The consistently super-wide groomed slopes are a sight to behold at this massive, interlinked resort. Hurtling down them at warp factors well in excess of common sense occurs naturally. Before one knows it, tears are being induced from inside your goggles, legs quiver and the brain tells you to 'SLOW DOWN FOOL". But its so much fun going ridiculous speeds on groomers, and that is the most compelling reason for powder hounds to ski Snow Space Salzburg. At the other end of the spectrum, families will adore this place. Modern, comfortable lifts, big wide piste trails that go for miles, but also shorter vertical pistes beautifully suited to learning the art of sliding on snow! …. More to come soon.

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Three of us middle aged try hards drove the short distance from our lodging in Altenmarkt to Flachau in our rental Ford Kuga.

It was a Thursday and very quiet at this end of the mega area that is Snow Space. It got a little busier around Wagrain as we moved across the peaks but it was largely a day without crowds.

Our day was bright and sunny 🌞 but many areas get little or no sunshine throughout the day with a low winter sun so it was alternating sweat and chill. A bit of a challenge when choosing your layers.

This area is vast. With only a day we made it our mission to move across all the peaks from Flachau to Alpendorf. Thanks to the incredible linking network of chairs and gondolas 🚡 we did this easily with the only hold up being on the G- Link at Wagrain. This cable car 🚠 runs very 10 minutes and, standing room only, fills uncomfortably with hot 🥵 and sweaty riders to link the two sides of the Wagrain area. My tip if you have more than one ☝️ day here is to avoid the G- Link completely and dedicate a day to the Flachau-Wagrain sector, which takes in peaks 6 to 9 of the advertised 12 peaks space, and a another day doing peaks 1 to 5 in the Wagrain-Alpendorf sector.

The area is spectacular on a clear day and caters for all levels of ⛷ skiers. The piste runs are well groomed, wide for the cruisers and fast for those who want to move. It’s not challenging stuff for the advanced skier but it is fun. For this reason I would imagine families could have quite a good time skiing together here . There were some powder stashes around but they were mostly skied out by the time of our visit which was 2 or 3 days too late after the most recent snowfall. Still we found some opportunities and that kept the day interesting.

With so many runs to choose from and places to eat and drink you can’t go wrong here. And the vastness of it is just mind blowing for a simple Aussie like me. But what about the vertical??!! Huge! Runs that just go on and on. I loved it.

I will definitely be back for a more dedicated visit on a multi day pass where hopefully the weather conditions allow me to take advantage of the off piste areas when they are at their best. See our video here