Flachau is a ski resort in Austria with 121 km of pistes and 25 lifts. Skiing reaches up to 1,982 m above sea level and the village sits at 1,000 m. Accommodation with lift pass included can be booked directly, you arrange your own travel there.
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Flachau is one of Austria's most popular ski resorts and forms a key part of the enormous Ski Amadé area, one of Europe's largest ski regions with nearly 760 kilometres of pistes and 270 lifts. A ski holiday in Flachau gives you access to an almost endless skiing adventure in the heart of Salzburgerland.
The resort sits at 1,000 metres, and the skiing extends up to 1,982 metres, providing good snow conditions from December to April. The local ski area, Snow Space Salzburg, offers 121 kilometres of varied pistes, but with a Ski Amadé pass a whole world of possibilities opens up, including the resorts of Wagrain, Schladming and Zauchensee.
Flachau has something for everyone. Beginners can start out on the gentle green and blue runs down in the village, while experienced skiers head up to the challenging black runs at Flachauer Tauern. Flachau's ski school has an excellent reputation and takes children from the age of three.
The atmosphere in the village is authentically Austrian, with a fine mix of traditional chalets and modern apartments. The après-ski scene is thriving, with a range of bars and restaurants along the main street where you can enjoy classic Austrian dishes after a day on the slopes.
Ready to book a ski holiday in Flachau? Find accommodation with lift pass included in the price. You arrange your own travel there.
The lift pass included covers the ski area at Flachau. The offer at the tour operator states which pass is included. Regional passes covering several ski areas are bought locally.
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Did you know this about Flachau?
Marcel Hirscher, one of the greatest alpine skiers of all time with eight consecutive overall World Cup titles, comes from Annaberg, a village right next to Flachau. His success has turned the whole Flachau region into a mecca for alpine skiers.
5 tips about Flachau
- The Ski Amadé Pass Buy a Ski Amadé lift pass and explore 760 kilometres of pistes and 270 lifts in one of Europe's largest ski areas.
- Marcel Hirscher Visit the Hirscher museum in Annaberg and find out more about the world champion who hails from this very region.
- Snow Space Snow Space Salzburg is the local ski area around Flachau, with excellent slopes for all levels.
- Flachauer Tauern Tackle the challenging black runs at the Flachauer Tauern if you're after a little extra adrenaline.
- Family park Flachau has a well-equipped family park area with gentle slopes and a professional ski school.
Pistes and lifts in Flachau
Flachau is the hub of Snow Space Salzburg and offers 121 km of local pistes with 25 lifts, but the real trump card is the Ski Amadé pass, which gives access to a huge 760 km of pistes and 270 lifts in one of Europe's most impressive ski systems. From the village at 1,000 metres, the lifts take you up to 1,982 metres, a vertical drop of 982 metres that provides long, comfortable runs through varied terrain.
The local lift system in Flachau is modern and efficient, with fast gondolas such as Star Jet and Achter Jet keeping queues to a minimum. The pistes in Snow Space Salzburg range from wide beginner runs in the valley floor to demanding black runs at Flachauer Tauern. Skiing in Flachau also gives easy access to the neighbouring resorts of Wagrain and St. Johann via connected lifts, without ever needing to take your skis off. If you're planning a ski holiday in Flachau with ambitions to explore the whole of Ski Amadé, there's enough skiing to last weeks without repeating a single run.
Piste map for Flachau
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Snow reliability in Flachau
Flachau's location at 1,000 metres in Salzburgerland provides good conditions for natural snow, and the higher pistes up towards 1,982 metres offer reliable snow conditions from December to the end of March. The area has also invested heavily in snow cannons that cover a large part of the pistes, ensuring skiable conditions even during milder spells. A ski holiday in Flachau in January and February almost always delivers excellent snow conditions, with cold nights producing firm, well-groomed pistes in the morning and softer snow later in the afternoon.
Best time to travel to Flachau
The best time for a ski holiday in Flachau runs from late December to mid-March. High season in January and February brings the most stable snow conditions, with daytime temperatures of around -4 to -2 degrees. If you want the ultimate Ski Amadé experience, February is ideal, with longer days giving more time on the slopes. March offers sunny skiing and milder weather, perfect for families wanting to combine skiing in Flachau with relaxation. Avoid the Christmas and February half-term weeks if you prefer shorter lift queues and quieter pistes.
Will there be lift queues in Flachau?
The Snow Space Salzburg sector at Flachau carries 82,457 people an hour across 45 lifts. 28 of the 45 lifts are gondolas, cable cars or high-speed chairlifts, the kind that clear a queue quickly. The fastest lifts carry up to 4,000 people an hour, for example Flying Mozart 2. Per kilometre of piste there is more lift capacity than at an average resort on this site, and you notice it: queues clear quickly. The queue you actually notice is almost always down in the valley between eight and half past nine. If you are on the lift before eight you avoid it.
When is Flachau busiest?
How busy the slopes get is not decided by the English half term but by when the local families and the neighbouring countries are on holiday. These are the weeks that fill Flachau in the 2026/2027 season.
