Skiing, ski touring & sledding

A family-friendly ski area that stretches along the Dachstein, again and again offering beautiful views of the easternmost glacier in the Alps. In the Dachstein West joint pass you have 160 piste-kilometres in total. Near the Hornspitz cable car in Gosau you also find the free "Brumsiland", which offers a great ski experience for small children with three magic carpets. If you don't bring your own skis, you can rent them at the rental shop at the Hornspitz cable car.

Brumsi the ski bumblebee shows the way: across the magic carpet, the Brumsi boardercross and through the wild slalom flight between the fairytale figures, kids speed past their parents and back to the start. In Brumsiland directly at the base station of the Hornspitz cable car in Gosau, even the smallest skier learns lovely turns — the friendly ski-school instructors and Brumsi are always there to help. Parents can proudly watch the kids' rapid progress over a cup of coffee.

The small and charming, snow-sure ski area on the imposing Loser mountain covers 34 piste-kilometres from 800 to 1,800 m. The area also offers cross-country skiing at the Blaa-Alm or sledding down the Loser Panoramastraße. Special lift tickets for sledders and hikers are available at the lift ticket office.

Among freeriders, the Dachstein Krippenstein ski region with its Freesport arena is especially popular. But the Freesport arena also has appeal for skiers who prefer prepared pistes. With easy runs for warming up and learning to ski, and the challenging and longest descent in Austria at 11 km, there's something for every skier. Winter hiking, snowshoeing and ski touring options on the Dachstein plateau round off the offer.

Not far from Villa Salzweg sits the lovely Trockentann toboggan run. In the winter months it's hugely popular — sledders flock to Bad Goisern for a fun toboggan ride.

After a roughly 40-minute walk up with 300 metres of elevation gain, you reach the cosy toboggan hut, which is open daily in the winter months when there's good snow. In the evening you can use either the lit toboggan run or the ascent track with a headlamp. Sleds can be borrowed for free next to the parking lot.

Cross-country skiing is popular in Bad Goisern, but heavily snow-dependent: the valley tracks in the village are only groomed when there’s enough snow — in mild winters often not at all. Most reliable is the Predigtstuhl high-altitude track (Wurmstein, at about 900 m), which thanks to its altitude is groomed most of the season.

Other good options in the region: tracks in Gosau, in the Echerntal near Hallstatt and the St. Agatha high-altitude track. Ask us at check-in for the current track conditions.

In Bad Goisern and the surrounding area there are countless options for ski tours of all difficulty levels and with the most varied descent options. Recommended are the relatively easy tours into the Hütteneck, to the Loserhütte or to the Goisererhütte via Gosau.