Awards

The Dachstein West ski region is the 2026 test winner in the category ‘Top Class: Best ski resorts worldwide with up to 60 km of slopes’.

Awarded by Skiresort.de, the world’s largest ski resort review portal, the region impresses with its quality, family-friendliness and panoramic views – in the Salzkammergut, of course.

The Dachstein West ski and hiking region was once again delighted to receive numerous awards from the International Ski Area Test this year.

The Dachstein West team took home no fewer than several awards this year. The ski area was honoured in the following categories:

TRIPLE GOLD:
Adventure and family mountain

DOUBLE GOLD:
Marketing trophy
Ski instructor trophy
Safety trophy
International slope quality seal
International ski touring quality seal

The Dachstein Krippenstein cable cars with its offer on the mountain was certified by fulfilling 160 quality criteria and was particularly convincing in the panorama & nature experience category.

Innovative offers such as the Dachstein Giant Ice Cave, the Mammut Cave, the 5fingers viewing platform and the World Heritage spiral are key factors for the Austria-wide award.

The Grünberg cable car with its offer on the mountain was certified as one of the "Best Austrian Summer Cable Cars" by fulfilling 160 quality criteria and was particularly convincing in the category "Family Mountain". Innovative offers such as the Grünberg-Flitzer summer toboggan run, the treetop walk Salzkammergut and the adventure playground with the low ropes course are key factors for the Austria-wide award.

There has been a cable car on Ebensee's local mountain, the Feuerkogel, for over 90 years and, with ongoing expansion, it is now an "excellent" ski area. The world's largest ski resort tester skiresort.de tested the Feuerkogel family ski resort with success.

Feuerkogel awards:

• 4 out of 5 stars for "TOP FOR FAMILIES"

• 5 out of 5 stars for "TOP FOR BEGINNERS"

• 4 out of 5 stars for "TOP SNOW SAFETY"

• 4 out of 5 stars for "TOP GASTRONOMY"