The Saalfelden Leogang holiday region is located in the heart of Pinzgau and charms with diverse offers for golfers, hikers, bikers, families and those interested in culture.
The Saalfelden Leogang holiday region is located in the heart of Pinzgau and charms with diverse offers for winter sports fans, cross-country skiers, families and those interested in culture.
Over 270km of slopes and 70 modern cable cars and lifts guarantee comfort, depth and diversity in the Skicircus Saalbach Hinterglemm Leogang Fieberbrunn in winter. From gentle slopes with wide carving pistes down to the Black World Cup run, with perfectly shaped fun parks, unspoilt off-piste runs and finally on to the moguls.
With the Asitzbahn and Steinbergbahn cable cars in Leogang, you can go directly to the Saalbach Hinterglemm Leogang Fieberbrunn ski circuit, which with just under 270km of ski runs is one of the largest ski areas in Austria. Thanks to the Ski ALPIN CARD, two further top ski areas were added to the Saalbach Hinterglemm Leogang Fieberbrunn ski circuit with its 270 kilometres of slopes – the Schmittenhöhe ski area in Zell am See and the year-round glacier ski area Kitzsteinhorn in Kaprun. The new ticket network now offers access to a total of 408 kilometres of downhill skiing, 121 lifts and numerous ski huts.
The ‘family’ mountain Hinterreit is the ideal family ski area. Perfectly groomed slopes and modern drag-lifts guarantee skiing fun for the whole family, while a training lift is available for all beginners both young and old. On the FIS training course, you will also find ski stars training. Off the slopes, many attractions are waiting to be discovered. These include an exciting Flying Fox XXL, romantic horse-drawn sleigh rides, relaxing snowshoe walks, ice skating across the thick ice of the frozen Ritzensee Lake, and skid fun on one of four toboggan runs.
Nordic winter sports tend to be slower than Alpine skiing and offer so much more time to enjoy the snowy landscape. For example, the sparkling snow while cross-country skiing, the tranquillity of the winter forests during a winter hike or the splendour of the frozen lakes while ice skating. All this can be experienced in Saalfelden Leogang conveniently in one place – in the Fun & Snow Park. Several cross-country trails start here, and you can try your hand at biathlon, glide on ice skates across the lake or start a winter hike over the creaking snow and always exactly as you like.
Saalfelden Leogang has, in recent years, developed further with 150km of cross-country ski trails into a real cross-country and biathlon stronghold in Austria. The Fun Snow Park is the ideal training ground for the cross-country junior and in the Felix Gottwald ski jumping Stadium in Saalfelden you can learn ski jumping in both summer and in winter on three to four ski jumps.
In Saalfelden Leogang, the motto is “Simply Hiking” – guests should be inspired to simply walk, enjoy nature and have a chat, all far away from the stress of everyday life. This is achieved with regionally produced facilities, such as the 360-degree wooden benches or wrought-iron swings, from which you can sometimes see a totally different angle than you usually do. As a special service for the guests in Saalfelden Leogang at the starting points of the hiking trails, there are so-called “stick-sharing stations”. The natural wooden sticks are the perfect hiking companion for guests and are simply returned at the end of the hike.
At Asitz, the mountain of the senses, families find their great happiness, whether it’s in the Senses Park, at the “Kneipp” in the still waters of the Asitz area or on Leo’s play hiking trail. “Sit down, enjoy and escape from everyday life”. That’s what you want, once you have reached the new natural cinema at Asitz. There is a natural cinema on the Sonnkogel summit, which offers hikers a particularly impressive spectacle. It is a panoramic cinema with peaceful islands and plateaus with hammocks. There are also new TONspuren islands along the hiking trail between the mountain station and the Asitz summit. For carefree hiking from place to place, there are various hiking weeks without luggage through the wonderful places of the Saalachtal valley to choose from. Around 22 trail running routes as well as 2 high-altitude routes ensure a running experience over rough and smooth terrain in Saalfelden Leogang.
The two 18-hole golf courses of Brandlhof and Urslautal meet every requirement a golf fan could have of classic championship courses. And whoever would like even more variety, there are another 15 scenic and challenging golf courses within a radius of 70km.
Numerous mountain bike trails and valley bike paths as well as one of the most popular bike parks in Europe: Saalfelden Leogang has the right offer for every biker. The extensive mountain bike and trail bike path network in Saalfelden Leogang offers easy, short or difficult tours for beginners and advanced bikers. Guides from the bike school and the hoteliers of the excellent bike hotels are always happy to help their guests plan their tours. In the Epic Bikepark Leogang, which is one of the most renowned in Europe, beginners of all ages can learn in the so-called Riders Playground how best to steer their bikes over trails, stones and roots on the mountain. This is the best preparation for the more demanding lines in the Bikepark and the numerous single trails in the region. Anyone who does not yet dare to take a challenging bike tour, but would like to expand their radius of action, will benefit in Saalfelden Leogang from the offer of one of the largest e-bike regions in the world: e-bikes of all classes can be rented at numerous locations and the batteries can be recharged quickly even in the alpine huts.
Since 2020, Saalfelden Leogang, together with Saalbach Hinterglemm and Fieberbrunn, has been Austria’s largest biking region. As in winter through the Skicircus, Saalfelden Leogang, Saalbach Hinterglemm and Fieberbrunn are now growing together in summer. The trails of Saalbach Hinterglemm are only a stone’s throw away from the Bikepark Leogang: a total of seven mountains, nine mountain railways and over 70 kilometres of lines and trails are waiting to be discovered by bike.
The Saalfelden Leogang holiday region is now gaining more and more recognition on the cultural scene. Saalfelden Leogang stages its cultural wealth in many places and stages – with the event series ALM:CULTURE, also set against the impressive backdrop of the Steinernes Meer and the Leoganger Steinberge. The Kulturhaus Nexus, which was completely rebuilt in 2002, forms a central point in the region for all art and music lovers. The International Jazz Festival in Saalfelden Leogang, in the middle of the Salzburg mountains, has built up an excellent reputation for contemporary and experimental jazz over the past four decades. Also worth a visit are the Museum Schloss Ritzen and the unique mining and gothic museum Leogang
Both the outdoor offerings and the region’s wellbeing programme are rich in contrast. Saalfelden Leogang is known for its first-class hotel industry. Many hotels focus on sustainable recreation and use regional natural materials in their furnishings. In addition, the hotels use self-produced energy from their own biomass heating plants, wood chip plants or composting plants. Feeling good in Austria always includes good, regional food. Saalfelden Leogang specialises in various sausage and meat products of organic quality. But not only that, because: with a total of twelve Gault Millau bonnets in six houses, the region of Saalfelden Leogang, which is rich in contrast, can certainly be called a hooded village.
The holiday town of Saalfelden has an excellent reputation particularly in the cultural scene with the International Jazz Festival. In winter, the holiday town distinguishes itself especially through its expertise in the ...
Leogang, in the Pinzgau district, looks back on a long mining tradition. Winter sports fans ride the lifts on the Asitz into the very heart of the Skicircus Saalbach Hinterglemm Leogang Fieberbrunn ski region – hikers, ...
