Damüls-Mellau is a ski resort in Vorarlberg, Austria. It is most popular for its snow safety. In 2006, the village Damüls 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) and 2,050 m (mountain station Ragazer Blanken) in the rear Bregenzerwald. The villages in and around the ski resort are Damüls (1,430 m) and Mellau (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 m2 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.
NameLengthTypeCapacity (number of people per hour)1Mellaubahn2,040 m10-seater gondola (detachable)31462Gipfelbahn1,851 m8-seater gondola (detachable)24003Roßstellenbahn638 m8-seater chair lift (detachable)34004Sunneggbahn1,119 m6-seater chair lift (detachable)24005Ragazer Bahn1,4046-seater chair lift (detachable)24006Elsenkopfbahn750 m6-seater chair lift (detachable)26007Hohe Wacht Bahn1,060 m6-seater chair lift (detachable)24008Hasenbühel1,900 m6-seater chair lift (detachable)24009Suttisbahn1,150 m6-seater chair lift (detachable)221410Wildgunten1,210 m6-seater chair lift (detachable)240011Uga-Express1,600 m4-seater chair lift (detachable)220012Furkalift600 m4-seater chair lift 180013Walisgaden Lift600 mdouble chair lift144014Oberdamülser Lift1,400 mdouble chair lift144015Hohes Licht Lift1,200 mdouble chair lift144016SL KItzebühel490 mdouble drag lift80017SL Sunnegg220 mdrag lift80018Easy Cheesy Lift100 mkids' drag lift72019Hasenlift112 mkids' drag lift80020Riedboden Indianer 150 mconveyor belt21Riedboden Indianer 230 mconveyor belt22Alpenblume Bunny30 mconveyor belt
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References
External links
Official Website of the ski area Damüls-Mellau Snow report of Damüls-Mellau (only available in winter) Damüls Lifts and Pistest