stubai valley ski resorts
The Stubaital is a long and winding valley to the south of Innsbruck and home to no less than four ski areas. By far and away the best-known is the Stubai glacier far away at the end of the valley, which is usually open from early autumn through to early summer.
The more accessible Schlick 2000 ski area above the town of Fulpmes is the other particularly popular ski area and is a favourite of Innsbruck residents and visitors.
the stubai glacier
The Stubai glacier offers some of the highest skiing in the Alps and is especially popular before and after the snows have hit the lower resorts for the main winter ski season. For a glacier ski area it has an extensive lift infrastructure and a good variety of runs. Visitors are sometimes surprised at how long it takes to travel to the ski area - the bottom lift is 35km away from the entrance to the valley to the south of Innsbruck.
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other stubai valley ski resorts
Schlick 2000 is the other popular ski area in the Stubai valley. It is relatively close to the valley entrance and thus to the motorway heading south from Innsbruck. There are also small ski areas at Mieders and above Neustift at the top of the Elfer lift.
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villages in the stubai valley
The village of Neustift itself is a lively centre popular with travel companies and hosting the main supermarkets, bars and restaurants.
Hotel accommodation is also available in the nearby villages and hamlets
of Neder and Kampl on the Innsbruck side and Milders (probably the next
biggest), Krössbach, Volderau, Gasteig and Mutterberg on the glacier
side. An efficient valley bus and skibus service connects the different settlements.
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information about Neustift Accommodation
Further out towards the Wipp valley and Innsbruck, are the settlements of Telfes and Mieders as well as the main valley town of Fulpmes.
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information about Fulpmes Accommodation
The villages in the Stubai valley offer a wide range of accommodation. Hotels of all grades and other forms of accommodation like guesthouses and apartments can be found by using the availability search box here:
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travel to the stubai valley
The Stubai valley is easy to reach from most parts of Europe. Innsbruck airport
is close at hand for air travellers and the south-east-west
motorway junction at Innsbruck makes the valley easily accessible by road.
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Why choose the Stubai valley for your ski holiday...
- variety of ski areas and villages in the valley
- short transfer from Innsbruck airport
- glacier accessibility in bad snow conditions
- long ski season on the glacier
What are the drawbacks...
- ski areas can get busy in high season and at weekends
- no accommodation at glacier base
- ski areas relatively small and not particularly challenging for advanced skiers
