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Rauris Resort Reviews

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Rauris Ratings

Overall: 4.2. Based on 20 votes and 31 reviews.

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Snowsure: 4.3

  • 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
  • Rauris is snowsure even in the poorest seasons

Variety of pistes: 3.9

  • The ski runs are featureless and unvaried
  • The ski runs are varied but not extensive enough for a week
  • Rauris 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: 4.8

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

Access: 4.1

  • 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 Rauris

Public Transport: 4.7

  • There are no buses or taxis to Rauris
  • 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 Rauris
  • 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: 4.1

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

Ski in/Ski out: 4.0

  • 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: 4.7

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

Snowmaking: 4.3

  • Rauris 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 Rauris
  • Occasionally some pistes are left ungroomed and in a poor state
  • All the runs at Rauris are groomed daily

Shelter: 3.9

  • 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
  • Rauris is mostly in forest where you can ski in flat-light and windy days, lifts rarely close

Nearby options: 3.9

  • If snow conditions are poor at Rauris, 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

  • Rauris 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: 4.8

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

Crowds/Queues: 4.6

  • 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: 4.8

  • 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: 4.7

  • 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: 4.3

  • 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: 4.4

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

Advanced: 2.9

  • 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: 2.7

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

Cross-country: 4.0

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

Luge/Toboggan: 4.4

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

Mountain Dining: 4.2

  • 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: 4.6

  • 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: 3.2

  • 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: 3.5

  • 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: 4.1

  • 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: 4.6

  • 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: 4.0

  • 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): 4.1

  • Overall, Rauris 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): 4.2

  • Overall, Rauris 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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April 10, 2007
debbie from Ski United Kingdom United Kingdom
Just back from Rauris; best holiday ever. A fab, even though very quiet resort. It was very friendly. Stayed at Kristal. Very disappointing, though rooms and location lovely. Lights were out when we arrived at 9pm and no meal was provided. Like other hotels, only a sandwich. Bar often in darkness and desolate. No activities for children. Could have done with some games or something. Food better at start of week but got quite boring. Adventure Rauris ski school not too successful for my family. 9 year old left after 2 days, crying as hated his teacher. A bit of a language problem I think and my husbands' teacher only spoke about 2 sentences of English all week. Would go again to Rauserhoff or St Hubertus because of the good location and try Karl Meir ski school through Crystal, or independently, as we went through Neilson. Apart from this, it is a fab place. Not many Brits there which is quite nice .
March 09, 2007
Mel from Ski United Kingdom United Kingdom
Are there two Hotel Kristall in Rauris? The one I was in had poor food, the bar was NEVER staffed. and the whole place needed a face lift.
January 28, 2007
john jenner from Ski United Kingdom United Kingdom
Stayed at the Hotel Kristall, food excellent, v.nice hotel, but would pay the extra £60 and stay at Rauriserhof, fantastic, spent several evenings there. Skiing, I took a group of 29, all abilities, they all had a great time, snow rubbish, but that is unusual for this time of year, so they tell me & I bumped into many returning skiers who verified this. However nearly all runs open with snow machines & had good weeks skiing considering. Loads of off piste possibilities, even found a few with rubbish snow. The Toboggan run closed which was a real shame, looks really cool. Most of the group went into ski school (included in the price with Crystal) K.Maier ski school, can't speak highly enough of them. I've had many difficult years with French ski schools + young children & Austria seems to hit the button for everyone & K.Maier school was top notch. If you want a small friendly resort, real Austrian charm, goats & cattle in buildings of the town square, you will love it. The drinking/eating place at the base station, give it a miss for food, the mid station has a wonderful restaurant. The whole resort is cheap. Everyone speaks English. We will be going back. Did have problems with my 2yr old & their only child minder, she's good, but it's a small affair in her apartment & my girl did not like being the only one their on one of the days. If they are old enough, get them into ski school, pony rides, snow mobile rides, lots of fun will be had, my 5yr old shot away & I bumped into her up the mountain, mid week, wow, what a surprise to see her ski school group up there. Cheers John Jenner
