Damüls-Mellau is a
ski resort
A ski resort is a resort developed for skiing, snowboarding, and other winter sports. In Europe, most ski resorts are towns or villages in or adjacent to a ski area–a mountainous area with pistes (ski trails) and a ski lift system. In North Am ...
in
Vorarlberg
Vorarlberg ( ; ; , , or ) is the westernmost States of Austria, state () of Austria. It has the second-smallest geographical area after Vienna and, although it also has the second-smallest population, it is the state with the second-highest popu ...
,
Austria
Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...
. It is most popular for its snow safety. In 2006, the village
Damüls
Damüls () is a village community and popular tourist resort in the district of Bregenz in the westernmost Austrian state of Vorarlberg.
Damüls is known for its abundance of snow. In 2006, Damüls was awarded the honorary title "the snowiest ...
was awarded the honorary title 'snowiest village of the world'.
Geography
The ski area Damüls-Mellau extends at an altitude between 700 m (village
Mellau
Mellau is a town in the Bregenz Forest in the westernmost Austrian state of Vorarlberg, part of the district of Bregenz.
Geography
Mellau covers an area of 40.55 km2. Mellau lies at the foot of the Kanisfluh mountain which is considered t ...
) and 2,050 m (mountain station Ragazer Blanken) in the rear
Bregenzerwald
The Bregenzerwald (, ) is one of the main regions in the state of Vorarlberg (Austria). It overlaps, but is not coterminous with, the Bregenz Forest Mountains, which belong to a range of the Northern Limestone Alps, specifically the northern flys ...
. The villages in and around the ski resort are
Damüls
Damüls () is a village community and popular tourist resort in the district of Bregenz in the westernmost Austrian state of Vorarlberg.
Damüls is known for its abundance of snow. In 2006, Damüls was awarded the honorary title "the snowiest ...
(1,430 m) and
Mellau
Mellau is a town in the Bregenz Forest in the westernmost Austrian state of Vorarlberg, part of the district of Bregenz.
Geography
Mellau covers an area of 40.55 km2. Mellau lies at the foot of the Kanisfluh mountain which is considered t ...
(688m).
From Mellau, a detachable 10-seater gondola lift leads up to the ski area and the Roßstelle. From Damüls, ski lifts lead directly into the ski area. About 80% of the houses in Damüls are located on the slopes or a maximum of 100 m away of a slope. This makes Damüls popular for "ski-in ski-out".
Pistes
In Damüls-Mellau, there are 27.6km of easy pistes (blue), 50.5km pistes of medium difficulty (red), 9.7km of difficult (black) as well as 21.2km of freeride routes.
Snow park
The snow park consists of several snowparks, which are connected with each other (Mainpark, UGA-park, Kidspark, uga-all-MTN-line, Ragaz Pro Line). In total, the snowparks have a size of approximately 85,000 m
2 with approximately 2000m of freestyle slopes. There are a total of 40 freeride elements, including a halfpipe, waverides, jumps, corners and boxes.
Cross-country trails
The ski area offers 2 cross-country trails (11km) at an altitude between 1,500m and 1,700m. The Unterdamüls trail is about 6 km long and hardly varies in height. The sunny cross-country trail Stofel in Oberdamüls is about 5km long.
Tobogganing
The toboggan run has a length of 2,5km and is illuminated for tobogganing two nights a week.
Lift system
The area provides 29 lifts and cable cars, one of the best snowparks in western Austria and a 120 m illuminated ski tunnel. Moreover, there are 5 practice areas with child-friendly lifts and conveyor belts.
Photo gallery
File:Damuels-Hochblanken-01.jpg, View to the Hochblanken mountain, standing at the Alpe Roßstelle in Mellau
Mellau is a town in the Bregenz Forest in the westernmost Austrian state of Vorarlberg, part of the district of Bregenz.
Geography
Mellau covers an area of 40.55 km2. Mellau lies at the foot of the Kanisfluh mountain which is considered t ...
File:Damuelser-Mittagsspitze-01.jpg, Damülser Mittagsspitze
Damülser Mittagsspitze is a high mountain in the Bregenz Forest Mountains in the Austrian state Vorarlberg.
The normal route starts from the upper station of a chairlift at 1810 m and is UIAA grade I.
DamuelsMittagspitze03.jpg, Summit ...
(standing at the Alpe Roßstelle in Mellau
Mellau is a town in the Bregenz Forest in the westernmost Austrian state of Vorarlberg, part of the district of Bregenz.
Geography
Mellau covers an area of 40.55 km2. Mellau lies at the foot of the Kanisfluh mountain which is considered t ...
)
File:Damuels-Sesselbahn-Hohes Licht-01.jpg, The top station of the chairlift "Hohes Licht" in Damüls
Damüls () is a village community and popular tourist resort in the district of Bregenz in the westernmost Austrian state of Vorarlberg.
Damüls is known for its abundance of snow. In 2006, Damüls was awarded the honorary title "the snowiest ...
References
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External links
Official Website of the ski area Damüls-MellauSnow report of Damüls-Mellau(only available in winter)
Ski areas in Austria
Sport in Vorarlberg
Sports venues in Austria
Skiing in Austria
Vorarlberg