Schladming

Schladming is one of my favourite resorts! There are oudles and oudles of runs, catering for everyone from beginnner through to advanced. In the Planai area the World Cup Black Run tests even the most competent of skiiers. In addition there is floodlit skiing, snow canons covering most to the resort and the opportunity to time yourselves using the slalom course. I went in March and April and there were some icy patches and by the end of the week the bottom slopes were melting and had got quite patchy although there was plenty of fresh snow up at the top. The hotels are of an excellent standard although most are a short walk of bus ride to the resort centre and ski ...

Schladming is a small ski resort about 1 and a half hours drive from Salzburg airport. There is about 150 - 200km of pistes at Scladming, ranging over 4 mountains (Hauser Kaibling, Planai, Hochwurzen and Reiteralm) Everone of these runs is enjoyable and at the top there is some fantastic views of the surrounding mountains. The Black run on Planai is also one of the world cup runs, which was held there earlier this year, and is certainly a challange as it is quite icy down at the bottom. There is plenty of life around Schladming as well. Numerous bars provide a good nightlife, and look out for the bar with the pornography on the walls in the ...

Schladming, in Northern Steiermark, is one of Austria's premier ski resorts, as indicated by the fact that it has a fixed place on the circuit of the Alpine Skiing World Cup. Over the last few years, the Night Slalom, an event introduced to put a bit more spectacle into a flagging program, has been a fixture on the calendar, and something that has won Schladming a lot of plaudits. The night slalom is spectacular, as I witnessed in 1998, and the atmosphere is great. The skiing in the Planai is excellent, with the lifts going upto about 1900m, the village of Schladming itself being at 750m above sealevel. There are over 100km of pistes, which are served by ...