Heiligenblut

Though very much off the radar of British visitors, Heiligenblut offers a huge amount of freeride terrain, untouched snow, and access to some of the highest backcountry in Austria.

weather Forecast today: Generally clear

Max temp: 5 °c
Min temp: -4.3 °c

Last Updated: Sat 22 Feb

weather Forecast today: Generally clear

Max temp: 5 °c
Min temp: -4.3 °c

Last Updated: Sat 22 Feb

Ski Club offerings

Freshtracks holiday

Check out the Ski Club’s holidays available in this resort

Find holidays

36%Beginner

62%Intermediate

2%Advanced

The picturesque village is set among beautiful surroundings at the foot of the Grossglockner, Austria's highest mountain.

Situated to the west of Badgastein, the slopes in Heiligenblut are quiet and are mainly blues and reds in two areas. The 12 lifts include three gondolas and serve 55km of groomed runs, though the extensive freeride terrain is the real draw. Due to the altitude, the resort’s six freeride arenas offer great snow for much of the season and the lack of crowds mean the slopes stay untracked for longer.

Beginner
Fast lifts
Intermediate
Resort Activities
Advanced
Aprés
Snow
Value

Pros and cons

Fantastic lift-served off piste and touring opportunities
Surprisingly varied local slopes
Hidden gem that is often very quiet

Limited terrain for beginners
Quiet town with limited nightlife
High altitude terrain can be challenging in bad weather

On the Slopes

The ski area has a decent network of blues and reds, dropping down from the Schareck mountain at 2604m. Even higher slopes can be found on Hochfleiss, where the long snowsure run 11 drops from 2902m right down to 1809m. Beginners will want to stay in the village, where two gentle learning areas can be found.

The main attraction however is the off piste terrain. After fresh snowfall, the lack of crowds means that plenty of excellent powder can be found within the lift served area – powder that typically remains untracked for longer than in most resorts. Touring equipment and a mountain guide will then get you into some of Austria’s finest backcountry – book on with Ski Club Freshtracks to do exactly this.

In the Resort

This is a quiet and pretty resort, set at just over 1300m at the foot of the ski area. It is instantly recognisable by the stunning church in the centre of town and the towering Grossglockner behind it. Small, family run hotels dominate the accommodation on offer – so expect to come here to ski and relax, this certainly isn’t an Austrian party town.

Getting to Heiligenblut

The small Klagenfurt airport is around two hours to the southeast of the resort, whilst Salzburg sits two and a half hours to the north. Innsbruck is an alternative, but the drive takes you via Italy and lasts around three and a half hours.

Klagenfurt airport: 2 hours (driving)
Salzburg airport: 2.5 hours (driving)
Innsbruck airport: 3.5 hours (driving)

Season Dates

Opens: Friday 20 December 2024
Closes: Sunday 30 March 2025

Resort holidays

Heiligenblut

Goldberg Group Traverse

Sun 02 Mar 2025, 7 Nights

£2150

Holidays details Book

Heiligenblut Piste Map

Heiligenblut FATMAP

Top (2902m)

