Ski resort Stubai. Austria

The Stubai is a large glacier in Austria, open from autumn to summer. This area has won many awards as a family resort. Stubai is only 25 km from Innsbruck. This resort also includes other ski areas where snow remains at lower altitudes during the cold season: Schlick 2000, Elfer, Noishtift. Therefore, in winter, in addition to the glacier, more than thirty kilometers of trails are available in the Stubaiteil Valley.

The new Skiline system is installed for the first time in the Schlick2000 ski area. Thanks to it, the ski pass stores the meters and heights that the skier reached on skis during the day, and at the end of the day of skiing, skiers can receive a diagram of their movements indicating the heights of ascents and descents. The slopes of this area are 25 km long, and a beautiful three-kilometer descent leads into the valley. There is a well-equipped snowboard park on the Sennjochpiste piste. This ski area provides many opportunities: snowboarding, sledding with the whole family, paragliding, hang gliding, cross-country skiing. There are numerous bars and restaurants.

Skiing near the rope tows in Neustift and Krössbach attracts beginners and family companies with kids. These resorts have retained their unique charm, proven over the years. Ancient frescoes are found on many houses, and church bells ring as they did many years ago.

The ski area in Elfer is distinguished by extreme slopes. Night skiing along the 8 km long illuminated toboggan run can also add additional adrenaline. For hang gliders, Mount Elfer has comfortable places to start. In summer, on Mount Elfer there are climbs to Mountain peaks and rock climbers are training.

The Stubai Glacier is the pearl of Stubai, it is interesting primarily for the variety of slopes and the natural snow cover of almost all year round. The 110-kilometer-long trails are equipped with the most modern ski lifts. Co observation deck TOP OF TYROL at an altitude of 3,210 meters offers an extraordinary panorama Alpine mountains, among which 109 peaks are above 3000 meters above sea level.

The popular ski pass "Stubaier Superskipass" allows tourists spending their ski holiday in Tyrol, enjoy all four ski areas of the valley.

The glacier has trails of all difficulty levels, served by 25 lifts. But what is especially interesting is the special track for comfortable skiing for the whole family and the age category 50+. There are excellent restaurants with Tyrolean cuisine on the glacier, and numerous bars attract with their program.

For children there are children's sports schools and Kid `s camp for older children. There are trails for beginners.

But there are also many difficult black descents, and the most difficult of them is the Fernau Mayer route - a four-kilometer route with a drop of about a kilometer.

There are many off-piste options on the glacier, including the famous 10-kilometer descent with an elevation change of one and a half kilometers.

Incredibly beautiful views, a wide beautiful valley, magnificent snow almost all year round, cozy villages, a lot of sunny days- it does unforgettable vacation in Stubai.

The Stubaital Valley is part of the Innsbruck ski region. It is famous for its “spiny ridge” (71 peaks over 3000 m high). The famous Stubai Glacier guarantees snow cover in any weather, which is why fans flock here extreme species sports and serious skiers. The main resorts: Fulpmes (17 km southwest of Innsbruck) and Neustift (Neustift im Stubaital, 20 km). We can recommend relaxing here to both beginner skiers and more experienced skiers who, however, prefer fairly calm skiing.

Neustift www.neustift-stubaital.net/ and Fulpmes www.stubaital.at/ - two romantic Alpine villages. They stretched for several kilometers along the Rützbach River, practically merging with each other and with a dozen smaller settlements in the valley. This is the center of active winter holiday with developed tourism infrastructure. There are hotels of all categories - from well-equipped farms and peasant houses to luxurious five-star hotels. The resorts are popular with families who prefer active recreation.

In total there are approximately 110 km of slopes with a height difference from 1750 to 3210 meters, serviced by 25 modern ski lifts. The Elfer ski area begins from Neustift - a total of 10 km of slopes (about 30% each of “blue”, “red” and “black”), which are considered a warm-up before the main skiing on Stubai. Plus, about 50 km of trails (mostly “red”) are laid closer to the glacier. The local “black” track, 3 km long, is quite steep (1000 m drop), but relatively “calm” in profile and well-groomed. In Neustift itself there are about 35 restaurants and cafes, 3 discos, a sports and entertainment center with an indoor swimming pool, saunas and solarium, indoor tennis courts, a bar and restaurant, as well as many other recreational facilities.

The Schlick 2000 area located near Fulpmes is of great interest to well-trained skiers. His highest point- 2260 meters, and the main “highlight” is a two-kilometer “black” piste with an elevation difference of about 1100 meters, plus 5 km of “red” pistes (extremely pleasant skiing on well-groomed slopes) and 7 km of “blue” pistes (not the steepest, but educational riding is difficult). This area is recommended for well-trained skiers and boardercross fans.

