Austria’s winter playground
called Obertauern has everything you could imagine for a relaxing but
invigorating break, and the landscapes are simply stunning. You’re poised on
the lip of a dazzling white slope, groomed to perfection overnight and now
awaiting the kiss of your skis. Before you launch yourself into space there’s
just time to take in the scene. The glittering panorama of snow-lathered peaks.
The skaters on the crystal lake far below. The winter-plumed eagle soaring
above.
Remember the mountains near
Salzburg that Maria twirled down in the opening scene of The Sound of Music?
Well, those same hills are alive with the sound of swishing skis in winter.
Salzburg is a cracking base for striking out into the wider region of Salzburgerland.
Covering a whopping 760km of pistes, 270 ski lifts and 25 resorts, Ski Amadé is
one of Europe’s biggest ski regions not only in Salzburgerland but also in Styria (Steiermark), with everything from gentle, tree-lined
runs to glorious off-piste.