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step one - where and when
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step two - what do you need?
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step three - checkout
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Maria Alm |
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800-1070m |
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150km of runs in the total Hochkonig ski area |
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36 and 75% of the pistes have snowmaking on them |
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Maria Alm Informationt. 06584 7816 |
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Intermediates
Little queues
Friendly place |
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Experts
Slow lifts
Lift system not completely linked |
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Travel Maria Alm
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By Air
Salzburg
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By Train
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By Car
To get driving directions to the resort go to either the AA Website or the Michelin Route Planner website
www.viamichelin.com or www.theaa.com
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| About The Resort.. |
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Maria Alm ResortMaria Alm is a pretty Austrian village based at one end of the Hochkonig area sometimes known as the High King Mountain. There is a free ski bus operates between any of the mountain bases (Maria Alm, Hintermoos, Hinterthal, Dienten, and Mühlbach) which together provide a good sized ski area roughly the size of Kitzbuhel.
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Maria Alm Restaurants The Hotel Thalerhof in Maria Alm is a good restaurant for dinner whilst we like the Almerwirt, Alpenland and Sporthotel.
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Maria Alm Bars
 The Dengl Alm and Bachwirt are both good bars whilst the Almer Tenne has live bands and a disco. For those who like it a little quieter head for the Orgler Keller. You will also find some decent open air bars at the base of the mountains for that apres ski drink or three!
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Maria Alm Family Activities Curling
Tobogganing
Bowling
Swimming
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Maria Alm Hotels An excellent variety of 3 star and 4 star hotels. You will need to book youself because not many of the larger tour operators go to Maria Alm. However Elevation Holidays, Neilson, Interhome and Skiing Austria do go to Maria Alm.
Alpenland Sportshotel has its friends although we prefer to stay in Haus Salzsburg in Hinterthal which is run by a British couple Sandra and Carl who is not a bad ski instuctor as well!
Hotel Thalerhof is 100 metres from the lift and has 40 rooms with a pool and a sauna
Hotel Simonhof in Hinterthal has 20 rooms and again is 100 metres from the lift
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Ski Maria Alm If you are skiing in Maria Alm then you will want the Hochkonig Winterreich Ski Pass that covers all of the linked resorts accessible from Maria Alm.Hintermoos, Dienten and Mühlbach. All together you have 150 km of skiing with many North facing slopes, with 35% being blue, 55% red and 10% black, but if you are wanting to explore even more terrain buy a Ski Amadé Pass and this will cover you for 25 other resorts in the Salzburger Region. The area is best for intermediateswith many challenging runs. For beginnersthere are some nice nursery slopes. Snowboardersbeware there are a few drag lifts. There a number of cross countryruns as well for the adventurous. snow reliability is good in the area and snow making covers 80% of the runs.
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Maria Alm Mountain Restaurants There is a total of 37 mountain restaurants to choose from. The Bauerngrostl is to be recommended as is the Alm Bar |
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Maria Alm Snow Reports & Maria Alm Weather
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Maria Alm Nearby Resorts
Ski Amade is the name given to the largest ski region in Austria with 860km of ski slopes (280km of blue, 483 km red and 97km of black runs). There are 270 Cable Lifts and the highest slopes are 2700m above sea level. The Alpine region plays host to five different ski areas -
Schladming-Dachstein
Pruggern, Grobming, Haus/Ennstal, Schladming, Rohrmoos, Ramsau am Dachstein, Pichl and Forstau
Salzburger Sportwelt (Salzburg Sport World)
Flachau, Wagrain, St Johann / Alpendorf, Zauchensee, Flachauwinl, Kleinarl, Radstadt, Altenmarkt, Filzmoos, Eben
Grossarltal
Grosarl, Huttschlag
Hochkonig
Muhlbach, Dienten and Maria Alm
Gastein
Sportgastein, Bad Gastein, Bad Hofgastein and Dorfgastein
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Maria Alm Off Piste
Head for the off piste bowl behind the Aberg ridge. |
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Maria Alm Ski Hire
We recommend you get your ski hire and snowboards at one of the following two shops in Maria Alm
AGA Sport Aberg which is situated at 35 Arberg
AGA Sport Dorf with you will find at 49 Dorf
If you book online here at snowbrainer.com you'll make big savings on the resort RRP. It's so easy and convenient, you book online then collect in resort and it saves you time and money.
It's what we call a No Brainer, so Book now!
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| Top 5 Things To Take |
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 Easy to use Piste Maps & Ski Trails
Looking for high detailed piste maps for your GPS? Snowranger sells affordable quality digital maps that are great for any ski or snowboard trip. For those of you who’ve ever wondered which run gets you back to France from the Swiss side of Portes du Soleil or you’re racing the clock to get back from a Courchevel lunch to Val Thorens before the lifts shut this is invaluable kit. No more wrestling wet paper maps with frozen fingers! There are over 500 ski resorts piste maps in Europe and North America available.
Go to Snow-Forecast Snowranger
 Film your Mates Jumps, Tricks & Shameful Ski / Snowboard Moments.
We love the JAMCAM – it’s a head camera that allows you to capture your days skiing or snowboarding on the mountain. You can rent or buy the kit so for more details head to www.jam-cam.tv If you take the JAMCAM rental service in resort they include a host to record your day. The alternative is to rent before you leave, taking the equipment to the ski resort of your choice and posting back on your return. Gift vouchers are available via the website offering an unusual Christmas or Birthday present for your ski & snowboard mad friends.
 What's an easy way to carry skis?
Well we found the ‘THE HANDLE’ . This nifty little device allows you to carry your skis around without causing major injury to yourself and other members of the public. It’s incredibly easy to use – no Velcro just a click buckle. It’s also light and small enough to put in your pocket. www.ski-walker.com
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Maria Alm although not really on the British skiers radar is a charming place to go skiing. This makes for less queues that you would normally expect over a New Years ski break. There is loads of runs offering a huge amount of variety and you can if you want upgrade your ski pass to take in places like Kitzbuhel. We didn’t feel the urge and found all we wanted at Maria Alm. Will go back again next year and will also use your excellent ski rental service that saved us loads of money.
By Betty L. on 08/02/2010 18:04:08
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Maria Alm |
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31/08/2010 |
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