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Winter holiday in SalzburgerLand: 6 beautiful and wild places in winter

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Here you will have a winter holiday in SalzburgerLand

A winter holiday in SalzburgerLand i Austria creates the perfect setting for wonderful family experiences. Here there is plenty of snow, delicious culinary experiences and many exciting nature experiences, so whether you are traveling as a family with children or are a group of friends who are off together, there are plenty of great activities - both in the snow and with everything else .

You may know the classic St. Johann in Salzburg, which is also known as St. Johann im Pongau, and there are also many other exciting regions to experience.

We guide you to the funnest and most beautiful activities in the snow around the various regions here.

Hochkonig in SalzburgerLand

Hochkönig – skiing and good food

The Hochkönig ski area stretches over three villages and offers a total of 120 kilometers of pistes of varying degrees of difficulty – all built around 34 modern ski lifts.

The lift facilities connect a total of six mountain peaks, so it is possible to explore the entire ski area in a single day, where you move through a total of 35 kilometers of pistes through the many lift facilities.

At the same time, there are also three snow and amusement parks here, where there is plenty of opportunity to try tricks and also gain speed under both skis and snowboards for the more experienced skiers.

If you need a more peaceful alternative, 'Funslope' at Aberg is a good bet for a wonderful winter's day, where it is possible to take it a little more calmly.

In Hochkönig, it is also possible to combine your skiing days with culinary experiences if you choose a culinary 'Königstour', where you can eat your way through your ski trip from hut to hut.

Here you can choose the culinary route yourself, and whether it should be classic Austrian gourmet or vegetarian – so there is something for everyone.

The area is the perfect combination of skiing and good food, so all in all it is an obvious destination for your winter holiday in SalzburgerLand.

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St. Johann in Salzburg – the classic ski holiday for the family

St. John i Salzburg offers very delicious skiing experiences, and something completely unique about this place is that you can practically strap on your skis in front of the hotel and off you go. This popular ski destination is perfect for families, as there are many family hotels, and there is also the option of ski school with a Danish-speaking ski instructor.

In the middle of St. Johann finds the lift Hahnbaum, ready to pull you up the mountain, and then the day begins.

En special skiing experience here in St. John is that it is possible to join an early ski trip, where you take the first trip in small groups on freshly groomed slopes and then later gather for breakfast together. It's a very special experience that isn't advertised anywhere, so here it's about keeping an eye on the local media or letting the hotel know that you want to participate.

Another thing that is on the list of nice family experiences that bring memories many years in the future is a horse-drawn carriage ride as the winter darkness falls. Here you can enjoy the very special calm and the crackling snow, while you experience all the most beautiful things that a winter holiday in SalzburgerLand can offer.

In St. Johann in Salzburg, there is plenty of cabin comfort on the slopes, and there are many opportunities to refuel during the day.

There are boats glühwein for the adults and hot cocoa with whipped cream for the youngest members of the family, so you can get energy for all the many family experiences.

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Winter holiday in SalzburgerLand, St. John

Obertauern – lots of snow and black slopes

Obertauern is the area in the whole of Austria where the most snow falls, and here you can therefore count on there always being snow – even without the help of snow cannons. If you want a snow guarantee on your holiday, Obertauern is therefore the obvious choice.

In this mountain area, there are 100 kilometers of pistes around the town centre, and here there are plenty of opportunities for 'ski-out-ski-in', where you jump into your skis outside your front door and then you are almost on the slopes.

Where in many places the focus is on good skiing experiences for everyone at different levels, here in Obertauern you can have an experience out of the ordinary, which is only for the absolute best skiers and snowboarders.

Here you will find one of Europe's steepest hump slopes, Gamsleiten 2, which is rarely groomed and therefore offers pitch-black hump runs for the very best.

If you are looking for more peaceful experiences for the whole family, you can either go on a sleigh ride with warm blankets or throw yourself over the Gnadenalm toboggan run, which is illuminated around the clock, so here is a perfect setting to experience SalzburgerLand in winter.

SalzburgerLand in winter, St. John

Salzburger Saalachtal – also with cross-country skis and on ice skates

When you are on winter holiday in SalzburgerLand and traveling as a family, it is obvious to choose a region where there is something for everyone to do – and you get that in the Salzburger Saalachtal.

Here, children can come to ski school as early as the age of three, and the ski schools are particularly family-friendly, so learning to ski is a safe experience when you carefully move down the flat slopes.

There are also many other opportunities to enjoy yourself in the snow, and it is obvious to go for long walks in the beautiful powder snow or to lure children and childish souls along for a toboggan ride on the family-friendly slopes.

In this family paradise, there are also opportunities for ice skating, and it provides new fun family experiences together when you challenge each other in the local discipline 'Popsicle stick' or stick to the more classic skating virtues.

If you prefer cross-country skiing to alpine skiing, it is obvious to spend your winter holiday in SalzburgerLand precisely in the Saalachtal, because there are 80 kilometers of cross-country pistes here, and for many skiers it is pure meditation.

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Winter holiday in Zell Am See-Kaprun in SalzburgerLand

Zell Am See-Kaprun is the epitome of all the best you can experience in SalzburgerLand in winter, from skiing to nature experiences and glacier visits.

One of the biggest highlights is the Schmittenhöhe, which with its thirty alpine peaks offers fantastic skiing, lots of small huts and restaurants and one of the world's longest funslopes, so you can really burn off some energy.

An activity that is both cozy and very intimate is 'ski and brunch', where you take the slopes in small groups with an instructor before they open to everyone else, and thus you have the slopes all to yourself and then finish off with a delicious brunch on the mountain.

One of the very special family experiences in the area is a visit to the Kitzsteinhorn glacier, which offers fantastic skiing on both freeride and ski tour routes, snow parks and lots of terraces.

Here you will also find Gipfel, which is the highest restaurant in Salzburg and which is undoubtedly worth a visit.

So if you don't ski, but just want to enjoy the panoramic view and the beautiful nature, Zell am See-Kaprun is an obvious experience on your winter holiday in SalzburgerLand.

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Ski circus Saalbach Hinterglemm Leogang Fieberbrunn

If you have spelled your way through the very long name, there is a fantastic region hidden here, which stretches over several regions and contains as many as 270 kilometers of pistes with good snow and lots of family experiences.

When you dream of experiencing SalzburgerLand in winter, it certainly involves snow, and here there is fun on the slopes for the whole family - where both beginners and the very experienced can enjoy life.

For the newest in the snow, there are ski nurseries and children's areas, and of course there are also ski schools for all ages and all levels.

It is also possible to challenge the family's best skiers on the ski trip Home of Lässig. Here, you will get through 7 kilometers of descents, 65 lifts and 32 meters of altitude in 12.400 hours, which is one of the most demanding ski tours in the area - and that is without major meal breaks along the way.

Finally, there are also plenty of opportunities to have culinary experiences either in the very traditional Austrian cuisine or exclusive gastronomic dining experiences on top of a mountain. In any case, there is plenty of opportunity to satisfy your hunger in one of the small cabins or restaurants that are sprinkled over the mountainside.

Really good winter holiday in SalzburgerLand in Austria. And remember that SalzburgerLand is delicious both in winter and the rest of the year.

6 fantastic areas for your winter holiday in SalzburgerLand

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  • St. Johann in Salzburg
  • Obertauern
  • Salzburg Saalachtal
  • Zell am See-Kaprun
  • Ski circus Saalbach Hinterglemm Leogang Fieberbrunn

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