental and you will find that it's famous for the twin yellow towers of its church as well as it's slopes. In a basin at the foot of the Hohe Salve mountain, you will benefit from wind protection and very little, if any, fog mornings! Part of the SkiWelt circuit, Hopfgarten is often the first stage of the 250km circuit. You can access this resort by train, bus or hire car with ease. Innsbruck is the closest airport with under an hours transfer - making ski weekends possible. You can also use Salzburg, Munich and Bolzaon for less than 2 hour transfers.

On the slopes

If you ski Hopfgarten you are based at a relatively low altitude of 622m. There's 43 slopes locally along with 18 lifts, but the real gem is the SkiWelt circuit that you are a part of and lift-linked to. With predominatly beginner and intermediate runs that are of a cruisy nature rather than challenging or demanding.

Throughout the SkiWelt area there are 93 lifts that rise to a height of 1829m, the highest point of the collection of villages forming the SkiWelt circuit. This 279km circuit is perfect for intermediate skiers looking for a village-to-village adventure as well as some gret off-piste anbd a small number of challenging blacks. However, be aware that Hopfgarten's south-west facing slopes often lose their snow earlier than most of the other villages.

Ski area :

If you ski Hopfgarten you are also in the ski region of SkiWelt along with the following resorts; skiwelt.

Off the slopes

The attractive village of Hopfgarten im Brixtenal is often used as a base to ski the SkiWelt circuit. With some great Austrian bars and restaurants in the traditional village, you can sample the traditional Austrian fare every night. Hopfgarten's south-west facing slopes often lose their snow early, which can be a problem for skiers staying in the resort and just intending to ski locally. It also curtails the other winter sports locally earlier than most resorts.