Ski Austria

Welcome to the Ski Austria page, providing a regular round-up of the skiing conditions and current snow reports for the main ski resorts in the Austrian Alps. Over recent years some of the most consistent good piste conditions have been reported at Kaprun, Zurs, Obergurgl, St Anton, Hintertux, Neustift, Lech and Pitztal showing a mix of glacial resorts and those most exposed to prevailing storm tracks.

However, in any given week or season the best slope conditions may be found at any of the other high Austrian resorts or at lower elevation ski stations in poor weather.

For off-piste powder, resorts such as Kuhtai, Kaprun, Galtur, St Anton, Lech, Zurs, Obertauern and Ischgl have proven among the most consistent over the seasons, either brought on by regular snowfalls, favourable sun aspect or for not getting tracked out quickly. It is worth noting that while St Anton is an off-piste mecca it does get extremely busy and the lift accessed routes get tracked very quickly, however, it does benefit from regular heavy snowfalls.

Austrians have a very relaxed policy when it comes to skiing or boarding off-piste, however it is important to observe the warnings because Austria has its fair share of avalanche fatalities. Check out the snow reports below for the latest news as conditions change quickly in the Alps. Generally the best snow conditions arrive in Austria with weather systems tracking in from the north and northwest but you can expect snow from any direction producing reliable snow cover at most of the higher altitude resorts.

Austria is one of the world’s six leading ski nations and has played a crucial role in the development of downhill skiing over the past century.

There are more than 600 Austrian ski resorts of all sizes that fill every corner of the country, from the famous mountainous regions of Tirol and Stiermark in the West to the rolling hills of Eastern Austria.

Unlike in its Alpine neighbours, purpose build ski resorts are a real rarity in Austria. Although many of the country’s most famous resorts have been 95% built from scratch due to their success and expansion over the past 60 years, almost all new building is to strict planning regulations in the classic chalet style so villages always look attractive and it’s hard to know what is 2 years old and what 200.

Critics of Austrian skiing say that as a result of not building ski resorts on mountain tops most Austrian resorts are low – ranging from perhaps 600 to 1000m above sea level, and often their top lifts are below 2000m – which, the argument goes, can be bad news for snow cover.

In fact one of the most famous resorts criticised for that, Kitzbühel, published stats showing that their snow cover is little changed in the past 50 years. Perhaps, on average, arriving a day sooner and ending a day later than in the 1960s, but otherwise fairly constant.

Austria also beats its neighbours, and indeed any other country in the world, for glacier skiing. For much of those seven months of the year from May to November when few ski areas are open, up to eight glacier ski areas are open to ski Austria when no more than three are open in any other country north of the equator. These include the country’s highest ski lift at Pitztal Glacier 3440m.

Skiing in Austria was the most popular destination choice for British skiers in the 1970s and 1980s and remains second most popular after France. It lacks the vast ski areas of the French Alps – the largest region the slightly tenuous connection between the 280km of the Skiwelt and 160km or so around Kitzbühel, but Austria’s fans point out the terrain is more varied with runs down through the forest; friendly wooden mountain restaurants to stop off at, rather than vast motorway-services style concrete-cafeterias, and prices are generally 10 or 20% less for a lift ticket too.

The fore-runner of the style of downhill skiing we all enjoy today actually began in those smaller hills near Vienna. Pioneer Mathias Zdarsky developed it from the Norwegian Telemark technique invented 40 years earlier in to the first ‘Alpine’ style in 1905 and taught thousands of people the basics, many in huge 100+ people classes. Within a few years the Arlberg technique had appeared in St Anton, pioneered this time by one Johann ‘Hannes’ Schneider, which further developed downhill and popularised skiing worldwide as Schneider appeared in films and took the invention to Japan before going to the US when asked to support the Nazis. Instead he helped train the US Army mountain division, veterans from which were in turn behind the post-war development of ski areas in the Western US states like Colorado.
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Austria: latest snow conditions round-up


AUSTRIA REPORT Austria is the focus of the skiing world spotlight this week as it hosts the Alpine World Cup Tour Finals last weekend and next at Saalbach Hinterglemm (50/120cm / 20/48") ahead of staging the 2025 World Championships in less than a year's time. Although the valley floor is green, the upper snow slopes are in much better shape than they were at the start of this month, thanks to the significant snowfalls through the first few weeks of March.

It has kept snowing, on and off, as the freezing point has moved between 1500 and 2500m over the last week, with lots of sunshine in between times. Valley temperatures have reached +15C at 1000m, so rain and fast thawing on/of any snow left down low. The Arlberg region around St Anton and Lech (45/375cm / 18/150") has the most runs open in the country, still nearly 90% of its slopes, but there's deeper snow lying on several of Austria's glaciers.

