Schladming is less than 90km (56 miles) from Salzburg Airport and you can get to the resort by private transfer or hire car in about an hour. Schladming also has its own train station for transfers by rail. Nearest Airports...
Schladming
Above the medieval town of Schladming is the 4 Mountain ski complex covering Planai, Hochwurzen, Hauser Kaibling, and Reiteralm. But this is just one part of the Schladming-Dachstein ski area which stretches across 9 mountains in total including the Dachstein glacier. And if anyone wants more than this, they can buy a Ski amade pass that covers 25 resorts.
The extensive Schladming-Dachstein ski area is scattered along a picturesque valley where mountain after mountain rears up. There are nine different ski mountains in total – each criss-crossed with pistes.
The main lift linked area is on the North-facing side of the valley. It consists of Planai (1894m), the mountain directly above Schladming, which is linked with Hauser Kaibling (2015m) on one side, and Hochwurzen (1850m) and Reiteralm (1860m) on the other, forming the central 4 Mountain complex. It’s a reasonable sized lift-linked ski area just by itself with 44 lifts and 124km of piste including a 4.6km FIS Alpine Ski World Championship course.
But you don’t have to stop there. At one end of the 4 mountain complex, and just a short bus ride beyond Reiteralm,is Fageralm (1885m), and on the other end, just one mountain beyond Hauser Kaibling is Galsterberg (1986m). And on the other side of the valley is both the small separate local area of Stoderzinken and two more lift linked areas – Ramsau-am-Dachstein and the mighty 2700m Dachstein Gletscher, the high point of the area.
That completes the Schladming-Dachstein ski region but it does not have to be the limit of your skiing. Schladming-Dachstein is part of the Ski Amadé, Austria’s biggest alliance of ski areas, which incorporates 25 resorts in five different ski regions, the hub of which is Salzburg, Mozart’s birthplace (the vast ski region takes its Amadé branding from Mozart’s middle name, Amadeus).
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There is a good choice of family-friendly 4-star hotels with Spa and Wellness centres, comfortable 3-star hotels and plenty of good value apartments on offer in Schladming and in the nearby villages of Rohrmoos, Pichl, Ramsau and Haus. In Schladming...
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Schladming Ski Area The slopes comprise a vast area of Styria’s Ennstal region, with four principal mountains – Hauser Kaibling, Planai, Hochwurzen and Reiteram – plus the Dachstein glacier and several smaller areas. The Planai and Hochwurzen are the central...
Schladming Ski Lifts & Lift Passes Whichever way you look at it, Schladming's lift system is intricate but efficient. There are 52 ski lifts in an around Schladming’s 4-Hills Ski Area and the entire Dachstein-Tauern ski regions has 109 ski...
Schladming Beginner The region doesn’t work quite so well for beginners, who – depending on where their accommodation is – may have to cope with a complicated journey either by road or, for more advanced novices, by lifts to get...
Schladming Intermediate Much of the skiing here is ideal for intermediates and families. In fact, depending on your point of view, one of the region’s strengths – or weaknesses – is that so much of the terrain is within the...
Schladming Advanced The skiing includes some of the longest uninterrupted runs in Europe; for example, the 4.6-km (2.8 miles) FIS downhill run or the 7.7 kilometre (almost five miles) Hochwurzen Valley. In the days when Schladming had a regular World...
Schladming Boarding & Freestyle The Dachstein-Tauern region is one of the best destinations for snowboarding in the Eastern Alps and the world's biggest snowboard school is in Schladming. The area has three halfpipes, a boardercross run and an excellent terrain...
Schladming Mountain Restaurants There are restaurants on every mountain, particularly the busiest, Planai which has no fewer than 15, starting with Planaistub’n Charly’s Treff right at the bottom of the lifts at the Planai stadium – a natural meeting place....
Schladming Village Schladming is a small, historic mining town, dating back to late medieval times of the early 14th century in the heart of the Schladming-Dachstein-Tauern-Region in Styria, one of Austria’s largest provinces. The attractive town centre, with its tempting...
Schladming Bars & Restaurants There’s an unusually wide selection restaurants – more than 40 all told – with everything from fine dining at the Hotel Post to Giovanni’s universally acclaimed pizzas. The Talbachschenke, a converted wine cellar offers traditional Austrian...
Schladming Other Activities There are plenty of activities for non-skiers in Schladming-Dachstein region. Besides a range of other sports (winter and summer) activity many of the hotels have Wellness Spa facilities and Salzburg - Mozart's birthplace - is a worthwhile...