But business card the region is famous glacier Stubai www.stubaier-gletscher.com - the largest and most easily accessible glacier ski area in Austria. It is indeed very well located - by car from Innsbruck you can get to the lower cable car stations in just 45 minutes, and from Fulpmes to the glacier it is about 25 km. A free bus runs throughout the valley to the glacier at short intervals.

It is impossible to calculate the total number of slopes here - skiing goes on almost the entire surface of the glacier, suitable for skiing - and these are almost 16 peaks and about a hundred valleys and valleys, most of them uninhabited. However, it is usually estimated that there are 15.5 km of prepared pistes directly in the ski area of ​​the glacier (45% "blue", 40% "red" and 15% "black"), including the 10 km long Wilde Grubn piste with a vertical drop of 1500 m The longest (and most difficult) section is traditionally considered to be an almost fifteen-kilometer link of trails from the top of Downferner to the Muttersberg plain, although any experienced skier will certainly offer his own options - the possibilities here are wide. The slopes are serviced by 24 modern lifts.

Also here you can find the highest restaurant in Austria - Top of Tyrol (3150 m), ski kindergarten BIG Family Ski Camp (from 3 to 15 years), first-class snow park, a large number of various sports complexes, spa and fitness centers (mainly at hotels), sports clubs and venues, bars and restaurants.

A one-day Skipässe Stubaier Gletscher ski pass will cost from 28.5 to 58 euros depending on the season, skiing period and age, for 6 days - 90-201 euros. It is possible to purchase a separate subscription for each ski region or a Gletscher-Skipass, which unites the ski regions Patscherkofel, Axamer Lizum, Glungezer, Rangger Köpfl, Kühtai, Schlick 2000, Stubaier Gletscher and Nordpark (a six-day pass will cost 380 euros for an adult and 108 for a child).

The duration of the ski season in the valley is from mid-November to mid-April, and on the Stubai Glacier it is almost all year round. The best snow in the highlands can be found from December 15 to April 30. However, it should be taken into account that even during this period there is not much snow on the glacier - most of the underlying surface is ice.

You can get to the Stubaital resorts from Innsbruck (from its airport it is about 15-35 km to any of the resort villages in the valley). It is also easy to travel by train from Munich (about 170 km by road), Vienna (400 km) or Bolzano (110 km) via Innsbruck.

The Stubai Glacier is one of 5 places in Austria where skiing lasts all year round, and one of the few resorts in the world where the elevation difference is almost one and a half kilometers. Among the resorts in Austria, Stubai is one of the most famous thanks to its excellent pistes, interesting ski areas and excellent service.

Trails of the Stubai Glacier

The steep mountains of Austria's Stubai Glacier offer challenging slopes for experts, while the gentle slopes at the bottom of the glacier offer "blue" fields of snow for beginners. In total, the resort has 110 km of slopes, among which almost a third are “black”, half are “red” and the rest are “blue” and “green”. Freeride zones also delight thrill-seekers - descending from a cornice along a steep descent forces you to show off all your riding skills. When going up, you use the pass only on the first lift, after which all lifts are open for use without a ski pass. Ski school offers 8 levels of training, and the snowboard school offers 6 levels.

The large ski area forces you to carefully scroll through the slope map so as not to get lost, and skiing in the snowboard park is only available with an instructor.

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Ice cave of the Stubai Glacier

The ice cave of the Stubai Glacier is hidden deep in the glaciers near the mountain station " Eisgrat» at an altitude of 3000 m, offering guests a fascinating introduction to the world of snow and ice. During the tour of ice cave You will touch the secrets of this majestic glacier. At a depth of 30 m below ski slope runs a 110-meter route with exciting adventures for the whole family.

The cost of visiting the cave is 5 € for adults, 2.5 € for youth from 10 to 18 years old. For children under 10 years of age admission is free.

