Damuls and Mellau are easily reached by car from Zurich, Friedrichshafen or Memmingen airports in two hours or less. Book an early morning flight to Zurich and you can easily arrive at your hotel in time for lunch and ski...
Damuls Mellau
Damuls-Mellau is a family-friendly ski area above two villages, Damuls and Mellau, offering good value accommodation including ski-in, ski-out hotels and good skiing for all ability levels. Best for intermediates who will enjoy the wide, well-groomed slopes and easy off-piste skiing between the marked runs.
Damuls-Mellau is best for families, couples and mixed ability groups, rather than 18-30 year olds and late night party goers. Guests come mostly from Switzerland, Germany, France and Benelux, and increasingly from the UK.
Getting there is easy in less than two hours from either Zurich or Menningen airports, making it a convenient ski destination for weekend skiing and it’s possible to ski the same day as you fly.
Originally separate, the two ski areas were connected in 2009 by a new high speed 8-person gondola, and the area has skiing from 2000m down to 690m.
Situated on the south side of the ski area at an altitude of 1431m, Damuls is a small village built around a pretty church and is one of the most snow sure villages in Austria. Mellau, which is the bigger of the two villages, is situated on the opposite side of the ski area at a lower altitude of 690m above sea level and about 20km from Damuls. There’s accommodation to suit all budgets including ski-in, ski-out hotels at Damuls.
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, Damuls-Mellau, Au-Schoppernau (Diedamskopf) and Warth-Schröcken have around 200km of well groomed piste skiing. Warth-Schröcken also has direct lift access to the huge Arlberg ski area that also includes Lech-Zurs and St Anton. Most Bregenzerwlad ski passes entitle you to discounted skiing in the Arlberg ski area.
Ski Equipment Rental in Damuls Mellau
There are plenty of equipment rental shops to choose from. very few will give discounts if you just walk into them when you arrive. A much better option is to book online in advance. ALPINRESORTS.com works with several shops in the villages and nearby and can secure discounts of up to 40%. Click here for shop locations and latest offers.
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Damuls-Mellau has plenty of good accommodation to suit all budgets ranging from 4-star luxury superior hotels to self-catering apartments, and plenty of ski-in, ski-out accommodation high in the ski area above Damuls. Ski Accommodation in Damuls Damuls has thirteen hotels,...
Damuls-Mellau has two ski schools, one in Damuls and another in Mellau, both well regarded and offering good ski teaching for adults and children and guiding off-piste is also available for advanced skiers. Damuls-Mellau family friendly ski area includes some...
Damuls-Mellau Ski Area Situated in south western part of Bregenzerwald, Damuls-Mellau is the biggest ski area in the Bregenzerwald with 89km of well-groomed pistes. The ski area is forgiving for beginners and fun for intermediate skiers and boarders who like...
Damuls-Mellau Ski Lifts & Lift Passes The Damuls-Mellau ski lift system features mostly modern high speed lifts with a carrying capacity of more than 30,000 riders per hour. New ski lifts in recent years include a high-speed gondola linking Mellau...
Damuls-Mellau Beginners Damuls-Mellau ski area is very well groomed with plenty of easy skiing on wide blue runs, most of it on the Damuls side of the ski area, and a choice of easy red runs for fast-track beginners. If...
Damuls-Mellau Intermediate Damuls-Mellau well-groomed ski slopes are great for intermediate skiers and boarders who will appreciate the many extra wide runs and for more experienced skiers and riders who enjoy skiing fast. How you explore the Damuls-Mellau ski area depends...
Damuls-Mellau Advanced & Expert Skiing Good skiers can easily ski Damuls-Mellau’s groomed pistes and marked ski routes in a day or two, but there’s also plenty of easy off-piste skiing between pistes and more freeriding opportunities for advanced skiers who...
Damuls-Mellau Boarding & Freestyle Boarders and freestyle skiers are especially welcome in Damuls-Mellau where much effort is made each winter building jumps in the ski area and maintaining the Burton sponsored Snowpark. The marked runs are invariably well-groomed and often...
Damuls-Mellau Mountain Restaurants Damuls-Mellau ski area offers a good selection of mountain restaurants to choose from, the better ones are on the slopes above Damuls, mostly with sun terraces and the occasional umbrella bar for quick pit stops and easy...
Damuls-Mellau Villages The pretty villages of Damuls (1431m) and Mellau (690m) are situated 20km apart on opposite sides of Bregenzerwald’s biggest ski area. Both villages offer a wide range of affordable accommodation including ski-in, ski-out hotels in Damuls, allegedly the...
Damuls-Mellau Bars & Restaurants Damuls apres ski is an especially low key affair mainly in hotels and just a few bars. The majority of guests are content to chillout in their hotels, many of which are dotted around the ski...
Damuls-Mellau Other Activities Besides skiing and boarding, there’s an adventurous toboggan run, cross-country skiing and winter walking throughout the ski area, but winter sports activities aside there’s not much else to do in Damuls or Mellau except chill-out and relax....