Sölden Reviews & Ratings

Loads of skiing, good lift system and 007 Elements really good. Lots of places to eat and drink, some of it lively.

Love Sölden! Snow is guaranteed, great choice of runs. Would definitely return. Lots of lovely mountain restaurants. Its one of our favourite resorts so far.

More than just skiing. Two glaciers, one with a great restaurant and the 007 experience, well worth a visit, with film props still on the mountain. Other glacier has very good skiing although a bit of a trek to get there. Run back to town from here. Good selection of blue runs and hidden huttes in the area below IceQ, on the piste map. Apres ski mainly on the left hand side of map above town. Day trip to hochgurgl/obergurgl about 40mins by taxi for opening of lifts, walk round car/bike museum , couple of drinks in niderhutte then nack on the bus.. Fab!! (This was feb 2019)

Solden has some great ski areas with wide open easy cruisers to Olympic downhill blacks. Slopes are perfectly prepared daily to help you make the most of your day on the mountain. The glaciers provide safe straight slopes for your confidence building. Word of caution to the timid skiers/boarders, the runs to the resort at the end of day become very mogully and dangerous depending on others around you. My advice is to enjoy the trip down in the gondola and reminisce in the days activities. The resort is spread along a busy road which is quite intrusive to your enjoyment but is made up for with a good selection of shops restaurants and bars. 3rd trip to Solden completed this month and it still holds the enjoyment factor and pretty good facilities. Only other minor negative is for tall skiers as the chairs are lower to the ground than most other resorts and my knees took quite a pounding at the lift stations.

Highly Recommend Solden for snow sure and great mountain huts. Theres long runs from the top of the glacier all the way back to the village. More time skiing and less time in lifts. Cant wait to get back!!

Sölden, friendly feel to the place, much to attract all age a genre groups. Locals friendly and accommodating great value and fun resort with easy access to Hochgurgl and Obergurgl.
5 stars

March 2025: having tried every run in Obergurgl and Hochgurgl in the first two days of our stay we then took the bus to Sölden and were delighted by better snow, quieter and more extensive pistes and open itinerary runs. The 007 James Bond experience was great fun and the mountain restaurants, especially Tiefenbach Gletscher had great character and music. We returned the next day as our children (in their 20s) wanted to try more of the black runs at their speed as opposed to ours. Solden is on our wish list for next season as it deserves more attention than we had time for this visit.

In Brief:
Wide open runs, with a great deal of intermediate and carving potential, competing with huge crowds, and a slightly forced apres scene. Food is cheap and cheerful to gourmet, depending on preference.

The resort features a large range of red runs, dotted with blacks and blues. In honesty I often failed to distinguish between reds and blacks, as all slopes were plowed daily and conditions didnt really allow for moguls to form. For some I'm sure this would be great. For me it reduced the type and range of terrain available. What the resort does offer however are expansively wide and accessible pistes to the majority of levels.

The resort is not of significant size and with a generally outdated (slow and low capacity) and oddly arranged lift system, I felt it extremely difficult to escape the crowds (I visited the 1st week of March). Frequently I would find a quiet slope only to discover it could only be accessed again either by a T-bar or by taking a circuitous route to get back to the top. Ultimately this resulted in either a lot of time spent in queues or a lot of time on slow lifts - or both!

On the lift systems, I also found the lifties to be rather lazy, they rarely got involved in assisting users, and on several occasions I found them sleeping. This isnt a problem with the resort as such, but it resulted in a certain level of chaos within almost all lift queues, to an extent I've not witnessed elsewhere.

Food options on the mountain were reasonable and generally affordable <£20 lunches, <£10 if you skip the beer and favour self service.

Where the value for money falls down is in the ski pass. Its a huge £424 during the peak winter season, for a claimed >300km of piste. The catch is only around 150km of that is in Solden, the rest is dotted about in smaller resort accessible by bus. Yes, Obergurgl is worth a visit, but the other 3-4 resorts are too small for a day of good skiing on the piste.

On the apre. If you like the huge club scene, Solden town can offer this. Fire shooting out of the roof, heavy base, table dancing are all up for grabs.
If you like a calmer apre scene, its more difficult to find.
Personally I struggled to see the Austrian in Solden and it's Austrian Apre I like most. The big hotels and loud club like bars which dominate the town just left generic western taste in my mouth.

End of the day, the place is convenient for access from Innsbruck and wont break the bank with a decent deal (if you can forget about the ski pass). But would I go back? Probably not.

Great location with wonderful glacier boarding. Good ski bus access throughout the resort and to Obergurgl and Hochgurgl as well for a quieter day.

There is great Apres Ski and the James Bond Museum is also worth a visit. Good selection of bars and restaurants on the mountain and very good lift service.

Definitely more of a vibrant resort, may not be the best choice for families though!

Decent on your own. Better to go with a group of friends. Perfect slopes. Not too busy either. Would definitely go again

Absolutely loved my Solden Christmas holiday. Great resort that caters for many skill levels, with lots of terrain to cover serviced by great infrastructure

Went skiing here for the first time last year and it was the BEST trip. The runs are beautiful. Well groomed. Lifts are quick and lines arent usually too bad. A stunning resort. Hope to come back soon! Highly recommend!

Wonderful place! So classy and beautiful. Would highly recommend this ski resort! A large variety of runs.. a skier of any level should be comfortable here!

Big resort with plenty of options for all abilities. The lifts are super efficient to get you to where you want to be. Can feel crowded however being able to ski 2000m in one run is unbelievable. There are options for downhill, off piste, ski touring, snowpack, cross country, racing, toboggan and even paragliding. To elevate the experience you can visit the Ice Bar featured in the James Bond film Spectre. Highly recommend this resort if youre looking at staying in one place.

We had a great week in golden while they were filming the James Bond movie the resort is as good as any ive been to

Lots of ski routes for all skills and abilities, stunning views, lots of amenities, free ski bus in the valley, and ski season is longer than most other places in Austria.

Resort was quiet as we were at the end of the season but the main ski areas were still good The bond museum is absolutely amazing and well presented The restaurant next to the museum is amazing really good food and excellent service The apparent we stayed in was well located right next to the gondola You will have a fabulous time.

Fantastic snow sure resort due to high altitudes with 3 glaciers. Great selection of intermediate well linked pistes. Great mountain restaurants & rocking apres ski if you want it along with big selection of beautiful Hotels. Easy access to the slopes and Obergurgl is only a short bus ride away included in the pass. And only an hour from Innsbruck.

Great vast assortment of runs Good apre at and Lots of good lift coverage Nice ski town atmosphere Reasonable prices for food and drinks

The resort has a friendly feel to it. When we were there it had just got a much needed dump of snow. Liked the live band venue, but didnt go to the disco type places. Overall Id certainly go back.The 007 exhibition was stunning.