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Stubnerkogelstraße 23, 5640 Bad Gastein, Austria
No resort in this guide is easier to reach without a car. Direct trains run Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Bad Gastein with no change at all, the fastest in 1 h 21 and the average around 1 h 35, and gastein.com confirms hourly direct connections from Salzburg, Vienna and Munich, roughly 18 direct services a day. Better still, Bad Gastein station has an overpass leading straight to the Stubnerkogelbahn valley station and the Felsentherme, so you step off a train and are riding a lift within minutes instead of hunting for a ski bus. Journey times are indicative rather than OBB-quoted, but the hourly frequency is not in doubt.
The valley carries over 200 km of piste across four areas. The main linked sector, Schlossalm-Angertal-Stubnerkogel, is 82.7 km (30.8 easy, 49.3 intermediate, 2.6 difficult) on 17 lifts, running from 860 m to 2,300 m for a 1,440 m vertical, second only to the Kitzsteinhorn here. Sportgastein adds 24 km and is the highest terrain in Ski amade; Dorfgastein-Grossarltal contributes about 70 km topping out at 2,033 m; Graukogel is left to natural snow and ski tourers. The 2026/27 season is confirmed: Schlossalm-Angertal-Stubnerkogel runs 11 December 2026 to 4 April 2027 with partial operation from 27 November, 08:30 to 16:00 and closing at 15:30 until 31 January. Sportgastein runs 18 December 2026 to 11 April 2027, with limited weekend service to 2 May. Dorfgastein-Grossarltal dates have not been announced.
Gastein is a Ski amade region, and one day ticket covers Schlossalm-Angertal-Stubnerkogel, Sportgastein and Graukogel; it sits in the Salzburg Super Ski Card network too. Price is the gap. In August 2026 both skigastein.com and gasteinertal.com were still showing 2025/26 tariffs: EUR 78.50 at the ticket office in main season (20 December 2025 to 10 April 2026), EUR 66.50 to EUR 78.50 online, and EUR 55.00 in low season. Read those as the shape of the price rather than the number you will pay, and expect 2026/27 rates around the 1 September 2026 pre-sale.
Pro Tip: Aim for a direct train that reaches Bad Gastein before 08:30, when the Stubnerkogelbahn starts turning. The station overpass puts you at the valley station in a couple of minutes, which buys a car-free first-lift start that drivers coming over the Tauern rarely manage.
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