Ellmau - SkiWelt Reviews & Ratings

Well connected Ski Welt area with choice of small towns to stay in. Each town has its own personality & level of apres ski, the smaller quieter ones being more family friendly. Pistes are really well looked after, plenty of lifts so queues are never too long.

Great experience and good functionality, the ski resort offers a lot and great for a few days or week of skiing

Never disappoints. Great lifts, huge ski area, amazing views. Food is incredible and efficiency in every area. Lockers, ski pass purchases etc

In 2023 in early March there wasn't a great deal of snow around, but most of the runs were still open and I was amazed how well they had managed to maintain the pistes. The Ski Welt is a beautiful, extensive ski area.
Although there was hardly any snow on the nursery slope near our hotel, the wide nursery area at the Going end of the village was still functioning for the beginners in our party.
We stayed in Hotel Der Bar which was very nice with a lovely swimming pool.

Good resort. Skiing at all levels.
Buses and access to SkiWelt makes it a decent size area.
Fun Apres.

Pretty resort.
Great blue and red runs.
Easy to navigate between the whole of ski welt.
Highly recommend the ski schools and great breakfast on top of the mountain with beautiful views.

Great resort for families, great connection with ski lifts and comprehensive pass. Maybe not too much to offer to experts in immediate proximity

Although at a low altitude, the village of Ellmau is a perfect ski base, particularly for families. The village itself is picturesque, with many outstanding accomodation options. Ski welt as a ski area is immense and takes a lot of skiing to cover completely. Overall, the slopes are perhaps best suited to intermediate skiers, but there is certainly something for everyone. We absolutely adored the ski school and it remains the best tuition we have received. For this reason I have to recommend the resort for any families looking to ski in Janauary/February (peak season).

Overall great resort, have been for 20 years and will be coming back for 20 more! Could not recommend enough

Have enjoyed skiing at all the SkiWelt resorts, but Ellmau is a particular favorite. Nice mix of terrain for different levels of skier (not so much for advanced), great restaurant selection, fast lifts and gondolas, easy access point to Scheffau, Going, Brixen-in-Thal, many convenient housing options (hotels, boutique establishments, AirBnB, etc.). And all for a really good price.

Lovely resort but some of the ski lifts are a little outdated. Sometimes they struggle to keep on top of the mountains but not sure if it's difficult weather conditions to keep on top of them? The restaurants are quaint. Didn't feel like a British destination as they weren't very fluent in English compared to some other resorts in Austria.

Love Ellmau. Have holidayed here with large family group many times.
Lovely quiet village, giving easy access to Hartkieser.

Brilliant value for money. Great range of slopes, particularly good selection of runs for beginners. Lots of great accommodation and food options! Would recommend!

Good fast access to the slopes
Well groomed pistes, though quite short runs.
Good connection to other parts of the ski welt. Strong feelings of travelling around, the 3 valleys but lower, quieter and lots of piste side restaurants that you can afford to eat at and dont need to book!.
Good snow making infrastructure,

Great place to ski, amazing staff on the mountain. Spent 1 season in Ellmau, having the connections to ski all of SkiWelt is brilliant.
Fantastic to be able to ski in the biggest interconnected ski area in the whole of Austria. Great for families, great walks with fantastic views of the Wilder Kaiser. Snow was good, apres on the mountain always possible as there was a ski run down so could always miss the last lift down and still get home. For the resort of Ellmau, lots of things to do for families, sleigh rides possible, amazing restaurants. Best restaurant was Memory Ellmau - Italian restaurant famed for its pizzas with a stellar list of celebrities who have visited the restaurant. Would always recommend to anyone wanting a good value for money holiday, but avoid Full Board and get an apartment so you can enjoy the restaurants on offer - my opinion.

A great resort for all skiers and snowboarders of all abilties.
The skiwelt is vast interlinking the runs and lifts from other villages so you never get bored of the same runs.
The lifts are fantastic with few drag lifts!
There is an abundance of smaller mountain huts and bars rather than the concrete monstrosities found in france. It means youcan stop at will and enjoy drinks and snacks to break up the day.
Ps it is also worth knowing that Austrian food portions are massive and therefore great value to share.
Definitely recommended.