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Mayrhofen Resort Reviews

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Visitor reviews for Mayrhofen Ski Resort

Mayrhofen Ratings

Overall: 4.4. Based on 35 votes and 52 reviews.

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Snowsure: 4.6

  • Occasionally gets enough snow for skiing
  • Is often closed due to a lack of snow
  • Occasionally suffers from a lack of snow
  • Rarely suffers from a lack of snow
  • Mayrhofen is snowsure even in the poorest seasons

Variety of pistes: 4.6

  • The ski runs are featureless and unvaried
  • The ski runs are varied but not extensive enough for a week
  • Mayrhofen has diverse and interesting pistes including forests and high alpine terrain

Off-piste: 4.0

  • No off-piste worth mentioning
  • Off piste is out-of-bounds
  • Some varied offpiste that stays fresh for one or two days
  • A vast array of off-piste routes that can stay untracked for several days

Scenery: 4.5

  • An ugly resort in a bland setting
  • Average mountain views and resort
  • A spectacular setting and a beautiful / historic resort town

Access: 4.4

  • At least one overnight stop
  • Requires a whole day
  • Requires more than half a day – you may have time for a few turns
  • Arrive by lunchtime and ski all afternoon
  • There is a main airport within an hour of Mayrhofen

Public Transport: 4.6

  • There are no buses or taxis to Mayrhofen
  • There are slow or infrequent buses / trains available
  • Getting to the resort is easy with frequent bus / train connections

Accommodation: 4.8

  • No places to stay in/near Mayrhofen
  • A few places to stay in the resort
  • A wide variety of accommodation suitable to suit all budgets

Cheap Rooms: 4.3

  • No budget accommodation available
  • Just one or two hostels so book ahead
  • Several cheap hostels and pensions available

Luxury Hotels: 4.3

  • No luxury accommodation available
  • Just one or two luxury hotels so book ahead
  • Several up-market hotels in Mayrhofen

Ski in/Ski out: 3.8

  • The ski area is located far from any accommodation
  • A free ski bus takes you to the ski area in a short trip
  • Ski-in ski-out accommodation is available

Childcare: 4.3

  • There are no child care facilities at Mayrhofen
  • The resort has limited child-care facilities
  • the resort has excellent child-care facilities including at least one reasonably priced creche

Snowmaking: 4.6

  • Mayrhofen relies entirely on natural snow
  • There are just a few snow cannons
  • There are snowmaking facilities on all pistes

Snow Grooming: 4.6

  • There are no snow groomers at Mayrhofen
  • Occasionally some pistes are left ungroomed and in a poor state
  • All the runs at Mayrhofen are groomed daily

Shelter: 4.0

  • There is nowhere to ski when it is windy or visibility is bad and lifts often shut
  • There are some trees for poor visibility but main lifts sometimes close
  • Mayrhofen is mostly in forest where you can ski in flat-light and windy days, lifts rarely close

Nearby options: 4.7

  • If snow conditions are poor at Mayrhofen, it will be poor everywhere nearby
  • There are good alternatives within an hours drive
  • Other locations on the same lift pass provide a rich variety of snowsure ski conditions

Regional rating: 4.2

  • Mayrhofen usually has poor snow conditions compared to other resorts in region
  • Has average conditions for the region
  • Usually has the best snow conditions in the region

Lift Staff: 4.6

  • The staff at Mayrhofen are rude or unhelpful
  • Lift staff at Mayrhofen are pleasant, cheerful and eager to help

Crowds/Queues: 3.8

  • The resort is always busy and there are usually long lift queues
  • It is quiet apart from occasional weekends and school holidays
  • It is uncrowded and lift queues are very rare

Ski Schools: 4.4

  • No ski schools available
  • One or two ski schools but local language only
  • A few ski schools but book early for multi-lingual instructors
  • Plenty of ski schools and multi-lingual instructors available
  • Excellent ski schools with friendly multi-lingual ski instructors

Hire and Repairs: 4.8

  • Nothing can be sourced, not even ski-wax or ptex
  • There are some ski shops but rentals need to be booked in advance
  • Good quality ski equipment can be purchased or hired and overnight repairs are possible

Beginners: 3.7

  • Beginners can only watch others ski and snowboard
  • A few gentle slopes but beginners will get bored in less than a week
  • Vast areas of gentle terrain

Intermediates: 4.6

  • No intermediate terrain at Mayrhofen
  • Intermediate skiers will get bored after a few days
  • Vast areas of cruising runs

Advanced: 4.7

  • Nothing for advanced skiers and snowboarders
  • Enough steep terrain for a few days with some good offpiste
  • Enough steep terrain and offpiste areas to entertain advanced skiers for at least a week

Snow Park: 4.5

  • Not even a kicker at Mayrhofen
  • Average sized park quite well looked after
  • Huge park area and expertly crafted pipes, jumps and boardercross trails

Cross-country: 4.1

  • There is nowhere to go for cross-country skiing around Mayrhofen
  • There are some cross country trails available
  • The area features many spectacular and well maintained cross-country trails

