Winter sports Styria
Skiing in a unique landscape
Styria is one of the largest winter sports regions in Austria.
Winter sports in Styria is enjoying many opportunities, on 80 perfectly maintained ski resorts, , with slopes and pistes for all abilities.
Styria is also one of the major destinations for winter sports in Austria, in which has actually only Tirol more opportunities, but also has some fuller slopes.
Moreover, Styria has some very appealing and ski resorts, slopeswhose slopes are very impressive.
For example, the descent on the Planai, as the Austrians call the descent lovingly. It is the steepest descent in Austria, where every year ski races are organized in the evenings. One of the few FIS races, which do not take place during the day.
But, there are more impressive ski resorts, , such as Hauser-Kaibling, the Tauplitz, the beautiful ski resort Hochwurzen and the Riesneralm. Moreover, the largest linked ski area in Austria, Ski Amade, lies partly in Styria.
The Winter sports are here simply more attractive than in other parts of the Alps and fortunately more and more winter tourists make their way to this winter El Dorado.
The advantage is that the ski resorts and the lifts are very modern and the facilities very good, while the ski areas each year are expanding and modernize their offerings.
A ski area where everyone can experience a real taste of winter, at affordable prices.
Top ski resorts - Winter sports Styria
Winter sports Villages become more touristic
The ski villages are offering more facilities.
The time that the ski villages in Styria were a little old fashioned, is long gone. More and more ski villages have their infrastructure and associated facilities adapted to modern times, and offer basically everything a tourist could want.
This modernization does not meant that the traditional character of the lovely villages is gone, and you can in Styria still enjoy the lovely villages, while you can also enjoy modern facilities such as spa, various events and sports facilities .
Moreover, in the various villages there are several opportunities for eating out, or to have a drink.
The real winter sports
Enjoying the diversity around the ski resorts.
In Styria, you can besides the opportunities for skiing or snowboarding on the slopes, enjoy other modern winter sports, ranging from ice skating or tobogganing, to snowshoeing or paragliding.
But above all the possibilities during the winter for tours through the mountains are excellent here.
Tourist Information
Steirische Tourismus GmbH
St. Peter Hauptstrasse 243
8042 Graz
Telepone: +43 (0)316 40030
Email: info@steiermark.com
Internet: http://www.steiermark.com
