Where is flachau in austria

Lost Password I want to Sign-Up. Ski Hire. J2Ski Snow Report - November 28th J2Ski Snow Report - January 3rd J2Ski Snow Report - January 18th Flachau Webcams. The closest airport to Flachau is Salzburg which is 73 km from resort. Innsbruck and Munich are the next closest international airports which are around km away. There are normally a number of shops where you can pick up your pre-booked ski or snowboard equipment from.

Which shop you go to will depend on where you are staying in Flachau. Here is a guide to ski or snowboard hire in Flachau:. You can book your ski hire for your trip to Flachau here. We usually choose high altitude resorts but wanted a change from wide open, often bleak runs and to ski amongst trees.

We are all over 60, 2 of us use Snowbikes and 2 ski. We have been skiing in Austria for over 15 years. Location: Flachau is about 50 mins drive from Salzburg Airport, motorway most of the way. There are train stations in St. We booked a private transfer costing euro round trip for 4 passengers from www.

The resort: The village itself sprawls out along a busy road, not a typical chocolate-box town and no real centre from what we could see, but we didn't venture into town other than to the Spa Supermarket. There is a local farming community and this is a summer resort too.

Usual facilities available ski shops, hire shops, doctor, pharmacist, places to eat, a few bars but certainly not St Anton. Lift system: Very modern, chair lifts often with heated seats. Few drag lifts but only on nursery slopes so good for boarders. We did find one other but they are rare.

Lift system links well often with more than one lift travelling to the same area. Remains of the works have since been demolished, and only street and house names remain as reminders. Upload your photo of Flachau! Bad Gastein. Save me. Been here. Want to go. Show on Map. Here to help 24 tour guides and 48 locals. Like many mountain towns, Flachau has a history which is connected to mining.

In the case of Flachau, it was actually a centre for smelting the iron ore which was brought to the smelter in the village. Tourism started post-war and summer was the initial season to take off in the Fifties. The winter lifts were built in the next decade and the construction of the Tauern motorway and the associated tunnel created a boom for the resort with much easier accessibility. Flachau was part of one of the earliest connected ski areas in Austria, with the agreement between St Johann im Pongau, Wagrain and the village in the s.

Flachau's ski area offers access from three different points and has been modernised with the introduction of the up-to-date 'Jet' chairlifts.