Home village of ski legend Hermann Maier, Flachau anchors Snow Space Salzburg and hosts a floodlit World Cup night slalom. A family favourite on the giant Ski amadé pass.
Flachau is a ski resort with genuine ski-in/ski-out hotels in Austria, in the Austrian Alps. The village sits at 925 m and the lifts top out at 1980 m, with 120 km of pistes and 45 lifts. Its BestSnowHotels snow score is 79/100, and the season usually runs Dec 7 → Apr 7.
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.
Excellent · 642 reviews
Strong value for Flachau, with a high guest rating that punches above its nightly price.
Guests rate this hotel as excellent (4.6/5 from 642 reviews). It sits about 1.1 km from the slopes. A mid-range option for Flachau, with live nightly rates shown for your exact dates so you always see the best price.
Excellent · 420 reviews
Moments from the lifts in Flachau, so you can ski back to the door and skip the morning queues.
Excellent · 204 reviews
Moments from the lifts in Flachau, so you can ski back to the door and skip the morning queues.
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Flachau is a busy village below the Snow Space slopes; many hotels sit on the snow-front, with the rest a short walk or shuttle from the gondolas.
Flachau is the home village of double Olympic champion Hermann Maier and the hub of Snow Space Salzburg, which links with Wagrain and St. Johann for 120 km of broad, beautifully groomed piste. Part of the giant Ski amadé pass, it is a family and intermediate paradise, with gentle runs, big ski schools and a famous floodlit World Cup night slalom each January. Lively but well-organised, it is one of the most popular family weeks in the Salzburg Alps.
Hotels and apartments around the lifts. Compare prices on Booking, Expedia and Hotels.com.
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Flachau offers 120 km of pistes across 45 lifts, from 925 m to 1980 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 7 to Apr 7, with a snow score of 79/100. The best conditions are usually from late January through February, while spring skiing in March and April brings longer days and softer afternoons.
Flachau is a busy village below the Snow Space slopes; many hotels sit on the snow-front, with the rest a short walk or shuttle from the gondolas.
Flachau has 120 km of marked pistes served by 45 lifts, between 925 m and 1980 m of altitude.
Flachau counts about 115 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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