Serfaus
Slope Breakdown
Serfaus at a glance
Serfaus is a ski resort in Austria, part of the Serfaus-Fiss-Ladis area. It offers 214 km of slopes served by 68 lifts, with skiing between 1,200 m and 2,820 m (1,620 m vertical). That makes it the 13th largest of the 49 ski resorts in Austria listed on Intski. The season usually runs from December to April. Serfaus is an intermediate's mountain: roughly 60% of the slopes are red runs.
Top features of this resort
Snow forecast
About 5 cm of new snow at the top (2,820 m) in the next 3 days, 1 cm 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 Serfaus, and a heads-up before it opens.
Getting there & lift pass
Nearest airport
Innsbruck (INN) — about 61 km from the resort, straight-line distance, allow more by road.
Lift pass
Adult day pass around 78 EUR (2025/26 season). Serfaus-Fiss-Ladis day pass, high season rate.
About €0.36 per km of piste the pass covers (214 km).
Compare lift pass prices at all resortsPrice source, checked 2026-09-14
Driving to Serfaus
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)
Serfaus resort facts
Difficulty shares from skiresort.info, applied to the area total.
About Serfaus
Serfaus is a municipality in the Landeck district of Tyrol, Austria, and the best-known third of the Serfaus-Fiss-Ladis ski region, formed in 1999 when Serfaus joined forces with its two neighbouring municipalities.
Resort Highlights
The village with its own underground
Serfaus is a municipality in the Landeck district of Tyrol, Austria, and the best-known third of the Serfaus-Fiss-Ladis ski region, formed in 1999 when Serfaus joined forces with its two neighbouring municipalities. Its most distinctive feature is not a lift or a run but a train: the U-Bahn Serfaus, a small hovertrain with four stations along 1,280 m of track, which is the second-shortest underground line in the world. It exists so that cars can be banned from the village entirely while visitors still move easily between accommodation and the slopes, and it says a lot about how carefully the resort has been planned around skiers.
The skiing
Serfaus-Fiss-Ladis offers 214 km of pistes and 68 lifts, with skiing from around 1,200 m up to 2,820 m. That is a vertical of more than 1,600 m, and the top height above 2,800 m makes the area reliably snow-sure through the December to April season, with the upper slopes in particular holding their snow well. The lift system is modern, and with 68 lifts for 214 km there is ample capacity even in school holidays.
The linked area is large enough to keep intermediates busy for a full week, with the three villages giving the skiing a natural structure: ski across to Fiss and Ladis one day, stay local the next. Families are well served by the car-free village and the reliable snow, and the vertical means stronger skiers can string together long descents from the high points down towards the villages. Since the three villages formed a single ski region in 1999, the skiing is treated as one area, and a stay in Serfaus gives access to all of it.
Village and setting
Serfaus is a village that has been shaped by tourism without losing its shape. The car ban keeps the centre quiet and safe, which is a large part of its appeal to families, and the underground railway has become a small attraction in its own right. The 1999 partnership with Fiss and Ladis turned three separate villages into one of Tyrol’s more substantial ski regions, and the arrangement has clearly worked. For families in particular, the combination of no traffic in the village, a novelty train and snow-sure slopes is hard to argue with.
Practical notes
Innsbruck airport is roughly 61 km away as the crow flies. The season runs from December to April. The municipality’s official website carries local information, with lift details available through the Serfaus-Fiss-Ladis region.
Frequently asked questions about Serfaus
It is a small hovertrain underground with four stations along 1,280 m of track, the second-shortest underground line in the world. It allows Serfaus to ban cars from the village while still moving visitors between accommodation and the lifts.
Yes. Cars are banned within the village, which is made possible by the U-Bahn Serfaus underground railway.
The region was formed in 1999 when Serfaus teamed up with the neighbouring municipalities of Fiss and Ladis. Together they offer 214 km of pistes and 68 lifts.
Skiing reaches 2,820 m, with more than 1,600 m of vertical from a base of about 1,200 m. The high top station makes the upper slopes reliable through the December to April season.
Serfaus has 214 km of marked slopes: 54 km easy (blue), 129 km intermediate (red), 31 km expert (black), served by 68 ski lifts.
The skiing in Serfaus ranges from 1,200 m at the base to 2,820 m at the top — a vertical drop of 1,620 m.
The ski season in Serfaus typically runs from December to April. Exact opening dates vary by year and snow conditions.
Serfaus works for beginners, though it is not a dedicated beginner resort: about 25% of the slopes (54 km) are easy blue runs.
Serfaus has 31 km of expert (black) slopes — about 15% of the total.
An adult day pass in Serfaus costs around 78 EUR (2025/26 season). Serfaus-Fiss-Ladis day pass, high season rate.
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