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Forecast today: Rain and snow
- Max temp: 3.2 °c
- Min temp: 0.1 °c
- Last snowed: Fri 28 Feb
With its impressive ski area, incredible array of spa facilities and easy access from Salzburg, it's no surprise Badgastein is a popular choice for skiers.
Extensive snowmaking has improved snow reliability in the region markedly in recent years, plus the high-altitude Sportgastein slopes are little more than a short bus ride away from town. A lot of money has been invested into the lifts and slopes in recent years, including the impressive revamp of the Schlossalm sector above the next door village of Bad Hofgastein. You’ll spend most of your time on high capacity gondolas (which can also download if the snow isn’t great lower down at the start or end of the season) or fast chairlifts, making it very easy to clock up the miles. The only issue here is for advanced and expert skiers, who may find their options limited, especially if there is little off piste terrain available.
As mentioned, the town is almost as famous for its thermal spas as it is for skiing and there are so many to choose from – ranging from small, family-run affairs to vast, luxury hotel-run facilities. The town itself is bustling, especially at weekends, and there is a good range of accommodation and restaurant options – most hotels of course have spa facilities too! Resort website: www.gastein.com
Pros and cons
- Excellent, testing long runs for confident intermediates
- Good mix of high, open slopes and lower woodland runs
- Good mountain restaurants
- Excellent thermal spas, but …
- Main resorts are spa towns, lacking the usual Austrian resort ambience
- Valley slopes are split into five areas, and having a car helps
- Lacks genuinely easy long runs for painless progression
Top (2223m)
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| Snow expected | 7.2 cm | 2.8 cm | 0.7 cm | 2.8 cm | 0.5 cm | 0.3 cm | 1.4 cm | 3.8 cm | 2.5 cm | 2.6 cm | 2.1 cm | 0.5 cm | 0 cm | 0 cm | 0 cm | 0 cm | 0 cm | 0 cm | 0 cm | 0 cm | 0 cm | 0 cm | 0 cm | 0 cm | 0 cm | 0.1 cm | 0 cm | 0 cm | 0 cm | 0 cm |
| Max temp | -3.1°c | -2.8°c | -3°c | -0.9°c | -0.5°c | -1.4°c | -1.9°c | -1.9°c | -3.4°c | -6.1°c | -6.8°c | -8.9°c | -4.4°c | -3.9°c | -7.8°c | 0.2°c | 0.6°c | -4.4°c | 1.6°c | 1.9°c | -2.8°c | 2°c | 2.2°c | -1.1°c | 0.9°c | 1.1°c | -1.1°c | 1.8°c | 2.1°c | 0.1°c |
| Min temp | -5.9°c | -3.2°c | -3.2°c | -2.2°c | -1.4°c | -2.2°c | -3°c | -3.4°c | -5.5°c | -7°c | -8.9°c | -11.9°c | -11.4°c | -7.8°c | -8.9°c | -7°c | -4.4°c | -6.6°c | -5°c | -2.8°c | -4.8°c | -3.4°c | -1.1°c | -2.9°c | -1.8°c | -1.1°c | -2.1°c | -0.9°c | 0.1°c | -0.2°c |
| Feels like temp | -7.4°c | -6.6°c | -3.2°c | -5.2°c | -5.5°c | -5.2°c | -2.9°c | -1.9°c | -7.9°c | -12.2°c | -14.3°c | -15.3°c | -11.4°c | -8.3°c | -12.9°c | -7°c | 0.2°c | -4.4°c | -5°c | 1.4°c | -6.3°c | -7.4°c | -2.3°c | -6.3°c | -7°c | -4°c | -6.5°c | -5.5°c | -2.7°c | -4.8°c |
| AM | PM | Night | |
| Weather | Snow |
Light snow |
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| Snow expected | 7.2 cm | 2.8 cm | 0.7 cm |
| Max temp | -3.1°c | -2.8°c | -3°c |
| Min temp | -5.9°c | -3.2°c | -3.2°c |
| Feels like temp | -7.4°c | -6.6°c | -3.2°c |
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| Weather | Light snow |
