Best ski resorts for beginners in Austria
The best ski resorts for beginners in Austria, ranked by the share and amount of easy (blue) slopes, minimum 10 km of easy runs. Kitzbuhel leads with 127 km of easy slopes. We compared 49 resorts in Austria; 15 qualified for this list.
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Kitzbuhel
Austria · KitzSki · 234 km slopes · 56 lifts · top 2,000 m · 54% easy
127km of easy slopes -
2 Fieberbrunn
Austria · Skicircus Saalbach-Hinterglemm-Leogang-Fieberbrunn · 270 km slopes · 70 lifts · top 2,020 m · 52% easy
140km of easy slopes -
3 Lech Zürs
Austria · Ski Arlberg · 305 km slopes · 88 lifts · top 2,811 m · 43% easy
Linked ski area, also accessed from St. Anton
132km of easy slopes -
4 Ellmau
Austria · SkiWelt · 284 km slopes · 90 lifts · top 1,957 m · 42% easy
Linked ski area, also accessed from Going am Wilden Kaiser, Scheffau, Söll, Westendorf
119km of easy slopes -
5 Obertauern
Austria · Obertauern · 100 km slopes · 26 lifts · top 2,315 m · 61% easy
61km of easy slopes -
6 Solden
Austria · Soelden-Oetztal · 144 km slopes · 31 lifts · top 3,250 m · 52% easy
75km of easy slopes -
7 Obergurgl-Hochgurgl
Austria · Ötztal · 112 km slopes · 25 lifts · top 3,080 m · 54% easy
60km of easy slopes -
8 Flachau
Austria · Ski Amadé · 210 km slopes · 70 lifts · top 2,000 m · 40% easy
Linked ski area, also accessed from Flachauwinkel, Wagrain, Zauchensee
83km of easy slopes -
9 Stubaier Gletscher
Austria · Stubaier Gletscher · 65 km slopes · 26 lifts · top 3,210 m · 60% easy
39km of easy slopes -
10 Bad Gastein
Austria · Ski Amadé · 200 km slopes · 80 lifts · top 2,686 m · 38% easy
Linked ski area, also accessed from Bad Hofgastein
76km of easy slopes -
11 Silvretta Montafon
Austria · Silvretta Montafon · 140 km slopes · 35 lifts · top 2,430 m · 42% easy
59km of easy slopes -
12 Hochkönig
Austria · Hochkönig · 120 km slopes · 33 lifts · top 1,900 m · 43% easy
52km of easy slopes -
13 Maria Alm
Austria · Ski Amadé · 120 km slopes · 33 lifts · top 1,900 m · 43% easy
52km of easy slopes -
14 St Johann in Tirol
Austria · St. Johann in Tirol · 43 km slopes · 17 lifts · top 1,604 m · 53% easy
23km of easy slopes -
15 Kaprun
Austria · Zell am See-Kaprun · 62 km slopes · 26 lifts · top 3,029 m · 48% easy
30km of easy slopes
Questions about best ski resorts for beginners in Austria
Kitzbuhel (Austria) tops this ranking with 127 km of easy slopes, ranked by the share and amount of easy (blue) slopes, minimum 10 km of easy runs.
1. Kitzbuhel (127 km of easy slopes), 2. Fieberbrunn (140), 3. Lech Zürs (132).
We look at the share of easy (blue) slopes and the total kilometres of easy runs. Kitzbuhel has 54% easy slopes (127 km), which is why it ranks first.
The list is ranked by the share and amount of easy (blue) slopes, minimum 10 km of easy runs, using the resort statistics in the Intski database (slope kilometres by difficulty, lifts, elevations, snow parks). It updates automatically whenever the data changes.