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Zell am See - Schmittenhöhe reviews & ratings
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Zell am See - Schmittenhöhe Reviews & Ratings
Overall Rating: 4.3
Ranking: 101st of 234 resorts
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Hannah - intermediate snowboarder
Jan, 11 - 2025
Took a group of 30 -15/16 year olds on a school ski trip.
It was absolutely amazing! Clean, friendly, great snow and slopes for all abilities. Will be back!
Dan - advanced skier
Jan, 11 - 2025
Great family resort with good ski school. Good lifts with minimal queues, and really easy access to the hill. Nice town for non-skiers to visit. Linked with Kaprun and Salbaach for easy access to more terrain.
Georgina - intermediate skier
Jan, 10 - 2025
Amazing resort and skiing, would defo go back!
Food and restaurants in the area were great and nice Lake to walk around too.
Ski lifts fast and skiing good - slopes not too busy either!
Alison - beginner skier
Jan, 9 - 2025
We skiied here for the first time - four adults and two teens. Four of the group are great skiers and tackles all the runs within the week - they reported that the resort could be a bit better connected in terms of reaching other ski areas without needing buses, but that is just the nature of the resort.
One of us is a beginner/ intermediate and took a ski lesson which was excellent.
The final member of the group was a non skier - there was plenty to do for non skiers including trip to Salzburg, Christmas markets, hiking, eating, foot trip up the mountains, boat trips etc
Would recommend the resort for a mixed group of skiers - hotel was lovely and the food very good.
For more experienced skiers, it might be a bit limited in terms of quantity and range of runs. For the beginner there were some good blue runs but those at the bottom of the mountain weren't open so unable to ski from top to bottom.
Lifts excellent albeit a bit pricey.
Odhran - intermediate skier
Jan, 8 - 2025
Beautiful resort for a family friendly experience. Great resort for all levels of experience wether it is your first trip skiing or your tenth trip
Sam - advanced skier
Jan, 8 - 2025
I'll be honest with this one, I might be extremely biased for Zell.
This was where I learnt to ski, and I don't think anywhere I've been has compared since.
For a learner, it's ideal. The slopes in the ski school have just enough gradient to ease you into finding your ski legs, and when you get higher up into the mountain, the blue runs are just steep enough to prepare you for more advanced runs later down the line. On the topic of ski school, the teachers are incredibly patient never pushing you so far out of your zone to scare you.
When you've fully found your snow legs, the reds and blacks offer a great range of challenges. This is where I did my first black run. It essentially goes from the very top of the slopes all the way back down to the town with a cracking set of modules at the bottom that build up throughout the day
There really is something for everyone at Zell, including the hiking around the area (would thoroughly recommend walking across the frozen lake. Mega sketchy, but a lot of fun)
The food, the aprés, the people, Zell has it all. There's a cracking bar/hotel at the top of the slopes that serve Schnapps with fruit soaked inside it. They always have a mental guy wearing a horned ski helmet doing some kind of karaoke. Great entertainment. Would recommend.
Some cracking spots down in the town with outdoor heating to get a glühwein and warm up afterwards as well.
10/10
Phoebe - intermediate skier
Jan, 4 - 2025
Great resort, close to the airport, good accommodation and food options, reasonable price wise but would say tricky for beginners
Aiden - advanced skier
Jan, 2 - 2025
Got lucky with the snow but went over Christmas and the conditions were great. Fast lifts, no waiting around even though there were lots of people. Big wide runs, plenty to do for the different ski levels in our group. Great places to eat on the slopes and same cost as in the town. Lots of buses to take you to different ski areas nearby which was included in the ski pass. Bit pricey for ski hire but will definitely go back.
Filio - advanced skier
Jan, 2 - 2025
Easy to get to, lots of slopes across mountains, great for families. Easy access from the road. Lots of restaurants on slopes,
Timothy - advanced skier
Dec, 25 - 2024
Great picturesque town with beautiful surroundings. Small resort but does connect to Saalbach and Kaprun (by bus).