Luge/Toboggan: 4.0

  • No designated luge or toboggan runs
  • There are toboggan runs that open quite often
  • Mayrhofen has long and well maintained luge / toboggan facilities suitable for all ages

Mountain Dining: 4.6

  • Nowhere to buy food by the pistes
  • Some places to eat up on the mountain but they are often busy and expensive
  • There is a variety of excellent mountain eateries right next to the slopes to suit all budgets

Eating: 4.7

  • Bring your own food, there isn't even a shop
  • There are a few places to eat in the resort but nothing special
  • A wide variety of places to eat and drink in the resort, from fast food to fancy restaurants

Apres-Ski: 4.8

  • Nothing to do, not even a bar
  • There are a few bars in the resort but nothing special
  • Clubs and bars stay open until very late and have a friendly atmosphere

Other Sports: 4.4

  • No sports facilities at all apart from ski lifts
  • Resort has just a small public swimming pool
  • Resort has all kinds of sports facilities, including a full-size swimming pool

Entertainment: 4.3

  • Besides the snow and walking there is nothing to do here
  • The non-skier will find things to do for few days but may become bored after a week
  • The resort area is a fascinating place to visit, regardless of winter sports

Winter Walks: 4.3

  • Very limited walking and no snowshoe trails
  • A couple of designated scenic walking/snowshoe trails
  • Extensive and diverse winter walking trails for all abilities

Ski Pass Value: 4.6

  • A 1 week ski pass is overpriced compared to the number of lifts available
  • The ski pass is averagely priced and covers a reasonable number of lifts
  • Ski passes are excellent value for money and cover a lot of lifts spanning a big area

Value (National): 4.3

  • Overall, Mayrhofen is one of the most expensive ski resorts in the country and not worth the money
  • Overall represents average value for money
  • Overall offers the best value resort in the country

Value (Global): 4.5

  • Overall, Mayrhofen is one of the most expensive ski resorts in the world
  • Overall it offers pretty average value for money compared to resorts from other countries
  • Internationally the resort offers excellent value for money

