Ellmau/Scheffu - World Snowboard Guide

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Ellmau forms part of the massive Ski Welt which is said to be Austria’s largest linked area located in the Tirol and only 90 minutes from Salzburg. 250km of linked piste covered by 92 lifts should mean utopia, but unfortunately this place is not hot. The resorts low altitude means that good annual snow is not a feature of this place although to be fair the place has a good snowmaking set up to help when the real stuff is lacking.

As for the slopes this is a mountain that tends to suffer from a good selection of advanced freeriding areas, come to that, it lacks good natural freestyle terrain as well. The biggest let down here or the most annoying thing are the hordes of novice ski groups clogging up the place and littering the slopes with ski and poles as they fall over all over the place. This is a very popular ski resort with the Dutch, which on the one hand means long lift queues but on the other and in the resorts defence, this is also an affordable destination.

In Ellmau it’s a short walk to the nurcery slopes or a bus to the often busy funicular while from Scheffau it’s a short bus ride from the village to the lifts, which are across a main road and next to a huge car park.

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Ellmau/ Scheffau, Austria
23/Mar/13 , Edinburgh

Claudia Pension - Half Board
This small hotel lies opposite the ski school meeting place and nursery slopes and 150m from the Hotel Hochfilzer where guests can enjoy free use of the leisure faci

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Property	Date	From	Basis	Price
Hotel Hochfilzer	09/Mar/13	Stansted	HB	£ 744
Claudia Pension	26/Jan/13	Bristol	HB	£1,228
Alte Post Hotel	29/Dec	Stansted	HB	£1,709
Hotel Hochfilzer	16/Mar/13	Stansted	HB	£1,443
Alte Post Hotel	23/Feb/13	Edinburgh	HB	£ 725
Hotel Hochfilzer	09/Mar/13	Stansted	HB	£1,424
Claudia Pension	12/Jan/13	Manchester	HB	£1,254
Hotel Hochfilzer	19/Jan/13	Edinburgh	HB	£1,653
Sporthotel Ellmau	09/Feb/13	Manchester	HB	£ 909
Alte Post Hotel	16/Mar/13	Stansted	HB	£1,273
Claudia Pension	02/Feb/13	Manchester	HB	£ 725
Hotel Hochfilzer	12/Jan/13	Manchester	HB	£ 806
Claudia Pension	23/Mar/13	Edinburgh	HB	£ 629
Claudia Pension	22/Dec	Edinburgh	HB	£1,624
Claudia Pension	23/Mar/13	Edinburgh	HB	£ 623

Nearby resorts

Distances are in a direct straight line, and take no account of roads. For driving instructions between resorts take a look at the travel page

Nearby resorts:

Resort Statistics

Resort Type: Alpine
Winter: Dec til April
Summer: May til October

Lifts

Cable cars: 39
Gondolas: 14
Chair lifts: 37
Max people per hour: 138
Board Leashes required: No

Mountain

Total pistes/trails: 123
Total ride area: 279 km
Longest run: 7,3

Top lift: 1957
Vertical drop: 1337
First lift: 620

Piste suitability

Green runs: 44%
Red runs: 46%
Black runs: 4%

Lift Passes

	Low Season			High Season
	EUR	GBP	Average	EUR	GBP	Average
Day Pass	36.00	29.43	-5%	40.00	32.70	-4%
6-Day Pass	166.00	135.72	-5%	195.00	159.43	-3%
6-Day Linked area Pass	-	-		217.00	177.42	-1%

	EUR	GBP	Average
Season Pass:	513.00	419.43	-12%

Lift Passes:
Children‘s tariffs for those born between 1995 and 2004, Children born in and after 2005 free! Youth tariffs for those born in 1992, 1993, 1994 All tariffs plus €2.00 deposit for reusable Key Card! This deposit will be refunded to you in full on presentation of an undamaged card at the ticket offices or at automated return machines! Proof of age essential! All prices in Euro and incl. VAT. Dates and prices subject to change.
Lift times:Daily from 8.30am till 4.00pm From 22.01.11 till 4.30 pm

Snowfall

Artificial snowmaking coverage: 75%

Facilities

Snowboard Schools: In the SkiWelt Wilder Kaiser - Brixental are 19 snowboard schools.
Night Riding: : Yes

Other activities

Heliboarding: : Not available
Snowmobiles: Not available

Further information

www.skiwelt.at
Email:office@skiwelt.at

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