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The best ski areas in the Alps 2008/2009

The ADAC ski guide, a very famous and renowned German touristic magazine, nominates every year the best ski areas in the Alps. By different criteria. Not every sportsman is looking for speedy slopes. For many of them good cross-country ski runs or family-friendliness are much more important.

So: here we have the best ski areas in the Alps of 2008/2009 listed by the criteria variety, Ski Alpin, family friendliness, Nordic sports, snowparks, small but nice, Après Ski and climber of the year.

Variety

• Dachstein Tauern Region
• Serfaus-Fiss-Ladis
• Kitzbühel-Kirchberg
• Engadin, St. Moritz
• Davos-Klosters

Ski Alpin

• Arlberg: Lech, Zürs
• Arlberg: St. Anton, St. Christoph
• Zillertal
• Davos-Klosters
• Zermatt
• 4 Vallées-Verbier, Nendaz
• Val Gardena
• Le Trois Vallées
• Val d’Isere-Tignes
• Paradiski: La Plagne-Les Arcs

Family friendliness

• Hochkönigs Winterreich
• Kappl
• Kronplatz
• Savognin

Nordic sports

• Ramsau am Dachstein
• Seefeld
• Oberstdorf
• Alta Pusteria
• Saalfelden
• Goms
• Val di Fiemme
• Tannheimer Tal
• Mille Grobbe-Luserna
• Engadin

Snowparks

• Davos, Jakobshorn
• Laax
• Mayrhofen
• Kitzsteinhorn

Small but nice

• Wildschönau
• Außervillgraten
• Lofer
• Sexten
• Obersaxen/ Val Lumnezia

Après Ski

• Sölden
• Ischgl
• Saalbach-Hinterglemm
• Madonna di Campiglio
• Saas Fee

Climber of the year

• Brandnertal
• Obergurgl/Hochgurgl
• Zell am See/Schmittenhöhe
• Pizol
• Alta Badia