Zauchensee Reviews & Ratings

Zauchensee is a great resort. The area is charming and prices for food and drink much cheaper than France. The resort links with several others and you can ski for miles.

Zauchensee is fantastic for long, wide runs. Everything is amazingly connected by state of the art lifts, restaurants are plentiful on the mountain with excellent traditional friendly Austrian service. And Flachauwinkl is a 2 min shuttle away for the snow park and a whole other side to the mountain. The best part is the Therme Amade public pool & spa in Altenmarkt which is a 15 min bus away. Highly, highly recommend. Your lift pass will also include Flachau and surrounding areas close to Altenmarkt.

Great resort, linked to Flachauwinkl, and the wider ski amadé resorts. Great snow compared to the other resorts nearby, due to altitude and orientation. The runs are long, great for skiing at speed and with some challenges. World cup run is a fantastic route from top to the village. The village is quite small and based around hotels. There can be some queues at times around some lifts, but it's always possible to choose which village lift to take depending on the queues, as they are adjacent to each other. Lots of variety. Can't wait to return.

It is over 40 years ago that I was there almost every weekend, our favorite skiing resort.
The Tauernkar lift was added back in the days and added great slopes to the initial terrain.
I wish I had experienced the access from Flachauwinkl, a valuable addition to go to the resort from the autobahn.

Nice resort with good accommodation options nearby, but probably not one for lovely apres-ski. Runs are all brilliantly maintained, lift are very efficient and the off-piste skiing is pretty good.

Ive boarded at Zauchensee twice, once as my second week on a board and again 16 years later, as a good standard boarder. The resort is well laid out with a large central hub that has plenty of eateries and services. The resort itself isnt massive, but has some really excellent pistes, that are well serviced by a good quality lift system. Really my only gripe with the resort would be the main piste into the centre gets really badly chewed up and is often quite congested and cut up, other than that pistes are excellent and its a really good resort for beginners and more experienced riders.

if you were wanting to describe the ideal small ski village Zauchensee would be it. Situated in a wooded bowl with slopes both sides and a great link to the extensive Ski Amade, it couldn't be better.
A small cluster of impressive hotels and a number of traditional eateries in the village cater for all requirements and the family friendly and ski school facilities are second to none if you want to get away from the larger better known resorts.
If you throw in a world cup venue ,good altitude and easy and quick transfer from Salzburg , Zauchensee is well worth consideration.

insane resort with a huge amount of well groomed slopes as well as plenty of off-piste. easy to get to one of the best snoparks where you can watch the pros

Have been going for years and think its a great resort if what youre after is mainly skiing. Theres tons of runs for every level and some great accesible off piste options.
There is not much nightlife though so wouldnt recommend this place if thats what youre mainly going for.

Friendly resort with very little queues.
Good off piste available within relatively easy reach if lifts.
Will be back

Great skiing
Great bars on the slopes
Great food on slopes Great apres ski
We were a party of 8 and it was great

Great resort thats often slightly quieter than the neighbouring Flachau/Flachauwinkl/Wagrain area, and only a 2 minute bus away.

Great resort, overcrowded at busier times but great out of peak season. Lovely runs for all abilities and world cup run is a great feature