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Updated December 2024
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Mayrhofen Reviews & Ratings

How Skiers Rate Mayrhofen

Overall Rating
4.47
Value for Money
4.28
Quiet Slopes
3.90
Après-Ski
4.47
Accommodation Options
4.54
Family Friendliness
4.40
Groomed Runs
4.48
Powder Zones
3.68
Tree Runs
3.40
Mogul Fields
3.15
Off-Piste
3.68
Snow Parks
4.09
Lift Efficiency
4.66
Eating Out
4.39
Ski School Quality
4.43
Beginners
4.65
Intermediates
4.38
Advanced
4.47
Experts
4.69
Snowboarders
4.46

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What Skiers Say About Mayrhofen

Mayrhofen attracts primarily intermediate to advanced skiers and snowboarders, with many users noting it's less suited to complete beginners due to limited green runs and some challenging blues. The resort is consistently praised for its modern, efficient lift system, well-groomed pistes, and extensive skiable terrain across the Zillertal valley, including glacier access at Hintertux. Users frequently mention the lively après-ski scene, particularly at mountain bars and in the town centre, though some note it can feel overcrowded during peak times and festivals like Snowbombing. The low altitude of the town is a recurring concern, with several reviewers reporting slushy conditions in the afternoons, especially later in the season, and the inability to ski back down to the valley.

AI-generated summary based on verified skier reviews

  • modern lift system
  • well-groomed pistes
  • extensive ski area
  • lively après-ski
  • terrain parks
  • glacier access
  • value for money
  • limited beginner terrain
  • low altitude base
  • afternoon slush
  • no ski-in ski-out
  • crowded peak season
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Clare
advanced skier ⛷️ 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Dec, 25 2024
Excellent resort for family trip having previously been as adults only

Certainly recommend getting kids ski school on penken side if possible especially if children are older/more advanced but still plenty to keep them learning and busy on either side

Brilliant apres ski for adults and families alike
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Adam
intermediate snowboarder 🏂 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Dec, 25 2024
Went for Snowbombing festival, Had a fantastic time, learnt to snowboard and went on red runsgreat aprè 10/10

