This resort will suit any intermediate skier or boarder, but particularly those who love to fit as much in as possible. Intermediates can ski the entire ski area in a great big circle, up, down and across the valley. There's sunny cruising, if that's what you enjoy as well as medium red pistes and harder testing slopes. Long blue and red runs snake across the area, just waiting for you to cover them. The peaks and ridges of Kohlmaiskopf, Bernkogel, Reiterkogel, Reichkendikopf and Spieleckkogel are worth checking out.

The most challenging runs are found on the north-facing side of the valley. You'll be able to rip through the entire circuit, and try the 3km black descent at Zwölferkogel. There is some seriously long high speed cruising to find, and guides will be able to help you find some steep off piste powder. The long black run from Schattberg Ost back to Saalbach is a real ripper. Some experts hungry for mile might get a little bored if spending a long time here, but there are many resorts in the area.

There are many ski schools to choose from in the ski area, so you should definitely be able to find on that suits your needs. Saalbach has seven: the Snowboardschule Saalbach, the Aamadall Snowacademy, Easy Ski, the Fürstauer ski school, the Heugenhauser ski school, the Hinterholzer ski school, and one called Zink.

Snowboardschule Saalbach
A-5753 Saalbach
Unterdorf 353/2
Austria
Tel: 0043 (0) 664 345 38 38
Fax: +43 (0)6583 7625-14
Email: school@board.at
http://www.board.at
Fürstauer Skischule
Tel: 0043 (0) 6541 8444 or 0043 (0)660 560 7777
Fax: +43 (0) 6542/ 99879 46 39
Email: fuerstauer@skischule-saalbach.at
http://www.skischule-saal...
Heugenhauser
Tel: +43 (0) 6541/8300
Fax: +43 (0) 664/2309987
Email: skischule@heugenhauser.at
http://www.haugenhauser.a...
Hinterholzer
Tel: 0043 (0) 6541 7607
Fax: +43 (0) 6541 8459
Email: schiscule.saalbach@netway.at
Zinc
Tel: +43 (0) 6541 8420
Email: zink@aon.at
Crèche
Gästekindergarten der Partnerhotels
Tel: 0043 (0) 6541 634640
Languages: english, german
Min age: 3

Après-ski is taken seriously at Saalbach. The celebrations start early, while many skiers are still on the slopes. Head to the Hinterhag Alm to start things off, then on to Bauer's Skialm, a super popular venue at the foot of the nursery slopes which has a great atmosphere inside and outside and lively music. Castello's, at the bottom of the main street below the Saalbacherhof Hotel, gets busy when the live music starts, and morphs into a night club later on. There's dancing on tables, gallons of glühwein consumed, and a pulsating atmosphere everywhere you look. There are smaller, quieter classy bars dotted around the village as well, if you prefer to unwind in a more relaxed venue. There are numerous delicious restaurants - get fancy at Heurigenstube restaurant or go relaxed at the casual Bobby's Pub.

You'll find much to do here when you want to hang up your skis or board for the day. The main pastimes are eating and drinking, but you can also enjoy tennis, bowling, sleigh rides, floodlit skiing or taking a dip in the Hinterglemm swimming pool or saunas. A trip to visit the nearby thermal baths is always relaxing, or for music lovers, Salzburg is the birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Lamprechtshöhle Weißbach is the world's largest underground cave passage with a total length of around 35 km, and well worth a visit, as are the Hallein-Bad Dürnberg & Hallstatt salt mines. There's a local museum and ski museum in Saalbach, as well as a modern art gallery, cross country skiing, tobogganing, winter hiking, snowshoeing, ice skating, curling, archery, paragliding, snowmobiling, piste basher driving, quad biking and ice karting.

Salzburg (95 km) is the nearest international airport and is serviced by scheduled and charter services worldwide. However, you'll have more choice if you choose to fly in to Munich (190km) Airport. Zell am See can be reached by direct train from both Munich and Salzburg (shuttles and buses go to Salzburg train station from its airport); and from there you can wait for a regular bus to Saalbach or grab a taxi for the remaining 18kms. A train will take you all the way to Leogang.

By car: The drive from the Munich airport to Saalbach takes about two and a half hours. From the Salzburg autobahn take the Siegsdorf exit, and then follow signs to Lofer-Maishofen, then signs to Saalbach-Hinterglemm.

Holiday Shuttle - Salzburg - Munich
You can book a transfer from Salzburg or Munich Airport to your hotel and back. The shuttle runs 365 days a year and there are six shuttles a day both ways.
Salzburg Airport:
One way EUR 37, 00 per person
Roundtrip EUR 69, 00 per person
Munich Airport:
One way EUR 86, 00 per person
Round trip EUR 154, 00 per person
From the airport to you hotel.
Bookable until 12 hours before
Salzburg - Munich
http://www.holiday-shuttle.at/english/b2b_buchung.htm

The Eurostar service leaves London daily for Paris (Nord). From Paris gare de l'Est, jump on the overnight train to Munich. A Eurocity train leaves Munich and arrives in Salzburg and there are hourly buses to Saalbach and Hinterglemm.

By car, you'll first need to get a car ferry from Dover to Calais. The trip from Calais to Saalbachis 1,150kms, travelling via Reims, Metz, Strasbourg and Munich. If flying to Germany, the journey takes about three hours from Munich Airport to Saalbach, travelling along autobahns A-9, A-99 (bypass), A-8 and A-93. Take the B172 east from the A-93, and follow the signs to Saalbach / Hinterglemm - Leogang (216kms). From the Salzburg autobahn, take the Siegsdorf exit, then follow signs to Lofer-Maishofen, and then to Saalbach / Hinterglemm.