Ski amadé from A to Z

You need hiking boots or clothing? Would you like to rent a mountain bike or e-bike to explore the region? With us you get all this from one source!

Mikaela Shiffrin, Petra Vlhova, Marlies Raich, Frida Hansdotter, Veronika VelezZuzulová, Maria Höfl-Riesch. These are the names of the skiers who skied to victory on the Hermann Maier FIS World Cup course and were thus crowned Snow Space Salzburg Princesses. 

Would you like to follow in the tracks of these and other famous and great ski stars? Do you want to ski down the same course and experience the same feeling? Then you've come to the right slope at the Hermann Maier FIS World Cup course in Flachau. 

In 2003, the slope was renamed the "Hermann Maier FIS World Cup Course". And for good reason, after all, the multiple ski world champion and Olympic champion is a true Flachau native. In the middle of the skiing area Snow Space Salzburg, part of Austria's greatest skiing Ski amadé, tangible racing fever awaits you on a course length of more than 600 metres.

In 2021 and 2022, the men's World Cup squad also visited Snow Space Salzburg. Atle Lie McGrath (2022) and Manuel Feller (2021) can also count themselves among the winners on the Hermann Maier World Cup course since then. 

5, 4, 3, 2, 1... go... Experience the feeling of standing at the starting gate. The Hermann Maier World Cup starting gate is a must-visit and is a photo point on your way through Snow Space Salzburg.

Nach dem Skitag ist Glieder entspannen angesagt, aber ein paar neue Entdeckungen haben noch Platz. So fährt man ins Tal und dort entweder zu Fuß oder mit dem Skibus ins Ortszentrum von Großarl. Im Troadkastn“, dem neuen Bauernladen in Großarl locken unzählige heimische Schmankerl, vom typischen Sauerkäse über selbst geräucherten Speck bis hin zum süßen Almrosenblüten-Honig (geöffnet Di, Mi, Fr, Sa). Direkt gegenüber befindet sich das Atelier Astei mit traditioneller, überwiegend aber zeitgenössisch moderner Schnitzkunst. Für Anhänger zeitlos schöner Trachtenmode findet sich unweit das 2018 neu eröffnete Geschäft von „Almsommer Trachtenmode“.
 

ski rent, sale, service

Our sports store with shop, rental and service station is located directly at the Stubnerkogel valley station in Bad Gastein. We have been relying on professional advice and the highest quality for over 30 years.

Rental
Choose from over 4,000 rental items. Thanks to our large variety of brands and models, there is something for everyone and our competent staff will help you find the right equipment. In addition, the depot is free of charge for our rental equipment.

Depot
Save yourself the hassle of carrying and leave your equipment in our depot directly in the valley station of the Stubnerkogelbahn. Thanks to heated shelves, you can start the next day on the slopes comfortably and easily with dry shoes.

Shop
In our sports shop we offer you a wide range of everything to do with winter sports, regardless of whether it is clothing, ski and touring equipment or accessories. In addition, we are experts when the shoe pinches – our experienced boot fitters solve smaller or larger problem areas in the twinkling of an eye.

Service
Regular service – a must for every ski and snowboard, because the most beautiful descents can best be enjoyed with perfectly groomed equipment. Our service specialists breathe new life into your equipment. Perfect edge grip and optimal gliding properties mean more driving fun and increased safety for you.

Whether summer or winter – the mountains of the world are Gernot`s home. As your guide in Gastein, he will explore the local mountain ranges with a series of exciting outdoor activities at any time of the year.

With more than 20 years of experience as ski instructor and alpine guide in Gastein, Gernot will accompany you to the highest peaks in Europe and assists you in technic and security issues.

With e-bikes into the mountains: With e-bikes, lonely remote peaks can be easily made as a day tour or various fixed rope routes can be reached.

Opening Hours
Accessible via the homepage or mobile phone from 08.00 a.m. to 10.00 p.m.

