Country Information: Austria

Austria has few peers as a year-round holiday destination, with plenty of winter sports in the Alps, some of the most impressive and overblown architecture in Europe and an unrivalled musical tradition that even The Sound of Music couldn't sully.

Skiing and snowboarding in Austria is renowned for being amongst the best in the world.

When it comes to Austria ski resorts, visitors know they will get wonderful snow, steep slopes, sweeping runs, and powder chutes during the winter season, plus year-round snow on the glaciers.

Powder Skiing Lech (Austria) Over 500kms of skiable terrain, it would take years to cover even half of it. The snow is deep and terrain in steep.