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Obertauern, Austria

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Obertauern in Austria (in the Salzburg region) is a large resort with 28 lifts (16 chair lifts, 11 surface lifts) that offers skiers an impressive 711 metres (2333 feet) of vertical descent. Obertauern has 1174 acres of terrain over 63 pistes with a total length of 95 kilometers (59 miles). Obertauern is best suited to intermediate skiers and snowboarders but there is some terrain for beginners and advanced skiers. There are 26 kilometers (16 miles) of cross country ski trails at Obertauern. For snowboarders, there is a terrain park and a half pipe. A small proportion of the pistes at Obertauern are covered by snowmaking. The closest airport is at Salzburg but the transfer time is 1.5 hours. The nearest train station to Obertauern is at Radstadt. There is accommodation located close to the pistes but we would welcome additional information about any hotels or chalets in Obertauern.

Resorts close to Obertauern include: Karneralm-Schönfeld (8 km), Hochwurzen (9 km), Schladming (12 km), Rohrmoos (13 km), Reiteralm/Pichl-Mandling (14 km),

Obertauern Photo Trails (Pistes): 63 Halfpipes: 1
Summit: 2350 m Toplift: m
Beg: 40% Int: 50% Adv: 10% Terrain Parks: 1
Vertical Drop: 711 m X-Country: 26 km
Lifts: 28 (16 chair lifts, 11 surface lifts) Snowmaking: 10%
Gondolas / Cable Cars: 1 Slopeside accom.: Y
Restaurants: 32 Acres of ski: 1174
Bars: 30 Nearest Airport: Salzburg
Nearest Train: Radstadt Info phone : +43 6456 7386 | Obertauern Resort Info Website

Visitor Reviews of Obertauern


masa from SLOVENIA writes:

Obertauern doesn’t seem to boast great ski runs if you happen to drive through in the summer but the number of hotels and apartments gives you an idea it’s a very busy town in winter. And it is for a reason – skiing is good. It is our favorite destination for a day’s trip. If you stay for a week you might run out of pistes but you can also check some of the other resorts in the Lungau valley. There are also a lot of concerts and other happenings in the town to keep people active.
Obetauern normally has good snow conditions from early December until April. In fact, often there is too much snow and the pistes get bad in the afternoon with heaps of snow shoved aside by skiers. The specialty of Obertaern skiing is Tauern runde. Meaning you can circle around the resort clockwise (follow the pink signs) or CCW (turquoise signs). Zehnekar-bahn is used by both ways and this used to be annoying bottleneck. With new cable cars there are no queues anymore.
The most frequently used photograph for advertisement of resort uses the Gamsleitenspitz. This run should be avoided by inexperienced skiers since it’s not prepared and is steep and bumpy. But chair lift Gamsleitenbahn 2 quite often doesn’t run anyhow.
There are also extensive cross country tracks around the resort. The nicest scenery is probably from the pass to the Kringsalm. Unfortunately this depression has to be crossed on the Tauernrunde as well and it is annoying to push your way along, I hope they will install some better connections here someday. Going CCW we actually rather ski down to Zentralbahn and ski some more on the Sonnenlifts and eat at Sonnhof – this is truly the sunny part of the resort and lying a bit lower than the upper runs also more sheltered in windy weather.

2005-12-09

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