Bad Gastein Weather (Next 3 days): The snow forecast for Bad Gastein is: A dusting of snow turning to light rain (total 2.0mm) on Wed morning. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 6°C on Thu morning, min -5°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.
Bad Gastein Weather (Days 4-6): Mostly dry. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 7°C on Sun morning, min 0°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.
| Resort | Snow Depth | Temp. (°C) | Wind (km/h) | Weather | ||
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| Top Lift: | 0.0 m | -5 |  | |||
| Middle Lift: | -1 | | ||||
| Bottom Lift: | 0.0 m | 2 | |
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light snow | snow shwrs | light snow | light snow | light snow | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | clear | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | light snow | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | |
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max °C | 2 | 2 | -3 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 2 |
min °C | 0 | -3 | -5 | 2 | 0 | -3 | 4 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
-2 | -5 | -5 | 0 | -2 | -3 | 4 | -2 | -2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -1 | -3 | 2 | 0 | -1 | |
84 | 71 | 96 | 81 | 70 | 78 | 47 | 54 | 83 | 67 | 56 | 91 | 72 | 55 | 86 | 66 | 54 | 88 | |
950 | 1350 | 350 | 1300 | 1750 | 1000 | 1700 | 1850 | 1300 | 1450 | 1900 | 1250 | 1600 | 1800 | 1200 | 1650 | 1900 | 1300 | |
 | 6:16 | — | — | 6:15 | — | — | 6:13 | — | — | 6:11 | — | — | 6:09 | — | — | 6:07 | — | — |
 | — | 6:15 | — | — | 6:15 | — | — | 6:17 | — | — | 6:19 | — | — | 6:20 | — | — | 6:22 | — |
A dusting of snow turning to light rain (total 2.0mm) on Wed morning. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 6°C on Thu morning, min -5°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.
Mostly dry. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 7°C on Sun morning, min 0°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.
Latest snow reports near Bad Gastein:
Rain reported from Katschberg at 1637 metres elevation one km NNE of Katschberg-Aineck but it is forecast cold enough for snow at higher elevations in the ski area from Katschberg-Aineck
Rain reported from Obertauern (automatic) at 1742 metres elevation one km N of Obertauern but it is forecast cold enough for snow at the ski area from Obertauern
It is snowing steadily in Kaprun. from Kaprun
Rain reported from Katschberg at 1637 metres elevation one km NNE of Katschberg-Aineck but it is forecast cold enough for snow at the ski area from Katschberg-Aineck
| Top snow depth: | 0 cm |
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| Bottom snow depth: | 0 cm |
| Fresh snowfall depth: | 5 cm |
| Last snowfall: | 16 Mar 2026 |
| Snow Alerts | Create Alert |
0.0 | Bluebird Powder days Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
|---|---|
0.4 | Powder days Fresh snow, limited sun, any wind. |
0.1 | Bluebird days Average snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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Overall 3.8 Based on 23 votes and 9 reviews
Had two weeks in the Ski Amade area Jan 17. Conditions were fabulous; fresh snow but very cold with sunshine. First week in Schladming, second week we hired a car and based ourselves near St Johann im Pongau. You really need a car to get the most out of the Amade skipass and we skied a different area every day including Zauchensee, Flachau/Alpendorf, Hochkonig (Muhlbach/Dienten) and 3 glorious days in the Gastein valley. The main Bad Gastein/ Bad Hofgastein area is extensive with a magnificent signature run from the Hohe Scharte high point down to the village of Bad Hofgastein. 1440m of vertical drop; unusually long for the Eastern Alps. Because there is a reasonable amount of terrain above the treeline, there were a fair number of fatplankers doing their freeride thing here and some gentler off-piste closer to the edges of the bashed piste. Dorfgastein, which links across to the Grossarl valley, is quieter but still with plenty of scope. In January chase the sun from the Grossarl side in the morning to the Dorfgastein side in the afternoon. Sportgastein, further up the valley, boasts the highest point in the Ski Amade at nearly 2700m. The rollercoaster pistes are highly entertaining and in January is free of other people; the black way down at the bottom is fairly steep. This is a freeride area complete with transceiver testing station but had been so windswept that, wisely, no-one was attempting it. Sport is snowsure if conditions lower down are not so good.Finally, the Graukogel. If you want to know what skiing was like in the 1960s this is the place for you. The Graukogelhutte at the top has some brilliant B&W photos on the wall of the Ski World Championship held on this hill in 1958, with Austrian hero, Toni Sailer, the downhill winner. As reported below, no snow cannon, slow two man chairs (when I last came here about 25 years ago, the top one was a Billy no-mates single chair), but two great black pistes and a shedload of atmosphere. And hardly another soul on the mountain. From previous visits to Bad Gastein, the apres-ski is ok but not the liveliest. It does, however, have a casino. For totally mad apres-ski go to the Hofstadl in Flachau.
ChrisL from United Kingdom writes:
Had two weeks in the Ski Amade area Jan 17. Conditions were fabulous; fresh snow but very cold with sunshine. First week in Schladming, second week we hired a car and based ourselves near St Johann im Pongau. You really need a car to get the most out of the Amade skipass and we skied a different area every day including Zauchensee, Flachau/Alpendorf, Hochkonig (Muhlbach/Dienten) and 3 glorious days in the Gastein valley. The main Bad Gastein/ Bad Hofgastein area is extensive with a magnificent signature run from the Hohe Scharte high point down to the village of Bad Hofgastein. 1440m of vertical drop; unusually long for the Eastern Alps. Because there is a reasonable amount of terrain above the treeline, there were a fair number of fatplankers doing their freeride thing here and some gentler off-piste closer to the edges of the bashed piste. Dorfgastein, which links across to the Grossarl valley, is quieter but still with plenty of scope. In January chase the sun from the Grossarl side in the morning to the Dorfgastein side in the afternoon. Sportgastein, further up the valley, boasts the highest point in the Ski Amade at nearly 2700m. The rollercoaster pistes are highly entertaining and in January is free of other people; the black way down at the bottom is fairly steep. This is a freeride area complete with transceiver testing station but had been so windswept that, wisely, no-one was attempting it. Sport is snowsure if conditions lower down are not so good.Finally, the Graukogel. If you want to know what skiing was like in the 1960s this is the place for you. The Graukogelhutte at the top has some brilliant B&W photos on the wall of the Ski World Championship held on this hill in 1958, with Austrian hero, Toni Sailer, the downhill winner. As reported below, no snow cannon, slow two man chairs (when I last came here about 25 years ago, the top one was a Billy no-mates single chair), but two great black pistes and a shedload of atmosphere. And hardly another soul on the mountain.
From previous visits to Bad Gastein, the apres-ski is ok but not the liveliest. It does, however, have a casino. For totally mad apres-ski go to the Hofstadl in Flachau.
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