Zillertal Arena Ski Resort, Austria

I wonderful area we keep coming back to. The lift pass kiosk lady could have been more sympathetic to my partner having her phone accidentally stolen (and luckily returned shortly after) then just glaring and telling her to buy a new €200 lift pass though!

Super experience. A great resort for intermediate. A lot of fun long runs with ability to swap between blue and red runs. Easy to find quieter runs.

My husband and I, booked to ski end of January, which is usually hit and miss with snowfall, however the Zillertal 3000, Arena area is perfect as its high enough to keep the snow, when the valley melts. We stayed in a lovely air b n b in Finkenberg, not far from the main town of Mayrahofen. Finkenberg has its own Gondular up,which connects you to a hub of ski schools, places to eat and Blue and Red runs. That was the nice thing, ease into skiing on a few long blue runs, with Huts for coffee,yagertees,Gluwein and beers along the route, before a spot of lunch and the more demanding red runs.
The cable car, ski lift network was vast, all interconnected, which made getting around a breeze.
For me,I found a lot of very wide and long Blue and Red runs, plenty of snow, with some Red runs maybe needing a plus sign next to them, as there were parts of them quite steep.
My friends that were with us were Snow Boarders, and they enjoyed the snow parks, and the powder snow slightly off the main runs. I enjoyed getting lost in the massive amount of choices that were available each day.
After 4 days exploring, we decided to take the free greenline bus in the morning up to the Hintertux Glacier and catch a lift up to the highest point to marvel at the 360 scenic view of the snow covered Mountain tops, breathtaking !
All in all I would say money well spent. Fantastic skiing,so much choice it was ridiculous.
Lastly..flew into Innsbruck , a transfer was going to be £322 for two of us round trip, which i thought was too much, so I looked at public transport,as we had no equipment to carry. I downloaded the Austrian OBB app and paid €39 for two of us each way €78 round trip for both of us, massive saving..and added to the excitement of going native lol. All in All we will definitely go back.