Zauchensee ski resort located in Austria’s Salzburg state, in the Austrian Alps. Situated in the Pongau district at an elevation of about 1.350 meters, it lies within the Ski Amadé area, one of Austria’s largest ski networks. Zauchensee is the highest ski resort in Salzburger Sportwelt.
Zauchensee ski resort
With its 45 kilometers of slopes and 16 modern cable cars, Zauchensee-Flachauwinkl is one of the most attractive and naturally snow-sure ski resort in the Alps.
The World Cup tested ski paradise in the middle of Ski amadé proclaims itself as snow-assured and diverse. From the hotels and car parks it is just a few steps to the modern lifts and first-class pistes.
Zauchensee at 1350m rising to 2188m is the jewel in the crown for the Ski Amadé system hosting many ski events, the most notable being the FIS Lady’s Downhill. It is a satellite area to the main town of Altenmarkt and is just an hour away from Salzburg, with hotels offering ski-in ski-out locations along with Austrian hospitality and excellent cuisine.
The Ski Amadé system offers a wide variety of pistes within its resorts; Zauchensee has the wide open slopes that dip in and out of the tree line, and the world cup ladies
downhill course to try your skills on; Flauchauwinkl has long runs that join the Flauchau system where you can test your speed or a slalom run on a timed course, then move on to Kleinarl. Just a short drive away is the Dachstein glacier with its breath taking vista, as is the nearby resort of Schladming. With access into such a vast area there is no shortage of skiing and good reason why many national ski teams use this area to hone their skills, all this with the added plus of skiing into late April.
Although Zauchensee comprises mainly of hotels, there are restaurants and bars and shops dedicated to ski equipment and essential items. If you would like a shopping trip, then Altenmarkt can be accessed during the day by the free bus service.