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February 06, 2012
Jane,from,kent from Ski United Kingdom United Kingdom
Hello, returned yesterday (come down blues :( ) from a mixed ski holiday to the resort of Mayrhofen in the Austrian Alps. There were 18 in total staying in 3 different accommodations. Usually we get a large group chalet in France, but decided on a change of scenery this year. What a pleasant surprise I got and so did the majority of the group. The accommodation was great, spacious, private (no chalet bores) and felt upmarket compared to the cramped French chalets. The skiing was also a surprise: plenty of reds and blues and some harder stuff for the boys who also were raving about it. However, it was the town itself I most enjoyed. What a great party town. Overall, good skiing, superb apres, brill hotel food, spa and jacuzzi and it was voted in on the last night, unanimously to return in 2013. Can't wait.
January 22, 2012
gerhard from Ski Austria Austria
Back again in the Sport Hotel. Fantastic conditions this morning with another 50cm of fresh snow up top and 30cm still in the village at 630m. Working this afternoon but just did first lift up this morning and had some brilliant off-piste powder skiing. You could ski everywhere and anywhere and the mountain was quiet. What a season, probably one of the best for 20 years.
December 31, 2011
gerhard from Ski Austria Austria
Sitting in the Sport Hotel watching the 3rd straight day of snow and 40cm in the village. Going to be a great season. New bars this year along with further new lifts and mountain restaurants. Impressive resort........... and that's from an Innsbruck resident and regular St Anton skier.
November 28, 2011
John G from Ski United Kingdom United Kingdom
Why is the Zillertal valley excellent? Forget the crowded Penken lift and go to the one near Hippach. Easy to get up & down and less busy. Then take a 15 minute train ride to Zell am Ziller and do the runs to Krimmel. Awesome. Then try the Kaltenbach area (just a little further by train) and you have another super resort. Why anyone could fault the Zillertal Valley I have no idea? We're going back for the fourth time next year. Oh, and the Zillertaler bier ist auch sehr gut!
June 20, 2011
seasonaire26 from Ski United Kingdom United Kingdom
I have just completed a season in Mayrhofen, in mid April. The town is beautiful, with real heart, unlike Val or Verbier (my last 2 resorts). Ok, ski-wise not as prolific, but if you look around there is some fantastic skiing to be had. Real people, real community and very friendly and accommodating. Superb for families. Great apres/night life to suit all pockets and life styles. The reviewer who complained of the lift queues, yes, agree but only at the highest part of the season from the Penkon. The Horberg lift or Finkenburg lift, accessible by ski bus, to the same area is about 10 mins away and never queues. Hintertux glacier must be the best in Europe. Superb powder from Oct/May. Many lifts now linked in throughout the Zillertal and great resorts, each one different (Kaltenbach, Zell, Fugen, Lannersbach Gerlos). Basically, if you want masses of pistes/off-piste/ignorant people and with no charm and to get fleeced of all your money, go to Val d'Isere/Tignes/Verbier/Courcheval etc, etc. If you want a real ski experience, real people and value try Mayrhofen.
March 21, 2011
fatboyslim from Ski United Kingdom United Kingdom
Who's doing the Snowbombing this year? Glastonbury on snow. snowbombing com Don't listen to the ol fuddy duddies, Mayrhofen rocks all year. We just came back from a week at the Stoanerhof. Best park in Europe with outrageous off-piste under the cable car. Top banana. See you in April when the town becomes partyville.
February 28, 2011
Joshua O'looney from Ski United Kingdom United Kingdom
Mayrhofen is a great resort! The town has it all... everything you want for your ski trip. Although, in my opinion, it is better to stay outside of Mayrhofen, simply because morning lift queues in the town itself are notoriously horrendous in the mornings. I would recommend Hippach/ Schwendau as a base for easy access to the Penken-Rastkogel ski area... the Horbergbahn, which leaves Hippach, is a high speed gondola which does not suffer from the same horrible queues as Mayrhofen's lifts simply because it is located away from where most people stay for a holiday in the valley. What you will find is that this lift brings you out in a more central part of the resort on the mountain, plus is very speedy! The resort itself offers a great mixture of terrain, with gentle cruising runs, intermediate runs, more tricky, and the steepest manicured piste in Austria! The link to Eggalm gives you access to some great tree lined runs too, which descend into nearby Lanersbach and Vorderlanersbach. The scenery around Mayrhofen is unsurprisingly breathtaking.... Hintertux glacier one side, forests below, huge open bowls and lakes in the distance. it really is a beautiful spot. For those willing to vary there visit more somewhat, trying the other nearby resorts is a must! The Zillertal arena offers a large playground of slopes once again, with great views, great mountain restaurants, and lovely little towns and villages. It truly is a very good area! Hochzillertal-Hochfuegen is an equally varied area with some great off piste and delightful restaurants. All in all, well worth a trip to. Another great thing about the Zillertal is, excluding Mayrhofen, access to the slopes. I know the Zillertal is hardly France at offering "easy" access to ski areas, however the transport links in and around the valley are exceptionally good. You have the option of taking ski buses or trains to access the resorts up and down the valley and all of these services are included on your "Zillertal super ski" ski pass! It really allows you to make the most of the area. When I last stayed with my family, we had amazing powder conditions, which I know isn't always the case! However, the valley does have an excellent snow record and the majority of the valleys runs are located at modest altitude, which usually means good snow cover! Hope this helps guys!!!!!!
February 27, 2011
Hepe from Ski Finland Finland
Hi, Just got back from Mayrhofen. We spent there a week with our friends and family. We had a couple of days of excellent weather, it was just brilliant, but then also two days of snowing and really bad visibility. I have been skiing now for some 20+ years and visited in many resorts in Austria and France. Mayrhofen is a nice resort but not quite on my top-three-list. This is mainly because of a couple of things: first, there is only one very crowded ski lift from the village to the main ski area, Penken. It was an agony to queue in for 30 - 40 minutes even if you were in line at 8:30 in the morning. And then same thing again in the afternoon when coming back to village. I must say that I have never seen like that before anywhere else. I have understood that the current gondola has been there for only a couple of years, but still they should do something to make sure that there are not these awful queues already from 8:30 in the morning. Second, there are three separate ski areas, Penken, Ahorn and Hintertux. The only way to move e.g. from Penken to Ahorn is to use a free ski bus. I skied only at Penken area and it was OK. A lot of different runs from Harakiri being the steepest run in Austria to easy going blue runs. Enough restaurants to get some lunch and drinks during your skiing. The Mayrhofen village itself is a nice and cosy, real Austian style. There are a lot of different hotels and apartments to choose and are easy to reach even from Munchen Airport as we did. Good restaurants with reasonable price level, good shopping facilities. Should I go to Mayrhofen again? - maybe. I have been lucky to be able to spend two weeks in the Alps for the past couple of years. Should a week in Mayrhofen be the only week on snow in the year, I would rather go elsewhere, but as second week on snow, then yes.
December 16, 2010
woof woof from Ski United Kingdom United Kingdom
What can you say about the Hofen. Decent slopes, very friendly, and getting better every year. Mayrhofen are doing it right. For years they had that single cable car leaving from the village. That's all changed. High speed gondolas and every mountain lift is the fast modern type. This resort has been in fashion, gone out of fashion, and now is at the top table for the 'in crowd'. Music, fun, great skiing and the cooool place to be.
March 14, 2010
Philip from Ski United Kingdom United Kingdom
Now in my 38th year visiting this wonderful resort (Mayrhofen) ...have tried the rest, this is the best for all round enjoyment. The Ahorn is thoroughly recommended for skiers of a certain age, I'm 67 next month, and anyone wanting a relaxing day away from busy slopes. The Ahornhutte is great and the staff will look after you with true Austrian hospitality. Why not join the Silver Skiers for a day in the sun...see you there. The Penken is great too, but pick your time.