Auffach in Austria
Resort Guide
The Wilschönau's skiing is a fragmented affair with areas above Niederau Oberau and Auffach and half a dozen small separate beginner areas next to the villages themselves. A free ski bus links the various areas. Niederau has perhaps the largest area and most varied terrain, whilst Auffach, with largely intermediate category skiers, has the biggest vertical and highest lifts. Oberau itself has seven parallel drag lifts next to one another along a road that runs out above the village. They serve about a dozen short beginner runs on wide sunny meadows beneath the forest. There is also one longer drag serving an intermediate descent. Niederau's skiing is the main attraction for advanced skiers with the three black runs all here, including an excellent mogul run beneath the new Markbachjoch gondola with a vertical drop of nearly 700 metres. Ski touring is another opportunity with a ski school guide. Auffach's two stage gondola accesses more than half a dozen reds and the most snowsure skiing in the area, including some above-treeline terrain where powder can build up that's pretty well absent elsewhere. Cross country skiers will find 35km (22 miles) of trails along the valley floor.
Accomodation & Après Ski
Apres-ski and information for Auffach
Resort Statistics
- Resort Height : 830
- Top Station : 1903
- Bottom Station : 828
- Vertical Descent : 1075
- Drag Lifts : 9
- Chair Lifts : 0
- Opens : Dec - April
- Expert Rating : 2
- Intermediate Rating : 5
- Beginner Rating : 7
Lift Pass Prices
- Adult One Day Pass : 4.5 euros
- Adult Six Day Pass : 25 euros
- Child One Day Pass : 2.5 euros
- Child Six Day Pass : 15 euros