Flachau
Slope Breakdown
Flachau at a glance
Flachau is a ski resort in Austria, part of the Ski Amadé ski area. It offers 210 km of slopes served by 70 lifts, with skiing between 920 m and 2,000 m (1,080 m vertical). That makes it the 16th largest of the 49 ski resorts in Austria listed on Intski. The season usually runs from December to April. Flachau is an intermediate's mountain: roughly 55% of the slopes are red runs.
Top features of this resort
Snow forecast
About 16 cm of new snow at the top (2,000 m) in the next 3 days, none at the base.
New snow and temperature at the top station. Estimated by Intski from the MET Norway forecast, updated every few hours. Where it snows most this week
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An alert when 15 cm or more is on the way at Flachau, and a heads-up before it opens.
Getting there & lift pass
Nearest airport
Salzburg (SZG) — about 58 km from the resort, straight-line distance, allow more by road.
Lift pass
Adult day pass around 79 EUR (2025/26 season). Snow Space Salzburg day pass, high season rate.
About €0.38 per km of piste the pass covers (210 km).
Compare lift pass prices at all resortsPrice source, checked 2026-09-14
Driving to Flachau
Rules for a car in Austria, checked 30 September 2026 against official sources.
Road charge
Vignette, plus tunnel and Brenner tolls. 1-day vignette (digital only) €9.60, 10-day vignette (digital or sticker) €12.80, 2-month vignette (digital or sticker) €32.00
Winter tyres
Required in wintry conditions, 1 Nov to 15 Apr
Studded tyres
Allowed 1 Oct to 31 May (up to 3.5 t, rear sticker, 80/100 km/h)
Flachau resort facts
These figures cover the lift network Flachau shares with Flachauwinkel, Zauchensee and Wagrain on Intski: one sector of the Ski Amadé pass, not the whole pass. Difficulty shares from skiresort.info.
About Flachau
Flachau is a village of 2,802 people (2016) in the district of St. Johann im Pongau in the Austrian state of Salzburg, and its numerous skiing facilities form part of Ski Amadé, one of the largest ski networks in Europe.
Resort Highlights
Flachau and Snow Space Salzburg
Flachau is a village of 2,802 people (2016) in the district of St. Johann im Pongau in the Austrian state of Salzburg. Its lifts are seamlessly linked, with no bus needed, to Wagrain, Alpendorf, Flachauwinkl, Kleinarl and Zauchensee to form Snow Space Salzburg, 210 km of piste served by around 70 lifts. Flachau also sells the wider Ski Amadé pass, which extends access to five separate Salzburg-region networks reachable by bus for a combined 760 km, but that is a pass area rather than Flachau’s own linked skiing.
The skiing
The local terrain runs from the village at 920 m to a top station at 2,000 m, about 1,080 m of vertical. A vertical of more than 1,000 m from the village itself is respectable in its own right; even ignoring the wider network, Flachau’s home mountain offers a proper descent. With nothing above 2,000 m, though, altitude is not the argument here; the argument is scale and infrastructure. Our data flags Flachau for modern lifts, and with around 70 lifts across Snow Space Salzburg, that investment is spread widely. Our data does not split the pistes by difficulty, but the practical reality of a 210 km linked area is that the question is rarely whether there is terrain for you, more which corner of it to head for on a given day.
Around seventy lifts over 210 km of Snow Space Salzburg is roughly 3 km of piste per lift, a dense ratio that suggests plenty of short connections and efficient movement between sectors, rather than the long single descents of a high-altitude resort.
Village life
With a population of just under 3,000, Flachau is a real village rather than a purpose-built station, and our data flags it for traditional charm. It is also flagged for après-ski, which is a rarer combination than it sounds: a place that looks like a Salzburg village but keeps its evenings lively. Together the two flags describe a resort that works for people who want the full holiday rather than just the skiing.
The village’s position in the Ski Amadé network also means that a bad-weather day is rarely a lost day: with 270 lifts across the network, there is usually somewhere with better conditions or better visibility within reach, which is an advantage a standalone resort of Flachau’s local size could not offer.
Practical
Salzburg is the nearest airport, roughly 58 km away as the crow flies, so the transfer is short. The season runs from December to April. Local lift and piste details are on the official website.
Frequently asked questions about Flachau
No. The 760 km and 270 lifts describe the Ski Amadé pass network. Flachau's own lift-linked area is Snow Space Salzburg, 210 km served by around 70 lifts; Ski Amadé, one of the largest networks in Europe, extends beyond that by bus.
No, it is a village with a population of 2,802 (2016) in the district of St. Johann im Pongau, flagged in our data for traditional charm.
Yes. Après-ski is one of the three characteristics our data flags for Flachau, alongside modern lifts and traditional charm.
From the village at 920 m to a top station at 2,000 m, about 1,080 m of vertical.
Flachau has 210 km of marked slopes: 83 km easy (blue), 116 km intermediate (red), 11 km expert (black), served by 70 ski lifts.
The skiing in Flachau ranges from 920 m at the base to 2,000 m at the top — a vertical drop of 1,080 m.
The ski season in Flachau typically runs from December to April. Exact opening dates vary by year and snow conditions.
Flachau works for beginners, though it is not a dedicated beginner resort: about 40% of the slopes (83 km) are easy blue runs.
Flachau has 11 km of expert (black) slopes — about 5% of the total.
An adult day pass in Flachau costs around 79 EUR (2025/26 season). Snow Space Salzburg day pass, high season rate.
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