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.
Damuls is a ski resort with genuine ski-in/ski-out hotels in Austria, in the Austrian Alps. The village sits at 1430 m and the lifts top out at 2050 m, with 110 km of pistes and 29 lifts. Its BestSnowHotels snow score is 92/100, and the season usually runs Dec 1 → Apr 14.
How we score and classify resortsRun counts and piste kilometres are indicative. Green runs only exist in France, Spain, Andorra, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Japan, the United States, Morocco, Algeria, Lesotho, South Africa, Egypt, Canada, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand and Chile; Italy, Austria, Switzerland and Germany start at blue. Indicative average snow depth near the top of the resort, in cm.
A handful of well-rated hotels in and around the resort. Pick one, then compare live prices across Booking, Expedia and Hotels.com.
Very good · 768 reviews
Strong value for Damuls, with a high guest rating that punches above its nightly price.
Guests rate this hotel as very good (4.5/5 from 768 reviews). It sits about 1.3 km from the slopes. A mid-range option for Damuls, with live nightly rates shown for your exact dates so you always see the best price.
Excellent · 313 reviews
One of the highest-rated places to stay in Damuls, with guests singling out the service and comfort.
Excellent · 307 reviews
One of the highest-rated places to stay in Damuls, with guests singling out the service and comfort.
Excellent · 380 reviews
Strong value for Damuls, with a high guest rating that punches above its nightly price.
Excellent · 272 reviews
One of the highest-rated places to stay in Damuls, with guests singling out the service and comfort.
Excellent · 221 reviews
One of the highest-rated places to stay in Damuls, with guests singling out the service and comfort.
Excellent · 195 reviews
One of the highest-rated places to stay in Damuls, with guests singling out the service and comfort.
Excellent · 277 reviews
Strong value for Damuls, with a high guest rating that punches above its nightly price.
Excellent · 201 reviews
One of the highest-rated places to stay in Damuls, with guests singling out the service and comfort.
Very good · 331 reviews
Strong value for Damuls, with a high guest rating that punches above its nightly price.
Very good · 281 reviews
Strong value for Damuls, with a high guest rating that punches above its nightly price.
Excellent · 169 reviews
One of the highest-rated places to stay in Damuls, with guests singling out the service and comfort.
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Damuls is genuinely close-to-snow: most hotels in the upper village sit a minute or two from a lift base, and several open directly onto a piste. Anything described as ski-in/ski-out here usually is.
The Damuls-Mellau area runs 110 km of piste on 29 lifts between 1,430 m and 2,050 m, with 35 blue, 30 red and 15 black runs, a mix that explains the freeride reputation as much as the family one. Above the tree line, large open faces hold powder for days after a dump, and the local lift map turns into a freeride playground once the patrol opens the ridges. The village itself is small, traditional and discreet, a working Bregenzerwald community of timber farmhouses and a handful of family-run hotels rather than a packaged ski resort. Snowfall genuinely arrives in mid-November most years, and the season can run with cover well into April thanks to north-east exposure. Linkage with Mellau is by lift, not by road, and the combined Bregenzerwald pass adds value if a longer stay calls for a day in the wider Vorarlberg domain. For deep snow without crowds, this is one of the best-kept secrets in Austria.
Hotels and apartments around the lifts. Compare prices on Booking, Expedia and Hotels.com.
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Damuls offers 110 km of pistes across 29 lifts, from 1430 m to 2050 m. Whether it suits beginners depends on the dedicated learner zones at the base of the slopes, so check the local ski-school options for green and blue run access.
The season runs from Dec 1 to Apr 14, with a snow score of 92/100. The best conditions are usually from late January through February, while spring skiing in March and April brings longer days and softer afternoons.
Damuls is genuinely close-to-snow: most hotels in the upper village sit a minute or two from a lift base, and several open directly onto a piste. Anything described as ski-in/ski-out here usually is.
Damuls has 110 km of marked pistes served by 29 lifts, between 1430 m and 2050 m of altitude.
Damuls counts about 80 marked runs in total. The colour breakdown above shows how they split by difficulty, a good guide to whether the resort fits your level.
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