Schladming Boarding & Freestyle

The area has three halfpipes, a boardercross run and an excellent terrain park. There’s a halfpipe in the middle of the Planai area, and another at the top of the gondola at Reiteralm. But pride of place goes to the huge halfpipe in the snowpark along the valley at the top of Galsterbergalm.

At the 300-metre-long “Hochwurzen Playground” boarders and free-skiers can demonstrate their tricks on a five-metre rail-line, a rainbowrail, a pro-jump with a 12 metre table, and a curbbox on slopes that are floodlit from Monday to Saturday. There’s a Straight Jump with a six-metre table.

Those who want to explore the backcountry at Planai, Hochwurzen and Dachstein can talk to one of the local mountain guides.

In November there’s a “Pleasure Jam” in the Burton Superpark on the Dachstein Glacier when world-class professional boarders like Marc-André Tarte and Stefan Gimpl train before the new season starts, with a big noswboarding exhibition and parties and concerts in Schladming.

The Burton super-park on the Dachstein glacier is open in early summer and in the autumn – one of the best freestyle playgrounds in the eastern Alps.

Many professional snowboarders like Flo Mausser and Marko Grilc spend their autumn on the Dachstein preparing for the winter season. The Superpark, with its kicker and rails, is designed by the snowboard pro Bernd Mandlberger.