Ski Holidays in Fieberbrunn, Austria

Snow report issued:	6th Feb 12
Last snowed:	24th Jan 12
Fresh snow depth:	20cm
Depth at resort:	130cm
Mountain depth:	270cm
Piste state:
Excellent (Great conditions - wax up your skis!)
Weather report:
Predominantly sunny with cloudy spells
Temperature:	-18°C
Open lifts:	11 of 11

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Slope Direction	N
Very Easy Runs	0
Easy Runs	7
Medium Runs	13
Difficult Runs	1
Toughest Run Name
Skiable Vertical	1105m
Number Of Lifts	14
Top Lift Height	2020m
Night Skiing	Y
Snowboarding Parks	0
Half Pipes	1
Swimming Pools	2
Night Clubs	1
Mountain Restaurants	9

Salzburg:	0 minutes
Munich / München:	0 minutes

Beginners have nursery slopes by the village and, particularly useful when snow cover isn't great at village level, up on the mountain. The ski school meeting point for all course members is the middle-station of the gondola Streuböden, right beside the guesthouse Streuböden, with courses running from Sunday to Friday from 10am to noon and from 1 - 3pm available.

As the terrain in the ski area is predominantly intermediate level blues and reds, there is plenty to entertain here, with runs up to five kilometres long. The local slopes are probably not quite extensive enough to provide more advanced intermediate skiers with enough variety over a week, but the Schneewinkel Pass which provides access to the skiing at neighbouring areas including St. Johann in Tyrol - linked by a ski bus service - will be more than adequate.

If you do need still more the Kitzbuhel Alpen Pass covers about 700km (440 miles) of piste in the area, including the lifts and runs of Austria's largest area, the Skiwelt, and best known resort, Kitzbuhel, both nearby.

The best skiers and boarders will find several marked black runs and challenging off-piste terrain on the Reckmoos and Hochhörndl. Both ski schools offer deep snow skiing / freeriding courses and guided tours for skiers or snowboarders, including avalanche awareness. They welcome both those new to off piste terrain and the more experienced.

One of Europe's top destinations for snowboarders, Fieberbrunn has built its reputation thanks to the "Lords of the Boards" operation which includes a dedicated boarding school, terrain park, half pipe and competition programme.

The large terrain park has something for all ability levels, as well as a chill out zone and bar. The resort has been staging major international boarding events for more than a decade, with the Snowboard Masters World Cup including slalom and pipe events in 1997 and the first ISF European Snowboard Championships ("Lords of the Boards") a year later.

The Aubad adventure swimming pool complex includes an indoor swimming pool, outdoor swimming channel to the outdoor massage pool as well as a children's pool. There's also a sauna village with Finnish sauna, steam sauna, organic log cabin sauna, sauna garden and a massage section.

Cross country skiing is popular here. At 15km the Dandler trail is the longest and easiest whilst for an intermediate level try the two kilometre Reither trail or the 10km Weissach loipe. There are also about 10 winter hiking tours around the village, each lasting from one to two hours.

If you'd like to move faster with less effort, the two kilometre long Direttissima tobogganing run is floodlit daily until midnight. You either need to hike over the Pletzergraben to the Hochkogel café where you can rent a sledge (a 90 minute walk) or in the daytime you can ride up by the Rosenegg Abschlepper T bar or you can take a taxi anytime.

Fieberbrunn has also become a centre for snow kiting whereby you are taken around a course on your skis or board, over small jumps, towed by a giant stunt kite. In the neighbouring resort of Hochfilzen you can try out the sport of biathlon once a week, where you cross country ski between stops to shoot at targets in a rifle range. A World Cup event in this very exciting sport is staged here each December.

Usually one of the livelier resorts, Fieberbrunn has about 30 bars and restaurants to choose from. Après ski normally begins in one of the slopeside ice bars and continues in the Riverhouse where there's often live music or the Dos Piranhas cocktail bar amongst others. The Tanzbar Tenne nightclub on Dorfstrasse opens at 9pm nightly.

Dining options are predominantly hearty Austrian mountain cuisine but you will find pizza establishments and a less common Mexican option.

Fieberbrunn has established itself as a major family resort and has two different well-equipped ski kindergartens for children aged from two-and-a-half. Mc Dumboland, situated at the valley terminal of the Doischberg lift (next to the yellow gondola cabins), is a ski play area complete with two convey lifts.

Expert but fun tuition is provided with small group sizes to maintain quality. A full week's programme of varied activities begins on Sundays each week. It includes children's aerobics, games, dressing up, Children's Olympics, race day and an afternoon picnic on the last day.

A second facility is operated by another ski school. The Kinderskischule-Tatzi-Club also has a magic carpet conveyor lift.

Older children are equally well catered for. One option is to try out new snow fun sports like snowblades, funcarver, carverlinos, twin tips and other 'new school' equipment with the motto "Everything is allowed."