Summary of forecast snowfall and ski conditions for resorts in Austria. Fresh snow is forecast at 31 resorts. Powder is reported at 3 resorts and 3 are reporting good piste conditions.

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A–D

E–F G–G H–J K–K L–M N–Q R–R S–S T–Z Best powder (3)Best piste conditions (3)

Ski resorts in Austria from A to D

Resort
snow depth
top and bottom

on-piste

off-piste

Last Snow

Next 9 Days
0–3 | 3–6 | 6–9
snow (cm)
Next 5 days weather forecast.
Freezing level (m)
Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed

(712m — 1200m)

snow report 4 days ago

opens in 70 days 2.0 cm
on 24 Apr
light rain part cloud clear part cloud part cloud
Mid station 956 m
1650m 1750m 2900m 3150m 2650m

(950m — 1780m)

snow report today

Achenkirch am Achensee webcam
opens in 62 days 7 cm
yesterday
1.0
1.0
light rain part cloud clear cloud part cloud
Mid station 1365 m
1650m 1900m 3150m 3050m 2650m

(1107m — 1480m)

snow report yesterday

opens in 70 days 4 cm
yesterday
light rain part cloud part cloud part cloud part cloud
Mid station 1294 m
1700m 1750m 2850m 3600m 2700m

(810m — 1810m)

snow report yesterday

opens in 63 days 2.0 cm
yesterday
light rain part cloud part cloud part cloud part cloud
Mid station 1310 m
1900m 1950m 2900m 3700m 2800m

(721m — 1201m)

4 cm
on 24 Apr
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Mid station 961 m
1650m 2500m 3250m 2750m 2600m

(813m — 2025m)

snow report today

opens in 62 days 7 cm
yesterday
1.0
1.0
light rain cloud clear part cloud part cloud
Mid station 1419 m
1450m 1500m 3150m 3050m 2650m

(1000m — 1280m)

snow report 20 days ago

22 cm
20 days ago
cloud part cloud part cloud part cloud rain showers
Mid station 1140 m
1900m 1950m 2900m 3550m 2800m

(750m — 1750m)

snow report yesterday

opens in 62 days 3.0 cm
yesterday
light rain part cloud clear part cloud part cloud
Mid station 1250 m
1700m 1800m 2900m 3300m 2650m

(655m — 1700m)

snow report 4 days ago

opens in 77 days 2.0 cm
22 days ago
rain showers part cloud part cloud part cloud cloud
Mid station 1178 m
1650m 2400m 3250m 2750m 2600m

(896m — 1300m)

snow report 4 days ago

opens in 63 days 4 cm
19 days ago
light rain part cloud clear part cloud part cloud
Mid station 1098 m
1650m 1700m 2900m 3150m 2650m

(1349m — 1593m)

snow report yesterday

3.0 cm
yesterday
light rain part cloud part cloud part cloud light rain
Mid station 1471 m
1950m 1950m 2850m 3650m 2850m

(699m — 1551m)

snow report today

2.0 cm
yesterday
light rain cloud part cloud mod rain rain showers
Mid station 1125 m
1750m 1800m 3350m 3300m 2800m

(1310m — 1900m)

snow report today

7 cm
yesterday
2.0
2.0
light snow cloud clear part cloud part cloud
Mid station 1605 m
1550m 1600m 3100m 3100m 2650m

(1560m — 2340m)

snow report yesterday

opens in 48 days 8 cm
yesterday
1.0
1.0
snow showers part cloud clear light rain part cloud
Mid station 1950 m
1450m 1250m 3200m 3000m 2650m

(1079m — 2007m)

snow report 2 days ago

opens in 82 days 4 cm
yesterday
1.0
1.0
light snow cloud cloud light rain cloud
Mid station 1543 m
1500m 1150m 3150m 3200m 2650m

(840m — 2300m)

snow report today

Bad Hofgastein webcam
opens in 55 days 4 cm
yesterday
1.0
1.0
light snow part cloud part cloud rain showers part cloud
Mid station 1570 m
1550m 1150m 3100m 3200m 2650m

(470m — 1415m)

snow report 21 days ago

31 cm
21 days ago
light rain part cloud clear part cloud part cloud
Mid station 942 m
1650m 1800m 2900m 3250m 2700m

(1100m — 2055m)

snow report today

Bad Kleinkirchheim webcam
opens in 62 days 4 cm
yesterday
1.0
1.0
light snow cloud clear light rain rain showers
Mid station 1578 m
1800m 1800m 3250m 3200m 2750m