From where they made daily trips to the Stubai Glacier, and some to Hintertux, Sölden, Pitztal, Countertal.
The 1st day of skiing, and the subsequent ones, reminded me of skiing in Gudauri :)). The Stubai Glacier greeted us with full milk! Visibility was practically zero, it was snowing and windy, we didn’t know the trails yet, so the skiing was very careful and short. When I was riding, I could barely see the 2nd pole, which I used to navigate. If you can see 2 poles in a row, then the slope is gentle; if the 2nd pole is not immediately visible, it means it is lower and the slope is steeper. The lifts worked here until 16-16:30, but by 2-3 o’clock in the afternoon there was no one left on the mountain. Moreover, what made me leave the mountain was a slight clouding of my mind/dizziness - I don’t know exactly what to call it medically correctly. I read somewhere that a person goes crazy if he stays in a monochromatic room for a long time, or if he is surrounded by perfectly even, straight or perpendicular lines. In order not to go crazy, there must be some kind of “flaw” somewhere - a point, an unevenness, an irregularity, something that the eye clings to, and this allows a person to somehow navigate in space. So in this “milk” such orientation is easily lost. I remember that I was slowly sliding along a gentle slope, because... there was only one (otherwise it would be possible to navigate by the skiers - where to go and what’s next), below and around it was white-white, that is, my eyes see the same thing all the time, with my body I feel my movement, and then suddenly, my head jerks back sharply. I realized that I had already stopped, but due to inertia, my body and brain reproduced the picture and sensations that I was still moving. So after that I ate some chocolate and went down to the gondola.

Having a similar experience with Gudauri (on the 1st day it was the same, but we still rode there in the pouring rain), I was not at all upset, but on the contrary, I began to wait with anticipation to see what Stubai looks like in sunny weather, which will definitely come the next day. Good weather I didn’t have to wait long. On the 2nd day we went to Sölden (a report will follow), and on the 3rd and subsequent days we rode in Stubai and other glaciers. Some happy photos:)))

And even their retractor is yellow-blinky!

Now about Stubai. This is the glacier's website http://www.stubaier-gletscher.com, there is a lot of useful information there. From what they write, the main value of Stubai is the long season - from mid/late September to the end of June. Cable cars and ski lifts: 25 cable cars and lifts, including 5 funiculars, 7 chair lifts, 9 drag lifts. Trails and routes: 110 km of downhill slopes, of which 46 km are easy, 39 km are intermediate, 4 km are difficult, 19 km are ski routes. But this is all data on winter conditions. I specially made a map of the trails from the website that are now open. So, as you can see, the ski area is almost 2 times smaller. Now the snow park rope there is closed (it is marked in yellow on the map), but when we were skiing it was open.

It turns out, just like in Gudauri, there are 2 main chairlifts and different trails and lifts go around them. It was possible to descend down to an altitude of 2300m. Below, of course, in the second half of the day there was already a slight mess. But in the morning, i.e. from 8:30 it was possible to drive practically on concrete. The retractor ran regularly during the day, so you could always ride on fresh corduroy. There were not many people in May; mostly athletes from children and youth to more experienced ones were training. The impression was that in May the main skaters were Poles and Russians, there were more of them than German- and English-speaking ones, and there were very few French- and Italian-speaking ones. I also smelled Romanians and Bulgarians.

I love such wide fields and the absence of skiers on the slopes!!! And freeriders have already completely covered all the surrounding areas.

I didn’t find any difficult trails for myself, only blue and red ones were open, most of the trails were wide. The blue ones could be raced well.

Regarding prices. They have a fairly flexible payment system for ski passes. You could buy a ski pass for several days in a row, or you could, like I did - 5 days out of 7. It turned out to be quite profitable when one day was spent on a trip to Innsbruck, and not the one that was originally planned. There is also a discount for a group of 10 people. As a result, for 5 days of skiing the cost of the ski pass was 152.3E, 2E is a deposit for the ski pass, then it is returned.

This is the route to the very bottom, to the gondola at 2300m.

Gamsgarten is the starting point where skiing begins and where it ends; you can only ski down to the very bottom in winter.

Views from scratched booths.

This is the kind of bullshit that grew up there :).

And this is a lift for dummies with a very blue track.

Views in the valley. A bus brings you here and takes you back. Skibus carries skiers for free almost from Innsbruck, but this is until 05/05/2014. From May 5, travel from our Fulpmes (40 minutes on the road) cost 5E one way, but for repeated visits to the glacier you can buy a weekly pass for 20.9E, which was done.

Tyrolean views near the Stubai Glacier building.

All in one photo waterfall, snow, mountains, forest, greenery!

And these are the flowers that bloom in the valley.

The Innsbruck ski region is a vast ski area that includes the Stubatai Valley, famous for its peaks. main feature This place is the largest glacier ski area in Austria - Stubai. Here, where the slopes are partly at an altitude of more than three thousand meters, ideal snow coverage pleases vacationers almost all year round. Thus, this place is considered one of the most famous ski regions of the Alps, lying on a glacier. This attracts fans of off-piste and extreme skiing, as well as snowboarders and skiers from all over the world.

By the way. Stubai has been awarded many times as the best family ski area in the Alps.

The resort boasts a developed infrastructure, proximity to Innsbruck, beautiful mountain landscapes, various slopes and much more. There is also a special track for comfortable skiing for the whole family and for skiers aged 50 years and older. Therefore, the resort will be comfortable for both experienced skiers and snowboarders, and beginners.

