Damuls-Mellau Ski Resort

Daműls is a family-friendly ski resort, with good value hotels including ski-in, ski-out accommodation on the mountain. There’s good skiing for all ability levels especially intermediates on wide, well-groomed slopes and easy off-piste skiing between the marked runs.

Daműls is approximately 2 hours transfer from either Zurich or Friedrichshafen airports, making it an easily reached ski destination and convenient for weekend skiing. On the other side of a valley is the village Mellau, with its own ski area, which will be linked to Daműls in 2010 by a new 8-person gondola.

Daműls attracts skiers and boarders mostly from Switzerland, Germany, France and Benelux and claims to be one of the most snow sure villages in Austria. Getting there is easy, flying in via Zurich or Friedrichshafen and it's possible to ski same day as you fly.

Daműls is best for families, couples and mixed ability groups, rather than 18-30 year olds and late night party goers. Daműls village is small and built around a pretty church at an altitude of 1431m. The ski area rises to just over 2000m and includes attractive ski-in, ski-out accommodation high in the ski area as well as lower down near the village.

Other ski areas nearby include Au-Schoppernau (Diedamskopf) and Warth-Schröcken, which are covered by the same Bregenzerwald lift pass and easily reached using the free ski bus. Together, Daműls-Mellau. Warth-Schröcken and Au-Schoppernau (Diedamskopf) have around 200km of varied skiing.

Damuls Mellau at a glance

On the Mountain

Ski Area

Situated in south western part of Bregenzerwald, Daműls has 64km of well-groomed pistes which are forgiving for beginners and fun for intermediates who enjoy skiing fast undulating blue and red runs. The new Gipfelbahn will link Daműls-Mellau from 2010/11 adding another 25km of marked trails and more off-piste. more...

Lift System

The Daműls ski lift system includes 13 mostly modern high speed chairlifts with a further 6 ski lifts at Mellau and a total lift capacity of more than 30,000 riders per hour.
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Ski Schools & Guiding

Daműls Ski School is situated in a small wooden chalet building immediately to the left of Walliser Stube Hotel, close to the 4-SB UGA chair lift and a special area for children and novices.
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Advanced Skiing

Good skiers can easily ski Daműls on-piste and the marked ski routes in a day or two, but there’s also plenty of opportunity for good skiing between pistes which opens up many more freeriding opportunities for advanced skiers who enjoy skiing off-piste.
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Intermediate Skiing

Daműls well-groomed ski slopes are great for early stage intermediate skiers and boarders who will appreciate the many extra wide runs and for more experienced skiers and riders who enjoy skiing fast.
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Beginner Skiing

Daműls ski area is very well groomed with plenty of easy skiing on wide blue runs throughout most of the ski area and a similarly good choice of red runs for fast-track beginners. more...

Boarding & Freestyle

Boarders are especially welcome in Daműls where many local inhabitants are boarders and a lot of effort is made each winter building ski area jumps for boarders and freestyle skiers and maintaining the impressive Burton Snowboard Park. more...

Mountain restaurants

Daműls ski area is offers a good selection of mountain restaurants to choose from, most of them with sun terraces and the occasional Schirmbar (Umbrella Bar) for quick refreshment.
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