Mellau ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation

Mellau is a ski area in Mellau, Vorarlberg, Austria. Its 55 mapped downhill runs add up to 24 km, which ranks it #76 of 324 ski areas in Austria and gives it 0.3% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 440 m long.

Slopes at Mellau

About 34% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 29% intermediate and 37% advanced or expert, which makes Mellau best suited to confident and advanced skiers.

Lifts and elevation

The resort has 10 lifts: 3 chairlifts, 3 magic carpets, 2 gondolas, 1 rope tow, 1 drag lift. Most uphill transport is by surface lifts (T-bars, button lifts and tows). Skiing runs from 689 m up to 1,920 m, a vertical drop of 1,231 m — the kind of long descents found in big Alpine-style resorts. Cross-country skiers get 23.7 km of nordic trails.

Getting to Mellau

The nearest airport is Sankt Gallen Altenrhein Airport (ACH), about 30 km away in a straight line — roughly 39 minutes by car; Bodensee Airport Friedrichshafen (FDH) is 47 km away. Nearby ski areas include Damüls (65.6 km), Skigebiet Fontanella-Faschina (13.3 km), Skigebiet Niedere (Andelsbuch-Bezau) (6.2 km) and Bödele (21.2 km), which together add 106 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.