2010 – Our first Austrian ski trip was towards Flachau. Getting to the ski resort of Flachau was one of the easiest ever. From the exit of the highway it’s about 2 kilometers to the center. It can’t get easier.

Slopes

The slopes were great and wide. We found options for everybody his level, which was very important in our beginning years. However, I would recommend Flachau as a last minute decision, when you know there will be snow for the season. As the altitude of the resort is not that high. There were years where they suffered a bit with snow quality due to weather conditions. Luckily the conditions were good in 2010. Over the years I learned to take the altitude of the resort into account. Certainly if you want to book couple of months in front.

There are about 236 km of slopes in Flachau.

• 100 km blue (easy)
• 124 km red (medium)
• 12 km black (experienced)

Wagrain

Back in 2010 we could ski down towards the flying Mozart where you also have the Kuhstall. There we had to take the bus towards Grafenberg to continue our ski journey. In 2013/14 the G-Link Wagrain was built to interconnect the ski areas. This must be a huge improvement. Back then we lost quite some time by going and returning by bus.

Flachauwinkl / Zauchensee

The ski pass also contains access to the area of Flachauwinkl and Zauchensee which you reach by bus. We only went 1 day towards that area and combined the both. However, due to bad weather after lunch we returned before the end of the day. There was more to explore over there.