November 13, 2006
David Dempsey from Ski United Kingdom United Kingdom
Rauris is a lovely spot about an hour from Salzburg. In March it is quiet in the evenings and there are no queues for the lifts but the snow was excellent.. I stayed at the gasthof Brau which I cannot recommend enough for the rooms and the food and the welcome. It is not for expert skiers but as an improving intermediate I found there was enough to keep me going for a week , I would definitely return
February 27, 2006
Jon Pickering from Ski United Kingdom United Kingdom
Went to Rauris for the second time on 15 Jan 06 and had a grest time. The instructors were brilliant and the snow was great. We stayed in the Rauriserhof hotel again. This is a brilliant hotel, very high quality and really nice food. In my opinion it should be 5*!
January 26, 2006
Tania Paterson from Ski United Kingdom United Kingdom
Rauris is a fantastic place to learn to ski as Harry Maier and his team of instructors are first rate. My husband's skiing improves year by year and last January I had fun in the top group with Harry skiing in powder. We had such a good time last year we are about to head off yet again on Saturday for another week, meeting up with a group of people in our classes last year. We have stayed at The Kristall and The Alpina, both great hotels and this year we are in the Rauriserhof which should be good. If you are a fan of Rauris you may be interested in our wee fun website - www.raurisskigang.net - feel free to send us photos or post messages on our forum. Role on Saturday, line me up a beer in the Dies & Das, please!!
December 30, 2005
Megan + Caris! from Ski United Kingdom United Kingdom
Went to Rauris ski resort on 17/12/2005 for the first time. We were absolute beginners but by the end of the week we were skiing down from the top station on more advanced runs. Our instructor(Roel) was great and gave us lots of confidence and we were able to have a good laugh aswell. The resort was beautiful and we ate in lots of lovely restaurants. We stayed at the Rauris apartments, they were very pleasant and perfectly located for what we wanted to do. We will definately be returning next year and probably for many years after that!
January 28, 2005
Sue pickering from Ski United Kingdom United Kingdom
We've just come back from Rauris on 22/1/05. It was our first ski holiday and we only went after being nagged by the kids. Had a brilliant time, the best holiday we've ever had. Rauris is beautiful, the people are lovely and the ski-ing was great. Our instructor at the Karl Maier school was wonderful and we started out as complete beginners and ended up doing the lovely blue runs further up the mountain. He gave us confidence and we felt a real sense of achievement. We stayed at the Rauriserhof Hotel, the food was lovely and facilities excellent. Rauris was full of people who were back there for the second and third time and next year we'll be one of them, as we've just booked again for next January. Can't wait.
January 19, 2005
anne-marie from Ski United Kingdom United Kingdom
Just got back from Rauris 15.1.05. has a fantastic time, apart from breaking 2 ribs! Myself and my daughter have never skiied before, and we both loved it. My husband has skiied in france and italy, and agreed the resort was fantastic for families. Lots of lovely bars and restaurants in the village, reasonably priced. Local people are very friendly. Stayed at St Hubertus which has the best location in Rauris. we have already booked for January next year! Can't wait!
November 08, 2004
brian dowling from Ski France France
first ski holiday,went with my wife,both of us agreed that it was the best holiday ever,resort is perfect for a casual relaxed ski break,skischule karl maeir first class,excellent instruction made for fast progress.1st morning we didnt know how to put on a ski,3rd day we were skiing down a beautiful wooded blue run.travelled with crystal holidays,stayed at hotel alpina everything first class.apres ski not for adrenaline junkies but spot on for us.going back this year to a different hotel not in crystal brochure but organised through crystal with no trouble.teamed up with a group which included a gent who has skiied 22 different resorts over the years and rates rauris as the only one he cant wait to get back to.see u there 15/1/05.