Ski amadé ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation

Ski amadé is a ski area in Altenmarkt, Salzburg, Austria. Its 1,033 mapped downhill runs add up to 605 km, which ranks it #1 of 324 ski areas in Austria and gives it 8.4% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 586 m long.

Slopes at Ski amadé

About 49% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 45% intermediate and 6% advanced or expert, which makes Ski amadé a balanced resort for intermediate skiers.

Lifts and elevation

The resort has 239 lifts: 76 chairlifts, 50 gondolas, 36 t-bars, 32 button lifts, 21 magic carpets, 15 rope tows, 3 cable cars, 2 drag lifts, 2 funiculars, 2 combined lifts. Most of them are chairlifts or gondolas, so you ride seated. Skiing runs from 667 m up to 2,642 m, a vertical drop of 1,975 m — the kind of long descents found in big Alpine-style resorts. The high top station usually means reliable snow well into spring. Cross-country skiers get 89.3 km of nordic trails.

Getting to Ski amadé

The nearest airport is Salzburg Airport (SZG), about 59 km away in a straight line — roughly 1 h 17 min by car; Klagenfurt Airport (KLU) is 106 km away. Nearby ski areas include Flachau (43.6 km), Shuttleberg Flachauwinkl-Kleinarl (28.1 km), Snow Space Salzburg (85.1 km) and Zauchensee-Flachauwinkl (37.8 km), which together add 246 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.