Summer: Mountain bike rental (fully and hardtail) - E-mountain bike rental - Hire of child carriers - Hiking shop with high-quality sports fashion and accessories, guided bike and e-bike tours

Winter: Ski rental, snowboard rental, cross-country skiing rental - Ski and snowboard service - heated ski depot, valuables compartments - Sports fashion and accessories

...but none is as special as the Tom alpine cabin. This may be due to the fact that in the whole of Maria Alm, no, in the whole of Salzburger Land, there is no other alpine hut with a pug (Choupette is her precious name) as a mascot. But probably also because of how we run our hut. 

In addition to a spectacular mountain panorama, we offer a good dose of taste: modern architecture is combined with rustic hut charm, the bubbly for the sundowner is specially created and the menu delivers what an alpine hut promises. Anyone expecting a classic ski lodge on the mountain will be surprised here - but that's exactly how we like it.
 

Highlights in the Ski & Wine Enjoyment Week from 9th to 16th March, 2024

Winzerweek at the Tom Almhütte

► Daily from 11:00 to 17:30 changing TOP Austrian winemakers and daily changing menu with matching Austrian wine
► Tuesday, 12 March 2024: Live music with the Wildkogl Buam
► Wednesday, 13 March 2024: DJ Dellagemma & violin
► Saturday 16 & Sunday 17 March: SCHIbiza – Lillet meets DJ

10th of March, 2024 from 11:00 to 17:30 – Ski hut roas with the Highest Farmers' Market in the Alps

From meat, cheese and bread – to typical home cooking with live music from "die Niachtn" and Gstanzlsinger Weber Bene!

► Farmers' market with meat and sausage products from the Hatzbauer organic farm
► Everything to do with sheep – cream cheese and ice cream from Eisl
► Herbal products from Kräuterbuam

15th of March, 2024 from 18:30 – Gondola dinner

Comfortably "gondola" at sunset and enjoy a fantastic menu with your loved ones in the private gondola!

Indulgence & Culinary delights in Almwelt Austria

Specialities from the region enhance your holiday

We have made it our business to offer you a selection of dishes that are in the tradition of Austrian cuisine, but are also internationally inspired. We source our meat from Austria, marked with the AMA quality seal, and the eggs from happy hens raised on the ground. Dairy products come from our region, apples from Styria and vegetables from Austrian farmers. Let our restaurant team accompany you, who will also be happy to help you with your choice of drinks and wines.

Ski & Wine Enjoyment Eeek from 9th to 16th March, 2024

• Alpine culinary partner with Richard Rauch
• Homemade sausages
• Game dishes from our own hunting grounds
• Styrian specialities
• Handmade yeast dumplings
• Schnepf'n Alm Kaiserschmarrn pancakes

Served with Austrian quality wines and a marvellous view of the surrounding snow-covered mountains from our sun terrace.

Looking for the ideal spot for your winter or summer holiday? The fantastic countryside around our newly-refurbished Berggasthof Hinterreit provides the perfect setting for sporting and leisureactivities of all kinds.

Sit back and relax on our delightful sun terrace or inone of our cosy, traditional dining-rooms where we serve delicious local dishes made using produce from our own farm.

And you may even find yourself rubbing shoulders with famous ski stars, many of whom come to us in search ofwell-earned peace and relaxation at the end of a long training session.

AN ADVENTURE WITH SAFETY – FREERIDE INFO POINT

Freeriding takes place away from the slopes and comes with its own natural dangers. You have to take into consideration such things as avalanche alert levels, exposure, slope gradient, snow cover, and emergency equipment. In classic ski areas, information for freeriders is in short supply. Not so in the Hochkönig ski region.

Find out about the most popular freeride routes on the mountain and the up-to-date avalanche risk at the freeride info point at the summit station of the Aberg gondola. With the help of the built-in avalanche beacon checker, you can make sure that your avalanche transceiver is working. Safety is thus guaranteed while you are out and about.

Freeski
BASIC SLOPESTYLE-KURS – SLOPE STYLE, PARK & PIPE
Power, fun & action für Teens von 13 bis 18 Jahre.
Slope Style, Parke & Pipe. Über Pisten tanzen – tail & nose rolls - springen, tricksen. Mit den coolen fun & pro Guides kommt sicher keine Langeweile auf. Mit eigener Teens Après-Ski-Party am Mittwoch nach dem Kurs im Dampfkessel ... .