Over Half of Glacier Ski Areas Open in the Alps in Austria
Over Half of Glacier Ski Areas Open in the Alps in Austria
Published : 12-Oct-2025 11:51
Of the dozen Alpine ski centres currently already open for skiing and boarding in the Alps, seven are in Austria, with Tirol home to five of them.
The season got underway in two more Austrian provinces at the weekend with Carinthia's Mölltal glacier (pictured above this weekend) and Salzburgerland's Kitzsteinhorn above Zell am See-Kaprun opening 3km and 10km of terrain respectively.
Hintertux currently boasts the most terrain open anywhere at present, offering 25km of slopes despite reporting a modest 25cm base, while Sölden, host of the upcoming FIS World Cup opener in a fortnight's time, following closely with 22km and a 40cm early-season base. Other Tirol glaciers including Stubai, Kaunertal and Pitztal are also open but with only3–8km of slopes open each.
Switzerland has the second most number of ski areas open so far, with Saas-Fee and Zermatt each offering about 14km of glacier terrain. The Schilthorn terrain park above Murren, built from preserved spring snow, is a third, freestyle-only option, while Diavolezza opens for its 25-26 season next weekend near St Moritz. There have already been pro racers training there in recent weeks.
Italy's Stelvio and Val Senales round out the already open resorts with nowhere in France expected to open until the latter half of next month.
Weather above 2000m has been largely settled through the weekend, with sunshine and light winds giving idyllic conditions on glaciers, but a wintry shift is expected midweek, with 30–40cm of fresh snow forecast for high slopes.
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