The ski resort Bad Hofgastein is located in the Austrian state of Salzburg (also known as Salzburgerland), and here you will find most of what you need to know about Bad Hofgastein. The season in Bad Hofgastein normally starts in start December to mid April.

Bad Hofgastein has pistes totaling 82 kilometer, of which 30 kilometer are blue easy pistes, 49 kilometer red and slightly more challenging slopes, and 2 kilometer black and more difficult pistes. Here you'll find 17 lifts, with a total capacity of 34126 passengers/hour. As Bad Hofgastein belongs to the ski area Bad Gastein/Bad Hofgastein - Schlossalm/Angertal/Stubnerkogel, one have access to all facilities in all ski resorts included there. The vertical drop is at most 1440 meter and the highest served area by the ski lift system is at 2300 meter. Here you can also find some really long pistes, the longest one is 10 kilometers. For snowboarders or the more adventurous skiers, there is also access to a fun park, as well as a halfpipe facility.

If you have family members or others in your party who are not interested in down hill skiing, there are cross-country skiing tracks available at a total length of 35 kilometers. In addition to skiing, there is also the possibility of winter hiking here, and even a toboggan run if you want to try it.

If you want to fly to Bad Hofgastein

For those of you who want to fly to Bad Hofgastein the nearest airport is Wolfgang A Mozart, Salzburg. The distance from this airport to Bad Hofgastein is 69 kilometers. Other alternative airports that are possible to fly to are Kärnten, Klagenfurt (111 kilometers distance), as well as Kranebitten, Innsbruck (133 kilometers from the ski resort).

Other ski resorts nearby Bad Hofgastein

Not far from Bad Hofgastein is the ski resort Bad Gastein, the distance is only 7 kilometers. Other nearby ski resorts are Rauris (10 kilometers) and Grossarl-Dorfgastein (10 kilometers).