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Schladming Resort Reviews

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Visitor reviews for Schladming Ski Resort

Schladming Ratings

Overall: 4.6. Based on 32 votes and 38 reviews.

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Snowsure: 4.7

  • 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
  • Schladming is snowsure even in the poorest seasons

Variety of pistes: 4.7

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

Off-piste: 3.6

  • 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: 4.7

  • 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 Schladming

Public Transport: 4.9

  • There are no buses or taxis to Schladming
  • 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 Schladming
  • A few places to stay in the resort
  • A wide variety of accommodation suitable to suit all budgets

Cheap Rooms: 4.2

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

Luxury Hotels: 4.6

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

Ski in/Ski out: 4.4

  • 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: 4.2

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

Snowmaking: 5.0

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

Snow Grooming: 5.0

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

Shelter: 4.8

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

Nearby options: 4.5

  • If snow conditions are poor at Schladming, 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: 4.5

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

Crowds/Queues: 4.4

  • 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: 4.6

  • 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: 4.6

  • 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: 4.9

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

Advanced: 4.0

  • 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: 4.6

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

Cross-country: 4.5

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

Luge/Toboggan: 4.6

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

Mountain Dining: 4.8

  • 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: 4.8

  • 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: 4.6

  • 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: 4.7

  • 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: 4.4

  • 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: 4.7

  • 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): 4.6

  • Overall, Schladming 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, Schladming 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 04, 2012
Peter from Ski France France
So how great is Schladming? The average temperature in the last few weeks has been something like 10 degrees celsius and it is raining regularly. It's ridiculous. And this is not an exception lately. Same thing happened to us last year (in January!). This resort may have been good years ago when it was ok to have a resort at 750 m above sea level. Nowadays anything less that 1300 -1400 m (base) and 2600m (top) is simply not good enough. So head to the higher Austrian resorts (Solden, Sport Gestein), or, even better, to the really high resorts in France and Switzerland (Tignes, Val Thorens, Saas-Fee, Les 2 Alpes).
February 29, 2012
Eran from Ski Israel Israel
A superb resort! Most of the slopes are wide and pass between the trees, which is wonderful. Challenging slopes are also there, as well as many long runs from top to bottom. They say Schladming has ~130 km of connected slopes, but the resort spreads over a large area and actually feels bigger than that. One down side is that most slopes turn to the same direction, so the view doesn't change much... Elevators are superb almost everywhere. More pluses: Prices are very fair, plenty of restaurants in the mountains, huge selection of accommodations. And locals are usually nice and helpful. And there's the Amade ski pass. Sure, other resorts can be 20-60 min drives. But well worth it. We had only 5 days, so we managed to try "only" to Flachau and Zauchensee. Also big resorts with high quality slopes and elevators, and even more picturesque views and postcard-like towns. We'll try other resorts next time. Highly recommended
January 20, 2012
Carole from Ski United Kingdom United Kingdom
Just returned from Planai, soon much snow. We have been going to Schladming for many years and wow have they made some great improvements, from the skiing to the après-ski. The new Tenne Bar is not to be missed and the hut below the top gondola station has the best food.
January 17, 2012
sue
Our family visited Schladming for the 4th time (in winter). Christmas/ New year 2011/2012. Hopl ski school is fantastic on Plana, love all the instructors, young and old. Planet Planai is brand new and very user friendly. Love the big lockers. The new 8 seater chair lift to the top is fantastic. The snow was amazing this time. We ate in wonderful, traditional restaurants every night. Mountain food was excellent especially Uncle Willys and Scaff-alm...Very reasonable. Tenne was fun so was New Years Eve in the main square. Will always love Schladming...2013 should be amazing. We will be back!
January 05, 2012
Duncan Turner from Ski United Kingdom United Kingdom
Just been on the Planai website and can't wait to get back there for our 17th annual visit. I usually do another skiing holiday and have been to many other Austrian resorts, Italy, Switzerland, USA and even New Zealand. For a good all round resort you can't beat Schladming/Rohrmoos. If you feel like a coffee, there's one just round the next corner and of course they have food as well both self-service and table service. By the way don't tell anyone, it may spoil it but with the World Alpine Championships being there in February 2013 word is bound to get out. It's also the venue for one of the World Men's Slalom races each January and it not only gets the biggest crowds but is also the skiers favourite.
December 07, 2010
Ian from Ski United Kingdom United Kingdom
I have been to Schladming twice and it is an amazing place. I usually ski there in March and had planned to go again there in April 2011 but couldn't wait and so will be going there for Christmas and New Year! Nightlife is pretty quiet, but lots of places to eat, both in the town and on the slopes. Wine is very expensive, but beer is reasonable, far cheaper than France! Great swimming pool in the town and a great supermarket to stock up. All within walking distance. Fantastic snow all season from Dec-Apri! Brilliant!
October 27, 2010
J.Bradley from Ski United Kingdom United Kingdom
Went to Schladming for the first time in Jan 2010 and are booked to go back Jan 2011. Our ski party have a discussion every year before deciding where to book and this year's decision was the easiest ever. Everyone of us agreed that last year was our best trip ever. The skiing, mountain huts, bars, food and atmosphere were second to none. Hope this is the next of many trips to Schladming.
March 11, 2010
C Tang from Ski United Kingdom United Kingdom
Most runs at Schladming had vast wide piste which was mostly marked reds which I felt should be blue. Not much to challenge the experienced, but perfect resort for beginners & intermediates who wish to perfect their skills on the huge wide piste. Waits to lift was almost non-existent (maybe 5-10 mins max in the main Planai gondola during the weekend morning rush hour), but all others was ski up and off again in 1-2 mins max. Never saw a busy piste, and it's not unusual to find only yourself on a stretch of a piste too! Useful locker room at the main gondola at a bargain price of 1 Euro per day (easily fits 2 sets of skis + boots + helmets + more) which was really convenient too. Mountain restaurants was plentiful and meals was decent and still relatively good value too (French resorts take note!) Nightlife at Schladming is tame but adequate (go to St Anton if you want this on your holiday) Schladming hospital was top draw and the facilities were excellent as my friend found out! This hospital would put the UK private hospital to shame! Although the pistes are non too challenging, the overall resort experience was top notch and I would not hesitate to return and happily cruise down the near empty long red/black 3 run from top to bottom.
February 23, 2010
rachael mackwell from Ski United Kingdom United Kingdom
We can only concur with the other positive comments. Agreed, the advanced skiing is limited at Schladming, but a great family resort with excellent ski schools (Tritscher). Locals are welcoming and helpful. The town has everything you want, although we can't comment on nightclubs. We'll be back again!
February 08, 2010
Trevor Williams from Ski United Kingdom United Kingdom
Great to have so many different mountains on the same lift ticket at Schladming. Sizeable town centre with enough shops, bars & restaurants to satisfy most visitors. Sports bar shows soccer from different countries inc England with various matches covered by the many screens throughout the bar area. Some queues at peak periods but nothing too frustrating. Friendly staff throughout the resort. I would recommend Schladming to all.