Skiing and Snowboarding 
Flachau is a charming and traditional village and is 905m above sea level with mountains that surround Flachau of between 2,000 and 2,600m high makes an idyllic alpine resort. It is a village sucessfully combining traditional and modern, in a charming alpine region some 10 km south of Altenmarkt.
Flachau's ski area provides many beautiful ski runs for beginners and intermmediate skiers and snowboarders alike.
Have a look at this independant website for more information on Flachau and surrounding areas www.flachau.co.uk 
Snow Reports
Sportwelt Area
Flachau
Being the home of Herman Miaer "Herminator" 
one of the greatest downhill skiers in the Austrian ski team you are sure to find some fantastic slopes. Flachau is part of a large ski area covering a dozen villages within very easy reach of the city of Salzburg. The main resorts are linked by lift with regular buses serving other villages within the ski area.
This easily accessible ski area is extremely popular with Austrians and Germans but much underrated by British visitors. St Johann-im-Pongau is the regional capital of this part of Salzburgland and is a ski resort in its own right having a small ski area and from the pistes above the town you get a panoramic view of the cathedral.
The areas which will interest skiers more are Alpendorf, Wagrain, Flachau, and Zauchensee, all linked by a complex network of modern lifts. Other skiing resorts in the area are Radstadt/Altenmarkt and Filzmoos adding extra variety with all these areas being included in the regional Amadé lift pass along wth other resorts furher away such as Bad Gastein, Bad Hopgastein & Schladming to name but a few.
Wagrain and Flachau are the most centrally placed and convenient resorts with the ski area of Zauchensee is a few minutes' bus or car ride away. Filzmoos, which is the hot air balloon capital of the Austrian Alps, shares its ski area with neighbouring Neuberg and is just off the edge of the ski circuit but easily accessed by car.
The whole Wagrain region comprises a dozen resorts served by 93 lifts covering undulating pastures and woodland as well as a handful of rounded 2000m summits. The area should prove enormously enjoyable for the vast majority of skiers with something to please everyone regardless of ski ability.
Lift systems are mainly fast and modern, allowing you to travel a considerable distance from scenic valley to valley in a single day. With an efficient post-bus service making the area appealing to all visitors.
A panoramic view of Flachau pistes can be opened here you have a choice of 3 areas
Click on the map below to open a pdf version
Ski Lifts
It is not our intention to replicate information and/or prices for ski passes - this is easily obtained from the relevant tourist office website. Click here for current details. 2001/11 Ski Lift Prices here
Snowboarding
For boarders who want to practice and perform stunts on the numerous half-pipes, below is a list of fun parks and boarder parks found in and around Flachau:
Resort | Faclities |
| Flachau | 1 Half-pipe |
| St Johann/Alpendorf | 1 Half-pipe |
| Radstadt | 1 Boardercross stretch |
| Flachauwinkl/Kleinarl | Absolut Park with 10 obstacles, quarter-pipe, corner. kickers, half-pipe, ridepark boardercross & free-ride stretches. For more nformation visit the website |
Ski Panoramic Map of Sportwelt - a pdf panoramic ski map can be downloaded here
Ski Lessons & Ski Schools : Flachau & surrounding area has many excellent ski schools, below are some of them: Family Tuck recommend the above school for private lessons
Skischule Hermann Maier
Im 8er-Jet
Unterberggasse
5542 Flachau
Tel.: +43 6457 20666
Fax: +43 6457 3322
email 1st Skischule Flachau
BBF-Center, Hauptstr. 159
5542 Flachau, Österreich
Tel.: +43 (0)6457 2180
Fax: +43 (0)6457 3107
email Skischule Snowlife Flachau
Hofgasse 232
5542 Flachau
Tel.: +43 (0)6457 32472
Ski Rental
There are ski rental shops in all resorts in the area, Intersport being one of the main stores which offers the latest winter sports equipment for both skiing and snowboarding.
Intersport Evers
Talstationsgebäude 8er Jet, A-5542 Flachau
Phone: +43/(0)6457/32 441 , Fax: +43/(0)6457/32 441-99
Intersport Sport am Jet
Unterberggasse 318, A-5542 Flachau
Phone: +43/(0)6457/2090 , Fax: +43/(0)6457/2090-2
Sport Amade Areas: You will find some other fantastic ski areas withn driving distance of Flachau, we can recommend a visit to these ski areas:
Badgastein
Bad Hofgastein
Dorfgastein
Dacstein Glacier
Schladming/Haus
- Marie Alm
- Mulbach
Let us know if you ski any others during your stay
