Hinterthal, Maria Alm Haus Salzburg Review

Overall Rating

Excellent service, beautiful town, superb skiing. The validity of the ski pass, across most of the resorts in Western Austria make it superb value for money.

The Austria SuperSki team make the holiday more than worth the brilliant price. They are great fun and take excellent care of their clients.

The Apres Ski is brilliant, especially if you love cheesy Europop!

Apres Ski is awful if you hate cheesy Europop! Other than that, nothing at all bad to say.

AustriaSuperSki.com is a young company run by the incredibly friendly Stu and Angelica Phillips in the stunning village of Maria Alm, Austria.

This great little town is an hour away from Salzburg airport. Transfers are provided as part of the packages on offer, the flexibility of these is what makes this such a refreshingly different holiday. You can chose which day you wish to go and how long you want your break to be, rather than being stuck with the usual limitations of Saturday to Saturday Ski trips.

Their three apartment chalet in the village is tastefully decorated and well equipped for a self catering ski holiday that provides equally well for couples, families or larger parties. The kitchen diners in each apartment are actually stocked with useful equipment, unlike so many self catering chalets where you are left trying to cook dinner with a fork, a spoon and an old pan lid!

The main reason for going to this lovely town is the sheer volume of skiing available on your doorstep. The Super Ski Pass is valid across a multitude of resorts, not just the Maria Alm area. You can use the same pass on the Saalbach Hinterglemm, Leogang Ski Circus, the Kaprun Glacier, Ober Tauern, Kitzbuehl to name but a few. To me, this represents the best value for money anywhere when it comes to the amount of pistes available on one pass, check their website for the figures. Maria Alm itself remains relatively undiscovered by British tourists and is far less crowded than some of the more populist resorts. That, with the addition of brilliant snow-making facilities, means that even in the mild winter we are experiencing at the moment there is always a usable amount of snow to play with.

The Apres Ski is classically Austrian, great fun if you are willing to enjoy some cheesy Euro-pop along with your beer, gluhwein and Flugels. The advantage of going to different places every day also means you can explore different places and different nightlife, or stick with the same one if you find one you like. The Edelweisshutte at OberTauern gets a definite thumbs up!

And the added bonus? Stu or Angelica will be able to arrange a ski safari for you and your party and drive you to any of these areas so that each day brings a different place to try your skills on and off piste. They are open to suggestions if you wish to try something new and will be able to draw up a trip itinerary to suit any level of ability.

It is quite difficult to go into specifics in that, if you look at their website, you have an enormous amount of freedom to tailor your holiday to suit you. SuperSki therefore, in my opinion, is one of the best deals on offer if you want to try something a bit different every day.

If you are looking for a good value for money ski trip with friendly chalet owners, and as much or as little adventure as you'd like, then look no further than AustriaSuperSki. I can guarantee you'll have a great time!