	Sat 22 Feb			Sun 23 Feb			Mon 24 Feb			Tue 25 Feb			Wed 26 Feb			Thu 27 Feb			Fri 28 Feb			Sat 1 Mar			Sun 2 Mar			Mon 3 Mar
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Weather	Generally clear	Generally clear	Generally clear	Partly cloudy	Occasional snow	Occasional snow	Rather cloudy	Rather cloudy	Broken clouds	Broken clouds	Rather cloudy	Occasional snow	Occasional snow	Light snow	Light snow	Light snow	Occasional snow	Occasional snow	Occasional snow	Light snow shwr	Occasional snow	Rather cloudy	Occasional snow	Occasional snow	Broken clouds	Snow grains	Mainly fair	Mainly fair	Partly cloudy	Broken clouds
Wind
Snow expected	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm	1 cm	2.7 cm	0.6 cm	0.3 cm	0 cm	0 cm	0.4 cm	0.7 cm	3.1 cm	6.5 cm	5.8 cm	5 cm	3.7 cm	2.3 cm	1.4 cm	1.9 cm	0.8 cm	0.4 cm	1.8 cm	0.9 cm	1.2 cm	1.5 cm	0.5 cm	0.6 cm	0.4 cm	0.8 cm
Max temp	-3.9°c	-3.3°c	-4.5°c	-3.2°c	-3.8°c	-4.2°c	-4.3°c	-4.5°c	-5.1°c	-5.1°c	-5.2°c	-4.9°c	-4.5°c	-5.8°c	-5.7°c	-5.8°c	-6.3°c	-6.3°c	-7.1°c	-7.3°c	-7.3°c	-9.2°c	-9°c	-8.7°c	-9.3°c	-8.9°c	-8.5°c	-7.2°c	-6.7°c	-7°c
Min temp	-4.5°c	-4.5°c	-4.8°c	-4.7°c	-4.5°c	-4.6°c	-5.3°c	-5.1°c	-5.8°c	-5.9°c	-5.9°c	-5.2°c	-7.6°c	-7.6°c	-6°c	-8.1°c	-8.1°c	-6.9°c	-8.3°c	-8.3°c	-8.2°c	-9.9°c	-9.6°c	-9.6°c	-10.1°c	-9.4°c	-9°c	-8.7°c	-7.2°c	-7.3°c
Feels like temp	-10.4°c	-9.8°c	-8.8°c	-9.2°c	-7.7°c	-7.8°c	-5.3°c	-8.5°c	-5.1°c	-5.6°c	-11.8°c	-10.3°c	-8.1°c	-12°c	-10.6°c	-10.3°c	-12.3°c	-9.9°c	-11.3°c	-13.1°c	-11.7°c	-13.9°c	-13.9°c	-9.1°c	-14.1°c	-9.4°c	-13°c	-14.2°c	-12.8°c	-11.9°c

Ski Club members only

Join and get access to events and more

Join us Log in

Select day:

	AM	PM	Night
Weather	Generally clear	Generally clear	Generally clear
Wind
Snow expected	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm
Max temp	-3.9°c	-3.3°c	-4.5°c
Min temp	-4.5°c	-4.5°c	-4.8°c
Feels like temp	-10.4°c	-9.8°c	-8.8°c

Ski Club members only

Join and get access to events and more

Join us Log in

	AM	PM	Night
Weather	Partly cloudy	Occasional snow	Occasional snow
Wind
Snow expected	0 cm	1 cm	2.7 cm
Max temp	-3.2°c	-3.8°c	-4.2°c
Min temp	-4.7°c	-4.5°c	-4.6°c
Feels like temp	-9.2°c	-7.7°c	-7.8°c

Ski Club members only

Join and get access to events and more

Join us Log in

	AM	PM	Night
Weather	Rather cloudy	Rather cloudy	Broken clouds
Wind
Snow expected	0.6 cm	0.3 cm	0 cm
Max temp	-4.3°c	-4.5°c	-5.1°c
Min temp	-5.3°c	-5.1°c	-5.8°c
Feels like temp	-5.3°c	-8.5°c	-5.1°c

Ski Club members only

Join and get access to events and more

Join us Log in

	AM	PM	Night
Weather	Broken clouds	Rather cloudy	Occasional snow
Wind
Snow expected	0 cm	0.4 cm	0.7 cm
Max temp	-5.1°c	-5.2°c	-4.9°c
Min temp	-5.9°c	-5.9°c	-5.2°c
Feels like temp	-5.6°c	-11.8°c	-10.3°c

Ski Club members only

Join and get access to events and more

Join us Log in

	AM	PM	Night
Weather	Occasional snow	Light snow	Light snow
Wind
Snow expected	3.1 cm	6.5 cm	5.8 cm
Max temp	-4.5°c	-5.8°c	-5.7°c
Min temp	-7.6°c	-7.6°c	-6°c
Feels like temp	-8.1°c	-12°c	-10.6°c

Ski Club members only

Join and get access to events and more

Join us Log in

	AM	PM	Night
Weather	Light snow	Occasional snow	Occasional snow
Wind
Snow expected	5 cm	3.7 cm	2.3 cm
Max temp	-5.8°c	-6.3°c	-6.3°c
Min temp	-8.1°c	-8.1°c	-6.9°c
Feels like temp	-10.3°c	-12.3°c	-9.9°c