How to get there

• By plane to the airport, which is located just 10 minutes from the first village of the Stubai Valley
• By train you can get there from any European capital before railway station Innsbruck, then by bus, running hourly
• By car from or to Innsbruck, continue along the A13 highway to the Schönberg exit. Afterwards you need to go federal highway B182 to the village of Schönberg

Resort characteristics

Ski slopes and lifts

The Stubai Valley combines 4 ski areas:

• The Stubai Glacier, at 3,210 meters high, boasts snow from October to June. This is an excellent area for family skiing, so there is a special track for easy skiing with children and a track for skiers aged 50 years and older. There are also plenty of options for fans of off-piste descents. The famous 10-kilometer route - Wilde Grubn, with a height difference of up to 1500 meters, is especially distinguished by its tortuosity.
• The Schlick 2000 ski center in Fulpmes has 25 kilometers of varied slopes. The most difficult descent here is only two kilometers long and has elevation changes of up to 300 meters. This area is more suitable for experienced skiers and snowboarders, as most of the slopes here are quite difficult
• The Sörlezbahnen ski area in Mieders, 8 kilometers long, is located at altitudes of 1600 - 1800 meters. There are only 4 lifts and several toboggan runs, illuminated in the evenings. This area is suitable for beginners and children
• The Elfer Neustift ski area consists of 5 kilometers of varied trails. The steepest slope, three kilometers long, is ideal for experienced skiers and snowboarders

There are also two large snow parks at the resort: Moreboards Stubai Zoo and Stubai Park Schlick 2000 will not let snowboarders and freestylers get bored. There are various figures and an inflatable pillow.

Lift prices (season 2014-2015)

Ski school and equipment rental

The resort offers 4 ski schools, where more than a hundred experienced instructors can teach skiing or snowboarding to both children and adults. Detailed information Schools, addresses and telephone numbers can be found on the website.

The resort also has 3 Intersport Stubaier Gletscher stores located right in ski region. There are real professionals working here who will always help you choose the right set of equipment. Many hotels also provide rental services.

Ski school tuition fees

Equipment rental cost

Hotels and cottages

The resort has many comfortable hotels, small chalets and apartments of different levels and star ratings. Almost every hotel has a restaurant. The most fashionable hotel The resort is the five-star Relais&Châteaux Spa-Hotel Jagdhof, surrounded by the beautiful Tyrolean mountains. It offers upscale rooms with views of the Stubai Glacier, a large spa area and an award-winning restaurant. Also during the day, hotel guests are served free " Buffet"with cakes.

Particularly popular are the Haus Larcher apartments, known for their excellent quality reasonable prices. The guest house is located in quiet place with panoramic views of the Stubaital valley and the glacier. It offers luxurious apartments, free parking in the garage, laundry room, ski storage room and drying room. During warmer months, guests can relax in the garden or on the spacious terrace.

The most economical accommodation option, which has everything you need for a comfortable stay, is the Ferienwohnung Pedevilla apartment, located 250 meters from the Elferlifte ski area. It features 2 balconies with stunning mountain views, free WI-FI, and a restaurant serving juicy steaks and other grilled dishes. The cost of double occupancy will be 46 € per day.

Restaurants and cafes

Mountain restaurants on the Stubai Glacier they offer everything necessary for vacationers: from simple food to exclusive signature delicacies. There are self-service cafes, fashionable restaurants, mountain huts and bars. Therefore, the variety of establishments will satisfy even the most stringent requests.

The gourmet restaurant Schaufelspitz is considered the best establishment in the resort. Here visitors will find an elegant interior with a fireplace, incredible traditional delicacies and a beautiful view, because the establishment is located at an altitude of 2900 meters. This perfect place for a quiet family dinner or business meeting. Another popular place This is the self-service restaurant Icegrat, where visitors can expect a wide selection of dishes and a pleasant, cozy atmosphere. The establishment is located at an altitude of 2900 meters.

Attractions and entertainment

Ski resort has a fairly large selection of entertainment for every taste and color. Vacationers can visit: luge tracks, tennis courts, a swimming pool, various spa centers, and a rock climbing center. More than 80 kilometers have been laid here tourist routes, passing through picturesque surroundings. Such a walk will give you a lot of positive emotions. For lovers of noisy parties, there are several discos here, where the fun continues into the morning.

As for attractions, the capital of Tyrol-Innsbruck is only an hour away by bus or tram. There you can see many historical palaces, town halls, museums, monasteries, churches and others interesting places. For children, there is the Alpenzoo Zoo in Innsbruck.