Very good resort, near Vienna. Direct acces from Highway. Good parking. All slopes are good prepared. Extra value - 3 slopes are prepared for the evening skiing every day . Excellent Rodelbahn.
In case you arrive like I with train in Semmering you will have to go about 1,5km to reachthe lower part of the cable car leading to Hirschenkogel (price 14€ for round trip ticket).At the top is a wooden lookout tower called Milenium which gives you nice outlook over Semmering, Rax, Schneeberg.
very beautiful place - easy to access by foot or by cable car but I suggest to hike to the top of mountain
No lines for the lifts and definitely not crowded for a February weekend. The convenience to get to from Vienna (by train) and the affordability offset the not quite "powder" snow conditions. They also have night skiing available which I thought was very neat. At least two long downhill runs are open at night and are fully illuminated.
It is only one hour by train from Vienna (with starting point in Wien Meidling) and next to the slope you can find everything you need. Rental for ski, boots, poles, protection helmets, shops for ski outfits, ski instructor that you can pay by the hour or for a longer duration. The restaurants are right next to the slopes so you do not have to walk a long way in the ski boots.
Only lift from the base is a gondola. Chairlift is on the other side so need to take gondola to get to it. Nowhere to change your boots in the morning. When gondola breaks down, guess what - there is no other way to get up the hill. In high winds, the hill shuts down. If you bought a 2-day pass - too bad. Kasse is all shut down - noone is there. I went into the bar, the owners manage both, but they did not reimburse me for the lost day. Views are lovely though, and the one day I skied was gorgeous. And they have night skiing, and it is a great hill for kids and intermediate skiers, with a toboganning run, a baby hill across the road, and a lovely beginners run. Also great for socializing - lots of places to stop and enjoy sunbathing and a tipple or two.
Pisten waren echt OK, leider sehr viele Leute, Samstag Vormittag ging es noch jedoch ab den Mittagsstunden zu viel los. Sonntag war dann auch noch ein Teil der Pisten wegen einem Rennen gesperrt, jedoch nicht weniger Leute auf der verbleibenden Piste
Pretty mountain...so nice that it is well used in the summer as well as winter.I rode the gondola everyday for a week and mainly walked the trails and photographed. The last day we rented monster rollers and they were hilarious. There is a great trail down with bridges and tunnels to explore on these oversized scooters. It was terrific fun...and you realize just how many muscles you have used the next day!!!
Fantastic night skiing. A bit crowded at Friday and Saturday evening, but nice long slopes, with very good lighting conditions.
Skiing for one day is ok or night skiing but not enogh for more than one day. The coasting slide is really a challenge and much fun but be careful!