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The whole Ski Juwel area: the three Wildschönau villages — Niederau, Oberau and Auffach — and the Alpbachtal over the mountain, all on one pass.
The two valleys were separate ski areas until the Schatzbergbahn link was built, and the map still reads that way. Niederau is at the far western end of the Wildschönau arm, which matters more than it looks.
Niederau ski resort guide · Ski Juwel Alpbachtal Wildschönau
Two valleys joined over a mountain in the middle, with villages strung along each. From Niederau the sequence runs east: Niederau, then Oberau, then Auffach at the head of the Wildschönau, and only at Auffach does the Schatzbergbahn carry you over to the Alpbach side. So a day on the Alpbach half starts with a ski-bus or a road transfer along the valley, because the three Wildschönau villages are not lift-linked to each other. That is the single most useful thing to know about this sheet before you book.
GreenBlueRedBlackaround 110 km across Ski Juwel, 26 km at Niederau, 828 m to 2,025 m
Niederau's own mountain, a compact sector of blues and reds served by a gondola from the village and tree-lined most of the way down. Enough for two or three days on its own.
The altitude is the weakness: the village is at 828 m, which is low for Austria, so the runs home lean heavily on snowmaking in a mild winter.
The high point of this side at 1,903 m, at the head of the valley, with the longest descent in the area dropping back to Auffach. It is also where the gondola to Alpbach goes from.
The other half of the pass, higher and more open, with the best red runs on the whole map and Alpbach village sitting below — one of the prettiest in the Tyrol.
Plan it as a full day rather than an afternoon, because getting back involves the same journey in reverse and the last link matters.
Niederau is a well-established first-timer village and the Markbachjoch has gentle, well-grouped runs with short lifts and small crowds. A sensible place for a family to start, with the caveat that the low altitude is worth checking against the forecast.
Comfortable for a week if you use the whole pass. The Schatzberg descent and the Alpbach side are where the real mileage is, so factor the bus into at least two days of the week.
Limited. A few steeper reds and the odd black off the Wiedersbergerhorn, but nothing sustained. Mayrhofen, forty minutes away, is the obvious answer if that is what you are after.
The other half of this map, over the Schatzberg gondola — higher skiing, better reds, and a village that regularly gets called the prettiest in Austria.
Forty minutes east in the Zillertal on a separate pass, with far more altitude, the Harakiri and a great deal more going on after dark.
Just over the Inn valley in the SkiWelt, and the nearest much larger area — nine villages on one pass and a short transfer from here.
Package holidays to Niederau with flights, transfers, accommodation and lift pass, all booked together.
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