The Skiers' Guide to Zell am See - Kaprun

I have come here for the past few years on the BA ski trip and love this resort. The village is lovely, and the pistes offer a wide variety of difficulties, excellent for beginners and experienced skiers alike. Previous years have had dumpings of snow however this year was less snowy. Despite that, the resort was excellently maintained and it did not compromise skiing enjoyment.

The ski school was great. The instructors were very patient and explained why you certain manoeuvres are used rather than just only showing them. However, the learning slope at the CityXpress gondola was quite small. It made it difficult to learn snowboard turning as there were large ski groups learning. Also, the blue runs are quite steep and would be considered red runs at some other resorts - good for some people!

The snowboard instructors were great, however, the learning area was not very beginner friendly. There was one learning area at the end of the CityXpress gondola - it was relatively short run and half of it dropped steeply off to the side halfway down which lead to a blue run. It was difficult to learn on

Great for families lots of snow
Lots of restaurants to choose from
Mostly blues and reds and quite a steep mountain overall

I love the skiresort. There are good slopes for every age or level. The funpark is one of the best I have experienced. The half pipe is really fun, as well as the fun slope for kids. If you want a break from skieen, It is also so much fun to go all the way to the top and go visit the restaurant with an amazing vieuw over the whole valley, they also have a cool tunnel that leads to the panorama vieuw for beautiful pictures. This ski resort is also extra special to me because that's where I met my husband. We fel in love with eachother and the place.

Great resort with a variety of runs for 2 intermediate skiers of varying ages. Friendly locals and good apres

Great to ski high up on the glacier, also to get to the tip of the mountain. Runs were quite busy as it was the only fully sunny day of the week. Blue run down was very cut up by the end of the day! Otherwise good reds and blacks.

Great resort. Have been skiing with my family for years there. Very beginner and family friendly but with the typical Austrian apres ski fun vibes. Beautiful town Zell am see if close proximity with amazing food, bars and shops and nice walks across the Lake Zell. Slopes can be relatively quiet sometimes icy

Great ski resort, big queues for lifts when busy but lifts are efficient. Bus service as well as lifts. Lovely town.

Just coming home was amazing had a blast for a beginner snowboarder, not to busy did not have to wait long for lifts, so more snowboarding

Kaprun glacier skiing was awesome after a fresh dump of snow. Loved the run all the way back to base, and slopes never seemed crowded.

Complete beginner who picked up enough from a day and a half of lessons with a decent instructor to ski several blues and a couple reds. Loads to do and runs to ski once you’re up there. Rate it

Zell am see is a great ski resort with fantastic skiing brilliant accomodation and the town is beautiful

Amazing experience in zell amazing people,instructors verry helpful on helping us really advance our skiing abilities couldn’t recomend more also verry family freindly great for anny level of skier

The resort is lovely. The ski bus was incredibly efficient and easy, it made getting to several different mountains quick and is included in the ski pass. The Skiing on Zell am See was lovely - perfect for families with younger kids just starting out and beginners. Kids snow park was great fun even for us as adults. There are several lovely places to eat across the mountain. Kaprun is definitely more of an intermediate area but it is great fun. Snow on the lower mountain of Kaprun is much less powder and more icy but the runs are brilliant - though the last bit into the village is a bit treacherous. The Kaprun Glacier is incredible - powder, great run diversity and brilliant skate parks for the more experienced skier and snowboarder. The food across the mountain is fantastic, lots of places to stop and eat or Apres ski. In the two towns there’s a lot of great places to go eat and drink, we’ve only found one that we didn’t enjoy in 4 years of returning to the area and the food was still pretty nice there.

Great ski resort. Been twice now with wife & 2 kids. Family friendly and infrastructure is very good.

Lovely little town centre, great restaurants and bars. Less options on the mountain- think more traditional Austrian food options. Can get busy in peak season but can easily avoid the crowds by resting at less popular times. Slopes kept in good condition.

Long bus trips and felt too much travel and lifts to get up the mountain. Hard work for kids. Unbelievably rude staff on mountain restaurants.

Great resort, well organised and lots of options for food and drinks after a day on the slopes!
Loved the runs back to town and everyone was very friendly. Lessons were good too

This was a great family friendly resort. A limited number of slopes were open in Zell am See but a short bus ride to Karin gave lots more options. Would definitely return to the resort again!