Skiing

Ski resort Gosau – Dachstein West

Gosau – Rusbach – Annaberg

Dachstein West: Pure fun – on and off the pistes!

The Dachstein West ski region will inspire you. Any amount of fun pistes, delicious treats served by the most hospitable hosts in the Alps, a mountain panorama to lose yourself in and with 142 kilometres of perfectly prepared splendid white pistes, the Dachstein West ticket area provides more than enough room for you to let off steam!
Want MUCH MORE than dreary ‘motorway’-style ski pistes? Want to experience variety on exciting pistes and to enjoy life in authentic, traditional ski lodges? Then head for the fun pistes in the Dachstein West ski region!

Dachstein West ticket association: one ticket – seven ski resorts
Ski passes from 1.5 days are also valid in 6 additional ski areas; all of which you can get to within a short time: Krippenstein Dachstein, Feuerkogel – Ebensee, Postalm, St. Martin am Tennengebirge, Lungötz and Karkogel – Abtenau. Season tickets are also valid on the Zinken lifts in Dürrnberg!

Brumsiland in Gosau
In Brumsiland, which is right at the valley station for the Hornspitzbahn in Gosau, even the littlest ski munchkin will learn superb turns. Lovely ski instructors from the ski school and Brumsi help you all to ski with ease.

See here for more information: www.dachstein.at
Ski resort Gosau – Dachstein West
701, A-4824 Gosau

The Krippenstein Freeride Arena

The Krippenstein Freeride Arena home to the Sekundjagd and the Red Bull White Rush, above the village of Obertraun, is the place to go if you want to try something more adventurous.
It has long been a mecca for ski tourers , piste skiers and freeriders and last year it was voted best off-piste in Europe by Planet snow magazine. It has a number of piste runs including an 11km run – the longest in Austria.

Then, it has a number of variants to the pisted runs, but where this mountain comes into it own is when you venture off-piste. It has been described as” the playground for these Warren Miller athletes and “It’s pretty unreal, pretty unknown.” The skiers explore the endless terrain, skillfully finding ways to ski out of some huge cliff drops”

The premier outdoor extreme sports company, Outdoor Leadership who are now based at the Krippenstein, specialize in off-piste courses from beginners to advances skiers as well as ski touring and survival courses. If you don’t want to join a course you can book a ski guide to help you get the best out of your time on the Krippenstein.

Courses on offer from Outdoor Leadership range from:

1. From piste to off-piste
2. Freeride – easy
3. Freeride – intermediate
4. Freeride – professional
5. Safety training – Knowledge about the different forms of snow; planning routes; knowledge of avalanches and what to do if an avalanche occurs and rescue procedures

See www.kripppenstein.at

Ski Touring

The Krippenstein offers a huge variation for ski touring from routes of a few hours to much more challenging routes that take all day. Again, Outdoor Leadership are on hand for those unfamiliar with ski touring with courses which include equipment hires through to guides for those more experienced ski tourers wanting to get the best out of their time here.

Ski touring courses are tailor made for you – here is a sample of what’s available.

Ski touring from Outdoor Leadership

1. Ski touring – training for beginners.
2. Combination of short ascents with long downhill runs
3. One day ski touring or more
4. Dachstein – traversing the glacier

See www.outdoor-leadership.com