Best ski resorts near Munich

Statistically the snowiest corner of the Alps, and the most discreet. Lech and Zürs sit just above St. Anton but trade its rowdy bars for quiet luxury and the elegant White Ring circuit.

Two glaciers, the World Cup curtain-raiser every October, and the mountaintop restaurant where Bond filmed Spectre above 3,000 m. Sölden skis big, fast and high.

They call it the diamond of the Alps, and the snow record backs it up, with reliable cover from mid-November to May. Obergurgl is the highest parish in Austria, calm where its neighbours are loud, and a paradise for families and confident intermediates.

Alpine tourism was born here in 1864, and the place has never let you forget it. Two Olympics, the Cresta Run, polo and horse racing on a frozen lake: St. Moritz wraps serious skiing in old-money theatre.

Duty-free prices, a national-park setting and a long high-altitude village that holds snow into May. Livigno will host the freestyle and snowboard events at the 2026 Olympics, and the freeride scene already knows the way.

Few places ski as hard or party as hard. St. Anton gave the world the Arlberg technique, and its après-ski temples, the MooserWirt and Krazy Kanguruh, are as legendary as its punishing black runs.

The only resort in the Alps where you can ski every single day of the year, Hintertux climbs to a 3250 m glacier at the head of the Zillertal. Snow-sure, high and a serious freeride draw.

Damuls sits at 1,430 m high in the Bregenzerwald in Vorarlberg, often advertised as the snowiest village in the world with around 9 m of average annual snowfall. Linked with Mellau for 110 km of mostly open, above-the-tree-line piste, it stays family by day and quietly serious for freeride by morning.

Ski over the border to Samnaun for duty-free shopping, then ski back for a concert. Ischgl runs the Silvretta Arena like a festival, with stadium-scale après-ski and big names playing the opening and closing weekends.

A sleepy garrison town turned freeride darling, now linked to Sedrun and Disentis for 180 km of terrain. Andermatt catches the most reliable snowfall in central Switzerland, and The Chedi rewrote what luxury means here.

Six ski areas, the World Economic Forum every January, and the sanatorium that inspired Thomas Mann's Magic Mountain. Davos is the highest city in Europe and wears its many hats with ease.

Home to the Kitzsteinhorn, Salzburg's only glacier, Kaprun offers snow-sure skiing to 3029 m from autumn into late spring. A quiet village paired with Zell am See on one pass.