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Ski Resort Saalbach Hinterglemm Leogang Fieberbrunn in Saalbach-Hinterglemm: Position on map

Review Saalbach Hinterglemm Leogang Fieberbrunn: Beginner Skiing

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Category Beginner: Official review by Snow-Online.com
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  • Good access to the beginner area
  • Well equipped kids park
  • Designated beginner areas
  • Great variety of ski schools and lessons offered
  • Great variety of runs for beginners
    Scores:
    Beginner 9 / 10
    Overall score: 89 / 100

    Top ski area for beginners with 140 km of blue-rated slopes

    Hinterglemm is a great place to find your feet

    With Fieberbrunn, Leogang as well as Saalbach and Hinterglemm, visitors have four entry points to the Skicircus. Absolute beginners will find the best options in Hinterglemm. The nursery slopes on the south side of Hinterglemm are served by no less than four surface lifts ­– the Mitteregglift (37), Bergfriedlift (36), Funparklift (38a) and Oberschwarzachlift (39). There is also another small nursery slope close to the valley station of the Schattberg X-Press in Saalbach served by the Wallehenlift (19). However, please note that this lift is not always operational and the extensive beginner slopes in Hinterglemm impressed us much more.

    Numerous blue trails on Saalbach’s sunny side

    If you feel ready to graduate from the nursery slopes up to the mountain proper, the Hochalmbahn lift in the Reichkendlkopf area is probably a good place to start. From here, there is an array of easy slopes to explore all the way up to the summit of Großen Asitz (1914m), even allowing you to traverse over to Leogang. Another plus point: All of the slopes here are exclusively south-facing, allowing you to soak up some rays when skies are clear. Over half of the 270 km of runs in the Skicircus Saalbach Hinterglemm Leogang are straightforward blue trails. A glance at the trail map reveals that the entire ski area can, more or less, be explored on simple runs, with just a few minor exceptions (such as the area surrounding the Hochhörndlbahn in Fieberbrunn).

    So what is missing at the Skicircus for beginners?

    As we already mentioned, there are few ski areas that allow beginners to explore so much terrain as seamlessly as the Skicircus does in the area surrounding Saalbach. However, beginners should bear two things in mind:

    1.) It is only possible to traverse from the Zwölferkogel to the aforementioned sunny slopes on the Reichkendlkopf via the black-rated Zwölferkogel-Nordabfahrt. We recommend that beginners instead opt to take the gondola back down into the valley before getting the lift back up.

    In the season 2015/2016, the ski area joined forces with Fieberbrunn. Inexperienced skiers may also find the traverse over to Fieberbrunn challenging, as this means circumnavigating the red-rated runs surrounding the Reckmoos Nord gondola. 

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    User Reviews

    Nick (Age: 31-35)
    Skill: Advanced • in Feb 2022
    Travelled as: Alone
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    Laura (Age: 46-50)
    Skill: Advanced • in Jan 2022
    Travelled as: Group
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    Nick (Age: 31-35)
    Skill: Advanced • in Feb 2022
    Travelled as: Alone
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    Matthias (Age: 36-40)
    Skill: Pro • in Dec 2021
    Travelled as: Family
    Super. The little one was satisfied and can ski perfectly for his age
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    Luzia (Age: 18-25)
    Skill: Pro • in Mar 2022
    Travelled as: Group
    Those who dare their first attempts at snow sports best start in Saalbach. There you will find numerous slopes in the lower part of the area, which are suitable for beginners due to their low gradi... Read complete review
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    Stefan (Age: 31-35)
    Skill: Pro • in Jan 2020
    Travelled as: Family
    Here everyone can learn or improve their skiing. Enough blue slopes & beginners' hills
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    Geirg (Age: 18-25)
    Skill: Pro • in Nov 2017
    Travelled as: Family
    Leogang offers everything for beginners! Unfortunately, there are always places in the rest of the ski resort where it becomes difficult for beginners.
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    Andrea Berger (Age: 26-30)
    Skill: Pro • in Apr 2008
    Travelled as: n.V.
    Good practice opportunities for beginners!
    The ski resort is perfectly divided into a "beginner's area" by the 2-seater chairlift Reckmoos Nord and into a partial area with only more demanding downhill runs. Untrained skiers and snowboarder... Read complete review
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    Martin Bauer (Age: 26-30)
    Skill: Pro • in Dec 2005
    Travelled as: n.V.
    Numerous blue slopes make the first runs easier
    For beginners in Alpine winter sports, the "ski Circus" with its 34 downhill runs of the blue category and its 6 baby or children's lifts on 90 pistes offers good conditions to make first attempts ... Read complete review
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