Fieberbrunn

Ideal for intermediary skiiers and snowboarders, the mountain offers 65 kms of exciting, varied pistes as well as many picturesque alpine restaurants serving traditional Wienerschnitzel or plates of Kaiserschmarrn (chopped-up pancakes sprinkled with sugar and served with apple sauce, a favourite of many of our regular guests). With 13 lifts (3 chair lifts, 8 surface lifts) and a half pipe for boarders an added bonus of this resort is the 1160 metre long long toboggan coaster which hurtles down the mountain at breakneck speed – a must for all visitors to Fieberbrunn.

Location: 6391 Fieberbrunn – Tyrol – Austria

Elevation: 800 metres

Fieberbrunn is an old mining town from back in the Middle Ages – it is actually thought that some kind of mining took place here before the Romans.

The name actually comes from a mineral spring (‘Brunnen’) which supposedly cured one of the former rulers of the Tyrol from a bout of fever (‘Fieber’). The current name is markedly better than the one used beforehand – Pramau – which could be roughly translated from Old German as ‘bramble patch’.

Skiing here started at the beginning of the 20th century when a group of Bavarians climbed one of the hills on skis. A military ski course was also held here at around the same time. In those days, skiing consisted of walking up and then enjoying the downhill part.

It wasn’t until 1958 that the local lift company was founded. Steady expansion increased the skiable area and, in 2014, the news broke that the ski area of Fieberbrunn would be connected up to the much larger Saalbach-Hinterglemm-Leogang area.

Enthusiastically greeted from both sides (as well as being two different ski areas, the new connecting lift also crosses the boundary between the Tyrol and Salzburg), the area will boast 68 lifts and 240km of skiable terrain – immediately putting it in the ranks of the biggest Austrian ski areas.

The town of 4000 inhabitants is situated directly on the country road between St Johann in Tyrol and Hochfilzen. It is also one of the relatively few Austrian resorts to boast a rail connection.