Sitting at the head of the Glemmtal valley in Austria, Hinterglemm is a village that's kept its warmth and character even as the skiing around it has grown into one of the largest areas in the Alps. The village stretches along the valley floor at around 1,000m, with traditional Salzburger guesthouses and family-run hotels lining a largely pedestrianised main street. It's a friendly place with a sense of community, and its position at the upper end of the valley gives it a quiet, unhurried setting that you might not expect from a resort with 270km of skiing on its doorstep.

As part of the Skicircus area, Hinterglemm shares those 270km of pistes and over 70 modern lifts with Saalbach, Leogang, and Fieberbrunn. The skiing above Hinterglemm is among the most varied in the valley, with terrain stretching between 1,003m and 2,096m. North-facing slopes off the Schattberg hold snow well, and the long descents from the summit deliver over 1,000m of vertical with surprisingly few crowds. Wide, well-groomed blues and reds make up the bulk of the terrain, with steep runs and freeride options across at Fieberbrunn. A floodlit night slope and terrain park next to the village add evening skiing several times a week, and the season runs from late November through to early April.

Away from the slopes, Hinterglemm offers the kind of mountain hospitality Austria does best. Over 60 huts across the Skicircus serve hearty regional cooking with proper atmosphere (the Bergstadl at the Westgipfelbahn mid-station is worth a stop for its Wiener schnitzel alone). The après-ski scene has lively energy, particularly at slope-side venues that fill up from mid-afternoon, while the village itself provides activities like toboggan runs, winter walks, and swimming pools, and enough restaurants and bars to keep evenings interesting all week.