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Austria: The Semesterferien are taken one week at a time, state by state, during the first three weeks of February.
1 to 6 February: Vienna and Lower Austria
8 to 13 February: Burgenland and Carinthia
15 to 20 February: Tyrol, Salzburg, Upper Austria, Styria and Vorarlberg -
Germany: Germans are the largest foreign group in the Alps and their winter holidays are spread across early February.
1 to 6 February: Berlin, Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia
8 to 12 February: Bavaria and Saarland
8 to 19 February: Saxony and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern - England: The English February half term is 15 to 19 February 2027 for most councils, with a few areas breaking up a week earlier. The Easter holidays run from 26 March to 9 April.
8 to 12 February: half term in a few council areas, for example Hull
15 to 19 February: half term in most of England, including London, the Midlands and the North
26 March to 9 April: Easter holidays for most English schools - Easter holidays: Easter 2027 is early, on 28 March. Austria and Germany take their holidays around the weekend, while the French holidays fall after Easter, in April.
20 to 29 March: the whole of Austria, all states at the same time
22 March to 3 April: most German states, including Bavaria, Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia
3 April to 3 May: the French zones, which fall after Easter 2027 and only affect the highest resorts - Long weekends: Long weekends fill the slopes with day visitors from the nearest cities, even when no schools are on holiday.
26 December to 3 January: Christmas and New Year, the most expensive period of the year
6 January: Epiphany, a public holiday in Austria, Italy and parts of Switzerland
27 to 29 March: the Easter weekend. Easter Monday is a public holiday across the Alps, but Good Friday is a working day in Austria, Italy and France
1 to 2 May: May Day, a public holiday across the Alps
If you want quieter pistes and lower prices, the weeks in mid-January and late March are clearly the best. Neither the Germans nor the Austrians are on holiday then.
Major events in Flachau
- World Cup night races, 4 to 5 January 2027. Two evenings of giant slalom and slalom under the floodlights right after New Year. A great atmosphere in a resort otherwise known as a family destination.
Opening and closing dates are typical values derived from altitude, not confirmed dates for this season. Check the resort's own website before booking.
Who will you share the slopes with in Flachau?
2,985,752 overnight stays in the 2025/26 winter season. From November to April. Tap a country or a segment of the circle to highlight it.
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Germans
35.9%
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Austrians
20.9%
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3
Dutch
16.1%
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4
Danes
6.2%
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5
Czechs
4.3%
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6
Belgians
3.7%
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7
British
2.7%
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8
Poles
2.6%
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Hungarians
1.1%
- 10 Others 6.5%
Source: the state of Salzburg tourism database. The figures cover the tourist region Salzburger Sportwelt, not just the village.
Snow right now. There is no snow cover in the valley or at the top right now. The figures are modelled by Open-Meteo, not measured by the lift company, and were fetched 14 October 2026 at 20:24.
The lift pass included. The stay comes with the Ski amadé lift pass, which covers 701 km of piste. The pass is worth around €432.
How to get to Flachau
You arrange your own travel: we sell the stay, not the transport. Here are the three ways people get to Flachau, so you can pick the one that suits you.
By air. The nearest airport is Salzburg (SZG). Pure flying time from London is around 2 hours, and from there it is 1 hour on to Flachau. You can cover the last stretch in one of two ways:
- Private transfer. A private driver meets you in the arrivals hall and drives straight to your accommodation with no stops. The price is per car, not per person, ski boxes can be booked in advance, and the driver waits even if the flight is late.
- Hire car at the airport. With SmartCarRental you collect the car in the arrivals hall. That gets you to the neighbouring villages on the same lift pass, lets you shop at valley prices rather than resort prices, and frees you from transfer timetables. Winter tyres are standard at Alpine desks.
By car. Many drive. Taking the Eurotunnel from Folkestone and arriving at Calais, it's roughly 1,180 km to Flachau, around 11.7 hours of pure driving time through France. Remember that studded tyres are banned in France and Germany.
Last-minute deals in Flachau
Last-minute offers, that is late dates the operator still wants to fill, appear from January onwards. Once the season is under way we will show them here on this page.
Flachau is suitable for
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Good snow reliability
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Accommodation with lift pass in Flachau ›Frequently asked questions about Flachau
The Ski Amadé pass gives access to 760 km of pistes and 270 lifts across five connected ski regions. It isn't compulsory, you can buy a local Snow Space Salzburg pass for 121 km, but the Ski Amadé pass is highly recommended if you want to explore the neighbouring resorts of Wagrain, Schladming and Zauchensee.
Flachau has an excellent mix of difficulty levels. Beginners will find wide, gentle runs in the valley floor, and the ski school takes children from the age of three. Experienced skiers are challenged by the black runs at Flachauer Tauern. There's something for every level.
Yes, Flachau and Wagrain are connected via lifts and pistes within the Snow Space Salzburg system. You can ski between the resorts without taking your skis off, making it easy to explore both areas in a single day.
The village sits at 1,000 metres, and the skiing extends up to 1,982 metres. That gives a vertical drop of 982 metres and good snow conditions from December to April.