Ski Club members only

Join and get access to events and more

Join us Log in

	AM	PM	Night
Weather	Occasional snow	Light snow shwr	Occasional snow
Wind
Snow expected	1.4 cm	1.9 cm	0.8 cm
Max temp	-7.1°c	-7.3°c	-7.3°c
Min temp	-8.3°c	-8.3°c	-8.2°c
Feels like temp	-11.3°c	-13.1°c	-11.7°c

Ski Club members only

Join and get access to events and more

Join us Log in

	AM	PM	Night
Weather	Rather cloudy	Occasional snow	Occasional snow
Wind
Snow expected	0.4 cm	1.8 cm	0.9 cm
Max temp	-9.2°c	-9°c	-8.7°c
Min temp	-9.9°c	-9.6°c	-9.6°c
Feels like temp	-13.9°c	-13.9°c	-9.1°c

Ski Club members only

Join and get access to events and more

Join us Log in

	AM	PM	Night
Weather	Broken clouds	Snow grains	Mainly fair
Wind
Snow expected	1.2 cm	1.5 cm	0.5 cm
Max temp	-9.3°c	-8.9°c	-8.5°c
Min temp	-10.1°c	-9.4°c	-9°c
Feels like temp	-14.1°c	-9.4°c	-13°c

Ski Club members only

Join and get access to events and more

Join us Log in

	AM	PM	Night
Weather	Mainly fair	Partly cloudy	Broken clouds
Wind
Snow expected	0.6 cm	0.4 cm	0.8 cm
Max temp	-7.2°c	-6.7°c	-7°c
Min temp	-8.7°c	-7.2°c	-7.3°c
Feels like temp	-14.2°c	-12.8°c	-11.9°c

Ski Club members only

Join and get access to events and more

Join us Log in

Resort (1301m)

	Sat 22 Feb			Sun 23 Feb			Mon 24 Feb			Tue 25 Feb			Wed 26 Feb			Thu 27 Feb			Fri 28 Feb			Sat 1 Mar			Sun 2 Mar			Mon 3 Mar
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Weather	Generally clear	Generally clear	Generally clear	Partly cloudy	Occasional rain	Light rain	Light rain/snow	Rather cloudy	Fog	Broken clouds	Rather cloudy	Light rain/snow	Light rain/snow	Rain and snow	Rain and snow	Light snow	Rain and snow	Light snow	Light rain/snow	Rain/Snow shower	Occasional snow	Rather cloudy	Rain/Snow shower	Occasional snow	Rather cloudy	Light rain/snow	Generally clear	Mainly fair	Broken clouds	Rather cloudy
Wind
Snow expected	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm	0.1 cm	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm	0.6 cm	0.1 cm	1.8 cm	2.8 cm	0.9 cm	2.3 cm	0.9 cm	0.4 cm	0.4 cm	0.3 cm	0.9 cm	0.8 cm	0.7 cm	1 cm	0.3 cm	0.4 cm	0.2 cm	0.7 cm
Max temp	4.6°c	5°c	2.6°c	5.6°c	5.6°c	3.4°c	4.4°c	4.5°c	2.4°c	3.6°c	3.7°c	2.1°c	2.1°c	2.1°c	1.6°c	1.5°c	1.8°c	1.1°c	1.2°c	1.3°c	0°c	-0.3°c	-0.1°c	-1.8°c	-0.2°c	-0.1°c	-1.6°c	2.1°c	2.3°c	0.1°c
Min temp	-4.3°c	2.1°c	1.4°c	0.4°c	3.4°c	1.9°c	0.1°c	2.4°c	0.2°c	-0.4°c	2.1°c	1°c	0.1°c	1.6°c	0.2°c	-1°c	1.1°c	-0.9°c	-2.2°c	0°c	-2.4°c	-4.4°c	-1.8°c	-4°c	-4.9°c	-1.6°c	-2.9°c	-3.9°c	0.1°c	-1.5°c
Feels like temp	-4.3°c	4.2°c	1.9°c	0.4°c	5.2°c	3.2°c	0.1°c	4.1°c	2.2°c	-0.4°c	3.3°c	2°c	0.8°c	1.8°c	1.5°c	-0.4°c	1.4°c	1°c	-1.8°c	1.1°c	0°c	-4.1°c	-0.3°c	-1.8°c	-4.8°c	-0.2°c	-1.6°c	-3.8°c	1.9°c	0.1°c

Ski Club members only

Join and get access to events and more

Join us Log in

Select day:

	AM	PM	Night
Weather
Wind
Snow expected	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm
Max temp	4.6°c	5°c	2.6°c
Min temp	-4.3°c	2.1°c	1.4°c
Feels like temp	-4.3°c	4.2°c	1.9°c

Ski Club members only

Join and get access to events and more

Join us Log in

	AM	PM	Night
Weather
Wind
Snow expected	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm
Max temp	5.6°c	5.6°c	3.4°c
Min temp	0.4°c	3.4°c	1.9°c
Feels like temp	0.4°c	5.2°c	3.2°c

Ski Club members only

Join and get access to events and more

Join us Log in

	AM	PM	Night
Weather
Wind
Snow expected	0.1 cm	0 cm	0 cm
Max temp	4.4°c	4.5°c	2.4°c
Min temp	0.1°c	2.4°c	0.2°c
Feels like temp	0.1°c	4.1°c	2.2°c

Ski Club members only

Join and get access to events and more

Join us Log in

	AM	PM	Night
Weather
Wind
Snow expected	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm
Max temp	3.6°c	3.7°c	2.1°c
Min temp	-0.4°c	2.1°c	1°c
Feels like temp	-0.4°c	3.3°c	2°c

Ski Club members only

Join and get access to events and more

Join us Log in

	AM	PM	Night
Weather
Wind
Snow expected	0.6 cm	0.1 cm	1.8 cm
Max temp	2.1°c	2.1°c	1.6°c
Min temp	0.1°c	1.6°c	0.2°c
Feels like temp	0.8°c	1.8°c	1.5°c

Ski Club members only

Join and get access to events and more

Join us Log in

	AM	PM	Night
Weather
Wind
Snow expected	2.8 cm	0.9 cm	2.3 cm
Max temp	1.5°c	1.8°c	1.1°c
Min temp	-1°c	1.1°c	-0.9°c
Feels like temp	-0.4°c	1.4°c	1°c

Ski Club members only

Join and get access to events and more

Join us Log in

	AM	PM	Night
Weather
Wind
Snow expected	0.9 cm	0.4 cm	0.4 cm
Max temp	1.2°c	1.3°c	0°c
Min temp	-2.2°c	0°c	-2.4°c
Feels like temp	-1.8°c	1.1°c	0°c

Ski Club members only

Join and get access to events and more

Join us Log in

	AM	PM	Night
Weather
Wind
Snow expected	0.3 cm	0.9 cm	0.8 cm
Max temp	-0.3°c	-0.1°c	-1.8°c
Min temp	-4.4°c	-1.8°c	-4°c
Feels like temp	-4.1°c	-0.3°c	-1.8°c

Ski Club members only

Join and get access to events and more

Join us Log in

	AM	PM	Night
Weather
Wind
Snow expected	0.7 cm	1 cm	0.3 cm
Max temp	-0.2°c	-0.1°c	-1.6°c
Min temp	-4.9°c	-1.6°c	-2.9°c
Feels like temp	-4.8°c	-0.2°c	-1.6°c

Ski Club members only

Join and get access to events and more

Join us Log in

	AM	PM	Night
Weather
Wind
Snow expected	0.4 cm	0.2 cm	0.7 cm
Max temp	2.1°c	2.3°c	0.1°c
Min temp	-3.9°c	0.1°c	-1.5°c
Feels like temp	-3.8°c	1.9°c	0.1°c

Ski Club members only

Join and get access to events and more

Join us Log in

Snow Overview

Austria

Updated 18/02

High pressure over Eastern and Central Europe creates a strong barrier that is preventing low pressure and unsettled weather making its way in off the Atlantic. The result will be a cool but otherwise really stable week and weekend ahead for the Austrian Alps.

Sun will be the order of the day for most of this week, with a few flutters of cloud cover moving in through the middle of this week. The freezing line will drop overnight, with lows of -9°C possible at 2,000m. From its nadir at 1,000m, the line will climb in the midday sun, reaching 2,000m every day, bringing spring-like conditions to make areas. Over the course of the week, both overnight and midday lines will rise by c.500m, meaning proper spring-like conditions will dominate with fewer opportunities for snow to freeze overnight.

Early indicators are for some more snowfall to begin the new week, but it remains too early to tell whether this will bring meaningful snow to the region.

Snow & Weather Forecasts Avalanche Forecast