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| Snow expected | 2.8 cm | 0.5 cm | 0.3 cm |
| Max temp | -0.9°c | -0.5°c | -1.4°c |
| Min temp | -2.2°c | -1.4°c | -2.2°c |
| Feels like temp | -5.2°c | -5.5°c | -5.2°c |
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| Weather | Occasional snow |
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| Snow expected | 1.4 cm | 3.8 cm | 2.5 cm |
| Max temp | -1.9°c | -1.9°c | -3.4°c |
| Min temp | -3°c | -3.4°c | -5.5°c |
| Feels like temp | -2.9°c | -1.9°c | -7.9°c |
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| Weather | Occasional snow |
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| Snow expected | 2.6 cm | 2.1 cm | 0.5 cm |
| Max temp | -6.1°c | -6.8°c | -8.9°c |
| Min temp | -7°c | -8.9°c | -11.9°c |
| Feels like temp | -12.2°c | -14.3°c | -15.3°c |
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| Weather | Clear skies |
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| Snow expected | 0 cm | 0 cm | 0 cm |
| Max temp | -4.4°c | -3.9°c | -7.8°c |
| Min temp | -11.4°c | -7.8°c | -8.9°c |
| Feels like temp | -11.4°c | -8.3°c | -12.9°c |
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| Weather | Clear skies |
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| Snow expected | 0 cm | 0 cm | 0 cm |
| Max temp | 0.2°c | 0.6°c | -4.4°c |
| Min temp | -7°c | -4.4°c | -6.6°c |
| Feels like temp | -7°c | 0.2°c | -4.4°c |
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| Weather | Clear skies |
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| Snow expected | 0 cm | 0 cm | 0 cm |
| Max temp | 1.6°c | 1.9°c | -2.8°c |
| Min temp | -5°c | -2.8°c | -4.8°c |
| Feels like temp | -5°c | 1.4°c | -6.3°c |
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| Weather | Clear skies |
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| Snow expected | 0 cm | 0 cm | 0 cm |
| Max temp | 2°c | 2.2°c | -1.1°c |
| Min temp | -3.4°c | -1.1°c | -2.9°c |
| Feels like temp | -7.4°c | -2.3°c | -6.3°c |
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| Weather | Mainly fair |
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| Snow expected | 0 cm | 0.1 cm | 0 cm |
| Max temp | 0.9°c | 1.1°c | -1.1°c |
| Min temp | -1.8°c | -1.1°c | -2.1°c |
| Feels like temp | -7°c | -4°c | -6.5°c |
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| Weather | Rain and snow |
Light rain/snow |
Light rain/snow | Rain and snow |
 Occasional rain |
Light rain/snow | Light rain/snow |
Occasional rain |
Occasional snow | Occasional snow |
Snow grains |
Mainly fair | Generally clear |
Generally clear |
Generally clear | Clear skies |
Clear skies |
Clear skies | Clear skies |
Generally clear |
Clear skies | Clear skies |
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| Snow expected | 1.5 cm | 0 cm | 0.4 cm | 0.3 cm | 0 cm | 0 cm | 0.4 cm | 0 cm | 0.6 cm | 1 cm | 0.6 cm | 0.2 cm | 0 cm | 0 cm | 0 cm | 0 cm | 0 cm | 0 cm | 0 cm | 0 cm | 0 cm | 0 cm | 0 cm | 0 cm | 0 cm | 0 cm | 0.1 cm | 0 cm | 0 cm | 0 cm |
| Max temp | 3°c | 3.2°c | 2.4°c | 3.6°c | 4.1°c | 3°c | 4.1°c | 4.6°c | 2.4°c | 0°c | 0.1°c | -3.8°c | 0.1°c | 0.5°c | -4.2°c | 5.1°c | 5.5°c | -0.6°c | 6.8°c | 7.1°c | 1.1°c | 6.6°c | 7°c | 2.5°c | 5.6°c | 5.9°c | 2.8°c | 6.2°c | 6.6°c | 4.1°c |
