What's on
What's on in the Winter
- Christmas Advent Markets. Festive markets at St Gilgen, Strobl and St. Wolfgang with boat trips connecting the towns across Lake Wolfgangsee which is dressed with a huge floating illuminated lantern and stars. Markets run from last week in November to December 23rd. Visit www.wolfgangseer-advent.at for further details.
- Flat and down hill skiing. St Gilgen provides the ideal base to access the eight local ski regions of snow assured slopes and langlauf tracks. There is a variety of skiing in and around St Gilgen and within 1 hrs reach is the famous Dachstein-West ski area at Gosau which links to Rubbach, Annaberg and St Martin.
- As well as fantastic local skiing, Planai at Schladming is only 1.5 hours drive away along good motorway roads.
- Snow reports on all ski areas broadcast at 7.30am on TV.
Other smaller resorts also offer modern facilities, well prepared slopes, bars and hostelries and provide great family skiing at reasonable prices and without the lift queues!
Ski areas:
View map of ski areas below:
- Postalm, between St Gilgen and Strobl - Nice sunny basin of family runs and blues www.postalm.at email info@postalm.at
- Schischaukel Hintersee - Gaissau, Hintersee 1,428m
- Katrin, Bad Ischl 1,542m - Red runs back into the town of Bad Ischl
- Dachstein West ski region, Gosau 1,587m. The Salzkammergut main ski area
- Krippenstein free sk
- Skischaukel Loser-Altaussee, Altausee 1,838m
- Feuerkogel ski region, Ebensee, 1,594m www.feuerkogel.net , email verkauf@traunsee-touristik.at
- Schafberg, St Wolfgang 1,783m - small region, main skiing at the Postalm
Langlauf skiing available at Bad Ischl and Gosau
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Ski shuttle buses
Skiing in St Gilgen
Access to the Zwölferhorn ski area in St Gilgen is via the gondola, situated 400m from the Tourist Information office. The daily rate is €17 and includes a full day ski pass. and Ski Pass Prices (PDF 119KB)
Skiing at the Postalm
There is a ski bus operating twice a day connecting St Gilgen to the Postalm Ski area. This service is free if you purchase a local area guest card available from the St Gilgen Tourist Information office, otherwise a small charge applies. View attached PDF for bus times (PDF 191KB) or visit www.postalm.at (attach PDF of postalm ski area and lift passes)
There is also a more regular bus service operated by 'Postbus' (same charging rules as above), which runs from St Gilgen to Strobl where you can then connect with the free shuttle bus service running between St Wolfgang and Strobl to the Postalm and Dachstein-West Ski area in Gosau. Visit www.postbus.at or phone: 0043 662 632 900. (Attach PDF of timetable - excel sheet)
Skiing further afield
The free shuttle bus service to the Dachstein-West Ski area in Gosau can be caught at St Wolfgang and Strobl. Visit www.dachstein.net or email info@dachstein.net
Ski & Boot Hire
Ski's can be hired in the main Square in St. Gilgen, on the Postalm and at Gosau around the lower Hornspitz Express lift station
Access to the other wide number of ski resorts is possible by bus but by car offers a greater level of freedom. N.B. Local morning TV news reports will help you decide which resort offers the best snow for the day.
Please contact the St Gilgen Tourist Information office for up-to-date times of buses, ski lift opening times and ski pass rates. Tel: 0043 06 227 2348. website: www.tiscover.at/stgilgen email: information@wolfgangsee.at . Opening hours Mon- Friday 9am - 12pm / 2pm - 6pm, Saturday 9am-12pm.
