Blue Slope Skiers Guide: Discover the Austrian Alps

Blue Slope Skiers Guide to the Austrian Alps overview

Explore the Austrian Alps for blue slope skiers with recommendations from Scheffau and Ellmau in Skiwelt, Sölden's Bond-themed slopes, Nassfeld's sunny runs, and Saalbach-Hinterglemm's varied beginner-friendly routes.

Top points from the source

• It would seem easy enough to find resorts where the blue routes dominate.
• Unfortunately, there is no standard international system for assessing the difficulty of ski slopes, meaning you never know what you’ll encounter.
• According to the Austrian classification system, blue routes are those with a gradient of no more than 25% in either a longitudinal or transverse direction, with the exception of short stretches in open terrain.
• In my opinion, skiing is most enjoyable on slopes with a maximum gradient of 20%.
• Of course, the best thing is to try and judge for yourself which slopes you like best.
• But for those who are still hesitant, I have prepared a list of some resorts where fans of blue routes will feel at home, along with a note of caution.
• Skiwelt is the second largest and most modern ski resort in Austria, boasting 270 km of slopes, including over 100 km of blue!
• It connects no less than nine towns, from where you can easily reach the slopes: Brixen im Thale, Ellmau, Going, Hopfgarten, Itter, Kelchsau, Scheffau, Söll and Westendorf.
• The most interesting routes for blue fans are in Scheffau and Ellmau, at an altitude of 1,500-1,600 metres.
• Söll is a little higher and its routes are more difficult, but it is possible to ski at night on the marked blue and red routes.

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