| Min temp | 0.1°c | 2.4°c | 0.1°c | 1.1°c | 3°c | 1.6°c | 0.5°c | 2.4°c | -1.1°c | -2.9°c | -3.8°c | -9.9°c | -11°c | -4.2°c | -7.4°c | -6.6°c | -0.6°c | -4.4°c | -4°c | 1.1°c | -2.4°c | -2.2°c | 2.5°c | -0.5°c | -0.5°c | 2.8°c | 0.4°c | 0.6°c | 4.1°c | 2.5°c |
| Feels like temp | 1°c | 2.8°c | 2.2°c | 1.6°c | 3.4°c | 2.8°c | 0.7°c | 3.8°c | 2.2°c | -2.8°c | -3°c | -3.8°c | -11°c | 0.1°c | -4.2°c | -6.6°c | 4.6°c | -0.6°c | -4°c | 6.2°c | 1°c | -2.2°c | 6°c | 2.3°c | -0.5°c | 3.6°c | 0.7°c | 0.6°c | 4.3°c | 2.1°c |
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| Snow expected | 1.5 cm | 0 cm | 0.4 cm |
| Max temp | 3°c | 3.2°c | 2.4°c |
| Min temp | 0.1°c | 2.4°c | 0.1°c |
| Feels like temp | 1°c | 2.8°c | 2.2°c |
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| Snow expected | 0.3 cm | 0 cm | 0 cm |
| Max temp | 3.6°c | 4.1°c | 3°c |
| Min temp | 1.1°c | 3°c | 1.6°c |
| Feels like temp | 1.6°c | 3.4°c | 2.8°c |
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| Snow expected | 0.4 cm | 0 cm | 0.6 cm |
| Max temp | 4.1°c | 4.6°c | 2.4°c |
| Min temp | 0.5°c | 2.4°c | -1.1°c |
| Feels like temp | 0.7°c | 3.8°c | 2.2°c |
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| Snow expected | 1 cm | 0.6 cm | 0.2 cm |
| Max temp | 0°c | 0.1°c | -3.8°c |
| Min temp | -2.9°c | -3.8°c | -9.9°c |
| Feels like temp | -2.8°c | -3°c | -3.8°c |
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| Snow expected | 0 cm | 0 cm | 0 cm |
| Max temp | 0.1°c | 0.5°c | -4.2°c |
| Min temp | -11°c | -4.2°c | -7.4°c |
| Feels like temp | -11°c | 0.1°c | -4.2°c |
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| Snow expected | 0 cm | 0 cm | 0 cm |
| Max temp | 5.1°c | 5.5°c | -0.6°c |
| Min temp | -6.6°c | -0.6°c | -4.4°c |
| Feels like temp | -6.6°c | 4.6°c | -0.6°c |
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| Snow expected | 0 cm | 0 cm | 0 cm |
| Max temp | 6.8°c | 7.1°c | 1.1°c |
| Min temp | -4°c | 1.1°c | -2.4°c |
| Feels like temp | -4°c | 6.2°c | 1°c |
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| Snow expected | 0 cm | 0 cm | 0 cm |
| Max temp | 6.6°c | 7°c | 2.5°c |
| Min temp | -2.2°c | 2.5°c | -0.5°c |
| Feels like temp | -2.2°c | 6°c | 2.3°c |
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| Snow expected | 0 cm | 0 cm | 0.1 cm |
| Max temp | 5.6°c | 5.9°c | 2.8°c |
| Min temp | -0.5°c | 2.8°c | 0.4°c |
| Feels like temp | -0.5°c | 3.6°c | 0.7°c |
Resort Conditions
| Snowfall | Last Snowfall | 28/02/2025 |
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| Next 3 days | 31.4 cm | |
| Depths | Upper piste depth | 60 cm |
| Lower piste depth | 20 cm | |
| Snow conditions | Snow quality | Artificial snow |
| Lifts | Lifts open | 17 out of 17 |
| Resort opening date | Fri 29 Nov 2024 | |
| Resort closing date | Sun 06 Apr 2025 |
Snow Overview
Austria
Updated 11/02
Some seriously snowy and unsettled weather is moving in over the Austrian Alps in the coming days, bringing some good totals to many areas. Most areas will see at least 40cm of snow, especially across the Inn and Ems valleys; the south side of the Main Alpine Ridge, however, as a weather system works its way down the Po River valley.
The temperature will fall over the course of this week, starting around 2,000m but dropping to sea level by the weekend, ensuring this snow reaches all slopes across the region.
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