Wildschonau

Part of the Ski Juwel ski area with neighbouring Alpbach, the Wildschonau valley's principle ski resorts are Auffach and Niederau, but there are also smaller, prettier, bus-connected villages like Oberau, Muhltal and Thierbach. It's best for intermediates, beginners and families.


Niederau, 77km east of Innsbruck airport is the best known ski resort in the Wildschonau, just 6km from the motorway exit at Worgl. Further along the valley road are the pretty, bus-connected villages of Oberau and Muhltal, with a tiny ski area serving local needs, then Auffach, further up the valley (9km from Niederau) which has the biggest ski area. The smallest and the highest village in the valley is Thierbach, with a “last run of the day” ski route leading down to the village but no ski lift back up.

Quality award winning ski schools in Auffach and Niederau, excellent nursery slopes and easy blue runs for beginners at Niederau, immaculate well-groomed and wide-open red runs for intermediates on the Schatzberg at Auffach, linked by a new high-speed gondola to more family-friendly skiing on the Wiedersberg Horn at Alpbach; with a single lift pass covering all 47 ski lifts in the “Ski Juwel Alpbachtal-Wilsdschonau” and accessing 109km of pistes, 17km of ski routes and some additional off-piste terrain above and below the treeline to be explored with a mountain guide.

Voted best resort in the “Small and Friendly” category by Germany’s ADAC (Automobile Association) and the Gold award winner of the ‘Friendliest Ski Resort” in 2010/11, the ski resorts in Wildschonau and neighbouring Alpbachtal are geared towards the needs of families with young children including five ski schools  in three villages and a range of other activities including cross-country skiing, tobogganing by day or night, snow shoeing, sleigh rides, winter-walking and paragliding

The Wildschonau villages offer a range of affordable accommodation, including a few luxury 4-star hotels as well as many more 3-star hotels, traditional bed & breakfast guesthouses and apartments. Apres ski and nightlife is liveliest in Niederau and get’s quieter as you move further along the valley, but apres ski has never been the main draw as most guests come for winter sports, to chill out, relax and enjoy the Asutrian ambience and informal atmosphere.

Rich in tradition and history, the Wildschonau is also a valley of music with 15 choirs, 4 brass bands, traditional folk music and concerts, so expect traditional Austrian live music to play a part in the mix of apres ski on offer; there’s even a musicians ski race. Possibly the main drawback for non-skiers is the lack of shops, apart from those selling and renting ski and sports equipment, presumably because it’s only 6-15km from Wildschonau villages to the nearby town of Worgl.

The Wildschinau ski areas are comparatively low, but reasonably snow sure from mid-December until late March, backed up by adequate snow-making facilities, but typically not a destination for skiing very early in December or much beyond the end of March.

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The Wildschonau valley in the Tirol is easy to get to via nearest airports Innsbruck, Salzburg and Munich or by express rail to Worgl. Transfers from the airports take between one hour and one hour 30 minutes and from Worgl...

The Wildschonau offers a good selection of family-run hotels and bed-and-breakfast guesthouses and a choice of three villages - Niederau, Oberau and Auffach. While for many years Niederau was the best-known village in Wildschonau and a popular choice for beginners, Auffach...

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Wildschonau Ski Areas The Wildschonau ski area was connected by a high-speed gondola to Alpbachtal in 2012. The enlarged family-friendly ski area, now marketed jointly with Alpbachtal as "Ski Juwel", extends 145km including 32km blue runs, 78km of red runs,...

Wildschonau Ski Lifts & Lift Passes The new Alpbachtal-Wildschonau “Ski Juwel” region includes a total of 47 ski lifts – six high-speed gondolas, eight chairlifts and 32 drag lifts – with a total capacity of over 50,000 riders per hour,...

Wildschonau Mountain Restaurants Wildschonau offers a choice of ten or more on mountain restaurants and upwards of two dozen more restaurants conveniently located in thress ski villages and plenty more on mountain restaurants on the Wiedersberger Horn in Alpbachtal. Niederau...

Wildschonau Villages The Wildschonau is 20km long cul-de-sac valley with three picturesque ski resort villages, the biggest and best known of which is Niederau, 6km south of Worgl. The even prettier and quieter villages of Oberau and Auffach are 5km...

Wildschonau Apres Ski Bars & Restaurants Wildschonau has a reasonable number of apres ski bars and restaurants, mostly in hotels, as well as a few clubs for drinklng and dancing late at night and into the small hours. Niederau has...

Wildschonau Other Activities Wildschonau has a range of other activities in winter including cross-country skiing, tobogganing, paragliding, sleigh rides, snowshoeing and winter walking amid beautiful views of the surrounding landscape. Cross Country Skiing in Wildschonau The Wildschonau has 50km of...

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