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Freeriding

FREERIDERS will find that any of the areas listed above can suit their needs, with some cool tree runs to be found on the Planai, and favourable powder to be found at Hauser Kaibling.

Freestylers

FREESTYLERS will find natural hits in most areas, with the Planai and the Dachstein Glacier having the best spots. There is sometimes a halfpipe and fun-parks in the area to catch air on.

The park on the Dachstein Glacier really comes to life in Autumn and Spring when the park season kicks off. The Home to the Pleasure Jam and the Superstar Session are held here every year.

The park is serviced by a t-bar on the glaciers steepest slope. There's 3 separate lines - one rail line and 2 kicker lines, and each line features 3 or so hits. The park is geared very much towards the advanced freestyler and features some massive table-tops and long technical rails, however the third line is geared more to the decent intermediate. Depending on the snow conditions there is sometimes a few small kickers build alongside the t-bar perpendicular to the main park.

Pistes

Dachstein glacier, Alex Fischer Riders will find all seven areas great, with some of the best pistes on the Hauser Kaibling mountain.

Beginners

BEGINNERS will find the Rohrmoss area at 869m is flat and boring, but should still appeal to novices. Snowboard instruction is very good, and they even have a children's snowboard school. Blue tomato run a snowboard school on the Planai

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 to April
Summer: May to Nov

Lifts

Total Lifts: 88
Gondolas: 7
Chair lifts: 14
Drag lifts: 65
Board Leashes required: No

Mountain

Total pistes/trails: 74
Total ride area: 95miles (152km)
Longest run: 4.3miles (7.7km)

Top lift: 1850m
Vertical drop: 1105m
First lift: 745m

Piste suitability

Green runs: 25%
Red runs: 71%
Black runs: 4%

Lift Passes

Lift Passes:
Half-day 29 euros
1 Day pass 34.5 euros
5 Day pass 154 euros
Season pass 415 euros
Lift times:8.00am to 4.00pm

Snowfall

Average annual snowfall: 5m
Artificial snowmaking coverage: 30%

Facilities

Snowboard Hire: Blue tomato have a huge test centre & board school. www.blue-tomato.com
Night Riding: : 3km piste floodlit at Hochwurzen, open every day except Sunday