(1670m — 2120m)

snow report today

opens in 77 days 6 cm
yesterday
1.0
2.0
light snow cloud part cloud mod rain light rain
Mid station 1895 m
1550m 1300m 3350m 3250m 2700m

(1098m — 2231m)

snow report today

4 cm
yesterday
1.0
1.0
light snow part cloud clear light rain cloud
Mid station 1664 m
1450m 1400m 3300m 3000m 2700m

(1075m — 1740m)

snow report today

opens in 75 days 8 cm
yesterday
1.0
1.0
rain showers part cloud clear part cloud part cloud
Mid station 1408 m
1650m 1600m 3300m 2850m 2600m

(1000m — 1800m)

snow report today

opens in 69 days 8 cm
yesterday
1.0
1.0
light rain part cloud clear cloud cloud
Mid station 1400 m
1650m 1500m 3300m 2900m 2600m

(1167m — 1214m)

snow report 4 days ago

opens in 70 days 1.0 cm
21 days ago
rain showers part cloud clear light rain part cloud
Mid station 1190 m
1650m 1350m 3150m 2950m 2600m

(681m — 1700m)

snow report 22 days ago

4 cm
22 days ago
rain showers part cloud part cloud part cloud cloud
Mid station 1190 m
1650m 2300m 3300m 2750m 2600m

(1030m — 1201m)

snow report yesterday

opens in 77 days 18 cm
2 days ago
light rain light rain clear light rain rain showers
Mid station 1116 m
1800m 1800m 3350m 3350m 2850m

(964m — 1050m)

2.0 cm
on 24 Apr
rain showers part cloud clear light rain part cloud
Mid station 1007 m
1650m 1550m 3150m 2950m 2600m

(891m — 2000m)

snow report today

opens in 69 days 6 cm
yesterday
rain showers part cloud part cloud rain showers cloud
Mid station 1446 m
1700m 2250m 3400m 2850m 2650m

(421m — 1064m)

2.0 cm
on 24 Apr
rain showers part cloud part cloud part cloud cloud
Mid station 742 m
1650m 2500m 3200m 2750m 2550m

(620m — 1957m)

snow report today

opens in 63 days 7 cm
yesterday
1.0
1.0
rain showers part cloud clear cloud part cloud
Mid station 1288 m
1600m 1800m 3000m 3100m 2600m

(560m — 690m)

snow report 4 days ago

opens in 77 days 2.0 cm
on 22 Apr
light rain cloud clear cloud part cloud
Mid station 625 m
1500m 1450m 3200m 3050m 2700m

(1200m — 2701m)

snow report today

5 cm
yesterday
1.0
2.0
1.0
light snow part cloud clear part cloud part cloud
Mid station 1950 m
1750m 1800m 2900m 3200m 2650m

(1000m — 2301m)

snow report today

6 cm
yesterday
1.0
1.0
light snow part cloud part cloud light rain cloud
Mid station 1650 m
1600m 1800m 3400m 2850m 2650m

(669m — 2009m)

snow report today

opens in 62 days 3.0 cm
yesterday
rain showers part cloud part cloud rain showers cloud
Mid station 1339 m
1650m 2200m 3300m 2800m 2600m

(1410m — 2525m)

snow report today

opens in 63 days 5 cm
yesterday
1.0
1.0
light snow cloud part cloud light rain light rain
Mid station 1968 m
1400m 1350m 3300m 3200m 2800m

(850m — 2060m)

snow report today

opens in 70 days 6 cm
yesterday
1.0
1.0
rain showers part cloud part cloud part cloud cloud
Mid station 1455 m
1650m 2100m 3300m 2750m 2600m

(800m — 2000m)

snow report today

opens in 62 days 6 cm
yesterday
2.0
2.0
light snow part cloud part cloud part cloud part cloud
Mid station 1400 m
1600m 1250m 2950m 3200m 2600m

(1367m — 2168m)

snow report today

6 cm
yesterday
3.0
3.0
light snow cloud clear light rain rain showers
Mid station 1768 m
1800m 1800m 3350m 3300m 2800m

(990m — 2100m)

snow report today

opens in 56 days 4 cm
yesterday
1.0
1.0
light snow part cloud clear part cloud part cloud
Mid station 1545 m
1750m 1800m 2800m 3350m 2750m

(681m — 1551m)

snow report yesterday

2.0 cm
yesterday
light rain cloud part cloud mod rain rain showers
Mid station 1116 m
1750m 1800m 3400m 3350m 2800m

(800m — 1600m)

snow report 4 days ago

opens in 63 days 40 cm
21 days ago
light rain part cloud clear part cloud part cloud
Mid station 1200 m
1650m 1800m 2900m 3200m 2650m