Im booked to go back in April.
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Rob
intermediate skier ⛷️
Dec, 25 2024
Great for both families and young groups looking for great pistes, great food and fun apres. The lifts are super efficient, and the ski hire being right next to the slopes with most hotels in walking distance is so handy!
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Matt
advanced skier ⛷️
Dec, 23 2024
I have been going to Mayehofen for twenty five years and how to continue for the next twenty five! Great place, great atmosphere, great people.
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Chris
advanced snowboarder 🏂 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Dec, 23 2024
Love this resort! Ski area is huge, apres is banging what more do you need?!!
Try stay in town, otherwise Schwendau
Is accessible via the Hornergbahn.
You could easily spend the week skiing the Penken, Ahorn and Eggalm or jump on the Ski bus or ski train to quickly (within 20-30 mins) get you to several other ski areas in the Zillertal that are worth visiting such as Kaltenbach, Hintertux and a favourite trip is to mountain hop from Zell am Ziller over to Gerlos, have lunch then come back! Awesome day on the slopes!
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Robbie
intermediate skier ⛷️
Dec, 22 2024
Mayrhofen is a great resort for those looking for fun apres, a perfect variety of well groomed runs and a top tier big air jump park on the Penkenberg.
I recommend Mayrhofen to small groups (but also bigger groups) as the Zillertalbahn connects you to Innsbruck airport making easy and cheap airport transfers, saving some money for the bars and restaurants.
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James
advanced skier ⛷️ 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Dec, 22 2024
Great skiing for all levels, quiet restaurants or loud fun Hanns the butchers if you want some atmosphere. Has a waterpark and bowling too. Lots for all ages and personalities.
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Martin
intermediate skier ⛷️
Dec, 22 2024
Great skiing with huge selection of runs, fantastic village, we keep going back! Well worth a trip regardless of ski ability.
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Scott
intermediate skier ⛷️ 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Dec, 16 2024
Good resort for a mix of beginners and advanced skiers. Town very close to bottom of lifts. Good bars and value for apres.
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Freddie
intermediate skier ⛷️ 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Dec, 15 2024
Great ski resort, plenty of runs available for all levels of skiers/snowboarders. Can easily access other areas of the mountain as well by going on a few lifts. Great selection of mountain restaurants dotted around the areas. Definitely recommend!
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Alex
advanced snowboarder 🏂 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Dec, 9 2024
Best time to go is during the Snowbombing festival in April. Its brilliant going up the slopes, skiing in a T-shirt and then coming down to 29° weather in the town.
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sam
expert snowboarder 🏂
Dec, 9 2024
is a great resort lots of fun always a good time very many options on what runs to do love that there is different areas nearby
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Brandon
beginner snowboarder 🏂 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Dec, 8 2024
Great place went last year for Snowbombing, would highly recommend to party goers that like to ski. Great views on the morning if you can get to sloes early enough and usually quiet in the AM
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Brock
advanced skier ⛷️ Israel
Dec, 7 2024
Have been to Mayrhoffen twice and had a great week each time. The town is small, but lovely, and there are reasonably priced accommodations right in town.
Skiing territory is vast and varied - theres something there for everyone. But for intermediate and expert skiers, Id say you should expect a full week of lively challenges across a ton of runs.
One thing I didnt love about the resort is that its well below the actual skiing area, so you need to take an initial lift up to get to the bottom of the runs. In practice, youll need to take an extra lift up in the morning, and an extra lift back down to the village at the end of the day (sort of a buzzkill for spontaneous apres-ski.).
Beyond that inconvenience though, the resort has everything youd want in a great resort. Highly recommended overall.
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Helen
advanced skier ⛷️
Dec, 6 2024
On mountain food is fairly priced and a good selection including local traditional food.

Good variety of runs.

The train to other resorts further down the valley was fun.
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Michael
advanced skier ⛷️ 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Dec, 6 2024
Like most Austrian resorts, Mayrhofen is a real authentic town which gives it much character, compared to purpose built apartment cities high up the mountain.
The ski area is large and varied but not much for true beginners. Nearly all the runs are red with a few signature blacks. The grading of the runs is honest. You know what you are getting. Reds are neither too easy or too hard and the blacks are what they should be (including the famous Harikiri).
The lift system is exceptional. Modern and fast with no queuing. The mountain is well served with restaurants and bars. The Apres scene before the gondola back to town is great fun.
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Graham
advanced skier ⛷️ 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Dec, 6 2024
Mayrhofen has everything you could ask for from a skiing holiday and good transfer time too. If you want a bouncing apre ski filled time after reds, blacks and off piste, the main town has it, or if a quiet get away exploring new terrain is on the cards, make us of the train and head to one of other smaller resorts in the Ziller Valley all covered on the same pass. No snow at the end of the season, no problem head to the glacier at Hintertux.
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Jamie
intermediate skier ⛷️ 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Dec, 1 2024
Really nice village with a great atmosphere, making it great for apres ski, ski conditions in March were ok in the morning but could be slushy in afternoon due to warm temperatures and not the highest of altitude, varied slopes from beginner all the way to advanced, has an amazing snow park called Penken park for any boarders and free skiers, also home of the famous Harikari black run, all in all a great resort with a lot going for it and an amazing village accommodates the party atmosphere but also has its place for familys
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Danny
intermediate snowboarder 🏂
Nov, 22 2024
Great place to ski for more advance skiers. The mountains go far and wide one of the biggest Ive ever skied. The most beautiful view. Loads of bars on the mountain to stop at. Great food down below off the mountain
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Isaac
intermediate skier ⛷️
Nov, 20 2024
Great resort, nice having a functional village to be based in, means food and drink is well priced. Main lift out the village is very efficient, we never experienced any delays. Only trouble is you rely on that to get back so don't miss the last lift! Great place can highly recommend.
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