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Powderhounds Awards: Best Ski Resorts in Austria

Where is the best skiing in Austria? The following awards for the best ski resorts in Austria are according to ratings provided by Powderhounds.com & are for resorts that have been reviewed by Powderhounds. Note that Ski Arlberg includes the ski resorts of St Anton (Stuben-St Christoph), Lech, Zurs & Warth-Schroecken!

Top 10 Austrian Ski Resorts - For Powder Hounds

Based on advanced terrain + snow quality & quantity + lack of people riding off-piste

Kuhtai: Top 3 Best Powder Ski Resort in Austria

Pitztal Glacier: Top 3 Best Powder Ski Resort in Austria

See: Top 3 Best Powder Ski Resort in Austria

Rounding out the TOP 10 Austria ski resorts for powder hounds are: Kaunertal Glacier, Gargellen, Zauchensee, Nauders, Diedamskopf, Axamer Lizum and Ski Arlberg (incl. St Anton, Lech, Zurs). All those small resorts in the top 10 that you have probably never heard of are definitely worth checking out on a powder day.

Best Austrian Ski Resorts - Overall

Based on infrastructure & services, terrain, snow & cost

Ski Arlberg Austria (incl. St Anton, Lech, Zurs, Warth): Best overall rated ski resort in Europe

Serfaus Fiss Ladis: Best overall rated ski resort in Austria

SilvrettaMontafon: 3rd best overall rated ski resort in Austria

Rounding out the TOP 10 (ish!) best overall ski resorts in Austria are: Sölden, Kitzbühel, Gastein, Skicircus Saalbach, Kühtai, Ischgl, Nauders, and Hochzillertal.

Other Awards for European Ski Resorts

Best Overall Terrain
Serfaus Fiss Ladis, Kitzbϋhel, Hochzillertal, Ischgl, St Anton, Skicircus Saalbach, Obergurgl-Hochgurgl, Gastein

Best Overall On-Piste Terrain
Schladming, Serfaus Fiss Ladis, Kitzbϋhel, Hochzillertal, Ischgl, Mayrhofen, Gastein

Best Family/Beginner Ski Resorts
Schladming, Serfaus Fiss Ladis, Snow Space Salzburg, Ski Juwel, Obertauern, Nauders, Zillertal Arena, Hochzillertal, Obergurgl-Hochgurgl

Best Intermediate On-Piste Terrain
Schladming, Serfaus Fiss Ladis, Skicircus Saalbach, Hochzillertal, Gastein, Kitzbϋhel

Best Advanced On-Piste Terrain
Serfaus Fiss Ladis, Schladming, Kitzbϋhel, St Anton, Gastein, Mayrhofen, Zell am See

Best Expert & Extreme Terrain
St Anton, Soelden, Nordkette

Best Off-Piste & Freeride Terrain
Silvretta-Montafon, Pitztal Glacier, Kühtai, Soelden, Zürs, Kappl

Best Powder
See, Kuhtai, Pitztal Glacier, Kaunertal Glacier, Gargellen, Hintertux Glacier

Best Après & Nightlife
Kitzbϋhel, St Anton, Mayrhofen, SkiCircus Saalbach, Ischgl

Best Ski Resorts Accessible by Train
Silvretta-Montafon, Mayrhofen, Kitzbϋhel, St Anton, Zell am See

Best Value for Money Overall
See, Kuhtai, Axamer Lizum, Kappl, Gargellen, Diedamskopf, Nauders, Schlick 2000

Want to know anything else? Check out the full scores via our Europe Ski Resort Ratings page.

Best Austria Ski Resorts - Readers' Reviews

These awards for the "best ski resorts in Austria" are based on the public reviews on Powderhounds.com. Come and have your say on the top Austria ski resorts by reviewing and rating a ski area. Navigate to the Austria ski resort you want to review and click on the "add review" link in the left-hand-column. Put your vote in!

Best overall Austria ski resort ¹: Kuhtai, Gastein, Lech
Best Austria powder skiing ²: Gargellen, Zauchensee, Kuhtai
Best snow: Zauchensee, Gargellen, Kaunertal Glacier
Most uncrowded: Kaunertal Glacier, Zauchensee, Damuels Mellau
Best lifts: Ischgl, Gastein, Kitzbuhel
Piste trails: Gastein, Kitzbuhel, Kuhtai
Off-piste: Kuhtai, Pitztal Glacier, Zürs
Child friendly: Kuhtai, Damuels Mellau, Lech
Value for money: Kuhtai, Axamer Lizum, Gargellen
Nightlife: St Anton, Ischgl, Skicircus Saalbach

NB only Austria ski resorts with a minimum of 4 reviews were considered in the awards. Where there are equal scores, the resort with more reviews is selected as the best. 1 The top overall Austria ski resort is based on an average of the other above factors. 2 The best Austria powder skiing is the average of the scores for snow, uncrowded and off-piste.

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