Active winter holiday in Mauterndorf

A wide variety of winter activities in the Lungau holiday region

In addition to alpine skiing in the Lungau/Lungo ski region between Obertauern and Katschberg, Mauterndorf and the Lungau holiday region offer you an attractive winter programme for young & old during your ski holiday or winter holiday in Salzburg.

Nestled in the wonderful winter landscape of the state of Salzburg at about 1.000 m above sea level, you will find perfectly groomed cross-country trails with classic and skating technique trails, and well-maintained winter hiking trails. The surrounding mountains simply invite you to make ski tours, wheter easy, more difficult or the most difficult tours, the Lungau provides the perfect terrain for anyone wanting to make a ski tour. An eventful skiing day comes to a proper end with a cosy ride in a horse-drawn sleigh. Or how about a fun time tobogganing? A refreshment stop before or after tobogganing should not be missed of course! For those who would like to learn more about Mauterndorf and its history, Mauterndorf castle is also open in winter.

The Lungau holiday region has publishes a ski touring guide for a charge

Skitouring in the Salzburger mountains

Discover unspoiled nature on touring skis

For all those who love to be right at the heart of nature and are looking for a sporting challenge, the Lungau holiday region offers a fantastic selection of different ski tours at varying levels of difficulty.

Book your horse-drawn sleigh ride in Mauterndorf

Horse-drawn sleigh rides

The special highlight on a winter holiday in Mauterndorf

To pass through the deep snow-covered winter landscape in a sleigh pulled by horses, warmly wrapped up in a blanked, doesn't it sound romantic?

A ride in a horse-drawn sleigh should not be missed on a winter holiday in Mauterndorf. The carriage or sleigh driver will gladly pick you up from your accommodation and take you back again. This is an expereience that children will talk about for a long time to come, especially if they sit with the driver on the coach box and are close to the action!

Contact and Information:

Essl-Gut Familie Landschützer | Tel. +43 (0) 676 5363062
Familie Angermann | Tel. +43 (0)664 - 5257226
Samerhof – Familie Moser | Tel. +43 (0)6473 - 85 03

Winter hiking in the deep snow covered winter landscape

Winter hiking in the Lungau holiday region

Deep snow covered winter landscape at 1.100 m elevation

The majority of the winter hiking trails pass along quiet side roads of tracks used for agriculture or forestry and offer wonderful views of the surrounding mountain landscape of the Lungau.
A very popular winter walking path leads from the historic market square, past the imposant Mauterndorf Castle, along a traffice-free, excellently groomed path, which is also lit at night, to the Mauterndorf ski centre. After walking for about 25 minutes, you will have reached your destination and, after fortifying yourself in the Schi Alm restaurant, can start the walk back.

Or enjoy the wonderful winter panorama on a mountain ascent with the gondola and watch the colourful action on the ski slopes.

A folding map "Active in winter", which lists and shows all the cross country trails, winter hiking trails, Nordic walking paths and natural tobogganing runs, can be obtained from Mauterndorf Tourist Information Office!

Cross country holiday

in the Salzburger mountain region

You can even practice Nordic sports, such as cross-country skiing and skating, in the Lungau holiday region. Cross-country skiers have a choice between excellent cross-country trails in the valley – the sunny levels between Mauterndorf and Mariapfarr deserve a special mention – or the high trails in Obertauern.

A large number of cross-country trails are found around Mauterndorf in particular. The airfield cross-country trail with its 2.6 km of classic tracks and skating tracks is perfect for beginners and those pleasure skiers who want to enjoy the sun. The Taurach cross-country trail from Mauterndorf to Mariapfarr and back covering a distance of 6.5 km, definitely requires more endurance and, depending on your stamina, there are different access points in Mariapfarr.

A summary of the groomed cross-country trails or cross-country skiing trails and their conditions can be found at the Lungau holiday region website.

Tobogganing & sleigh riding in the Lungau holiday region

Fun for the whole family on a winter holiday in Mauterndorf

Nearly every place in the Lungau in Salzburg has its own tobogganing run. Whether for children during the day or for you at the end of an eventful day's skiing, fun and entertainment is guaranteed! In Mauterndorf itself, the 500 metre long, illuminated toboggan run lies directly next to the winter walking path to the ski centre at the foot of Mauterndorf castle

Contact and information:

Sport Rest - directly at the Mauterndorf Schizentrum | Tel. +43 (0)6472 - 20044 | www.sport-rest.com
Sport Pichler direcly in the city center | Tel. +43 (0)6472 - 7363 | www.sport-pichler.at

Sonnja´s tips

Night ski-touring

Did you know, ...

...Lit night ski touring in Mauterndorf and surrounding area

up the Aineck, from St. Margarethen every Monday from 5 p.m - 8:45 p.m
up the Grosseck, from Mauterndorf every Wednesday from 5 p.m - 8.30 p..m
up the Speiereck, from St. Michael every Friday from 5 p.m. - 8.30 p.m

Ski touring Lungau