Ellmau/ Scheffau, Austria
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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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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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
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
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Poor freestylers resort
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HALFPIPE:
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TERRAIN PARK:
Yes - 3
BACKCOUNTRY/OFF-PISTE:
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Weather for Thu 9th:| Morning | Afternoon | Night |
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| Total Snowfall | |
|---|---|
| top | 35cm |
| mid | 33cm |
| bottom | 23cm |
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