Winter Activities in Lungau
Winter at its perfection. Snow-white pristine nature. Cold that gives you a warm feeling. Beaming sun on snow-decked peaks. Gentle hills under a blanket of light down. The snow-sure opportunity to enjoy skiing pleasure, on the piste and off it. Clear nights with stars that seem close enough for you to touch them. Far away from everyday life. Winter holidays in the Lungau.
Cross-country skiing in the Lungau:
Enjoying the sun in valleys cloaked in deep snow, on cross-country skis: that is pure recreation. Breathing in that clear and healthy air, and admiring nature enchanted by hoar frost: this is truly an experience, this is cross-country skiing in the Lungau. The 100 km of very well maintained cross-country courses are very rich in diversity. For the ambitious skater, there are ca. 70 km of skating trails available. Snow is absolutely guaranteed due to there being several higher-altitude cross-country courses, e.g. in Schönfeld, close to the Thomatal locality, or at the Prebersee lake.
Cross-country skiing at Lungau: what is on offer
150 km of cross-country courses
70 km of skating trails
snow-sure level of altitude – 1,100 metres in the valley
4 absolutely snow-sure cross-country courses at higher altitude
** Schönfeld cross-country courses - 20 km – from 1,730 to 2,020 metres
** Prebersee cross-country course - 10 km – 1,500 metres
** Lignitz cross-country course - 16 km – from 1,170 to 1,400 metres
** Obertauern 4-cross-country courses, forming a circuit – a total of 28 km – 1,740 metres
** Katschberg cross-country course - 6km – from 1,641 to 1,940 metres
In making available 150 km of cross-country course, the Lungau earned its distinction as "Austria’s largest interconnected network of cross-country courses".
Skiing in the Lungau
In the winter we also offer you a comprehensive and richly varied range of activities away from the skiing piste.
This begins with an ice-skating rink, a challenging tobogganing run, horse-drawn sleigh rides, cosy and traditional huts and pubs/eating places, right through to some great games of ice hockey, and après-ski with the locals.
Take the skibus to the piste, to go shopping and to go for a stroll
Anyone who shows the Lungo pass (a ski-pass for the following skiing areas: Grosseck-Speiereck, Katschberg, Aineck, Fanningberg, Obertauern) can make use of a perfectly coordinated skibus system, free of charge. Each hour, the buses link up practically every locality in a circuit of over 15 kilometres. And anyone wanting to do so can go shopping in the district’s main locality, Tamsweg, take a winter stroll along the Mur, or visit one of the many castles and palaces in the LUNGO region, without a problem and, above all, without cost.
If you have the LUNGO ski pass, you can travel around the whole Lungau region without restriction (and also without ski clothing, to go shopping and strolling)!
If you have the Oberlungau ski card (excluding Obertauern), you can travel in ski clothing from the place where you are based, into the skiing areas Katschberg, Aineck, Speiereck and Fanningberg!
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