Zauchensee

The ski resort Zauchensee /Flachauwinkl is located in the Salzburger Sportwelt (Austria, Salzburg (Salzburger Land), Pongau). For skiing and snowboarding, there are 44 km of slopes and 3.5 km of ski routes available. 15 lifts transport the guests. The winter sports area is situated between the elevations of 1,000 and 2,176 m.

Zauchensee is the highest ski resort in the Salzburger Sportwelt. In the Zauchensee/Flachauwinkl winter sports area, winter sports fans don’t have to choose. Skiers are offered everything from challenging World Cup runs to beautiful freeride slopes to relaxing runs and rustic ski huts. There is a relaxed atmosphere here: the modern Highliner I and Highliner II lifts take guests from Flachauwinkl in just a few minutes and without traffic jams directly from the A10 Taurern Autobahn up to the middle of the Zauchensee/Flachauwinkl ski resort.

Source: skiresort.info

 

Has the climate crisis and the higher temperatures affected snow conditions in Zauchensee?
Look at the statistics and graph of historical snow depths for the ski resort.
For the last 5 years, week 9 has been the most insecure with 120 cm snow depth on average in Zauchensee.
The measurement is made as an average of the snow depth at the highest and lowest point of the mountain.

Purpose-built resort part of big three-valley lift network linking it via Flachauwinkl to Kleinarl – which our figures relate too. Also on the Salzburger Sportwelt ski pass. ‘Attractive, compact village, shops limited to ski kit, no nightlife, dining only in hotels, relatively easy family-friendly skiing’.

• Convenient slope-side lodging
• Some quite challenging slopes
• Excellent children’s nursery slopes

• Not much of a village
• Weekend queues
• Exposed upper mountain

Source: Ski Club of Great Britain

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