Heiligenblut

Though very much off the radar of British visitors, Heiligenblut offers a huge amount of freeride terrain, untouched snow, and access to some of the highest backcountry in Austria.

weather Forecast today: Generally clear

Max temp: 15.7 °c
Min temp: 3.8 °c

Last Updated: Fri 17 Apr

weather Forecast today: Generally clear

Max temp: 15.7 °c
Min temp: 3.8 °c

Last Updated: Fri 17 Apr

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The picturesque village is set among beautiful surroundings at the foot of the Grossglockner, Austria's highest mountain.

Situated to the west of Badgastein, the slopes in Heiligenblut are quiet and are mainly blues and reds in two areas. The 12 lifts include three gondolas and serve 55km of groomed runs, though the extensive freeride terrain is the real draw. Due to the altitude, the resort’s six freeride arenas offer great snow for much of the season and the lack of crowds mean the slopes stay untracked for longer.

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Pros and cons

Fantastic lift-served off piste and touring opportunities
Surprisingly varied local slopes
Hidden gem that is often very quiet

Limited terrain for beginners
Quiet town with limited nightlife
High altitude terrain can be challenging in bad weather

On the Slopes

The ski area has a decent network of blues and reds, dropping down from the Schareck mountain at 2604m. Even higher slopes can be found on Hochfleiss, where the long snowsure run 11 drops from 2902m right down to 1809m. Beginners will want to stay in the village, where two gentle learning areas can be found.

The main attraction however is the off piste terrain. After fresh snowfall, the lack of crowds means that plenty of excellent powder can be found within the lift served area – powder that typically remains untracked for longer than in most resorts. Touring equipment and a mountain guide will then get you into some of Austria’s finest backcountry – book on with Ski Club Freshtracks to do exactly this.

In the Resort

This is a quiet and pretty resort, set at just over 1300m at the foot of the ski area. It is instantly recognisable by the stunning church in the centre of town and the towering Grossglockner behind it. Small, family run hotels dominate the accommodation on offer – so expect to come here to ski and relax, this certainly isn’t an Austrian party town.

Getting to Heiligenblut

The small Klagenfurt airport is around two hours to the southeast of the resort, whilst Salzburg sits two and a half hours to the north. Innsbruck is an alternative, but the drive takes you via Italy and lasts around three and a half hours.

Klagenfurt airport: 2 hours (driving)
Salzburg airport: 2.5 hours (driving)
Innsbruck airport: 3.5 hours (driving)

Season Dates

Opens: Friday 20 December 2024
Closes: Sunday 30 March 2025

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Heiligenblut Piste Map

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Weather	Generally clear	Mainly fair	Mainly fair	Partly cloudy	Broken clouds	Partly cloudy	Light snow shwr	Light snow	Light snow	Snow shower	Light snow	Light snow	Light snow shwr	Light snow shwr	Light snow	Snow grains	Snow grains	Snow grains	Generally clear	Light snow shwr	Generally clear	Generally clear	Generally clear	Mainly fair	Snow grains	Occasional snow	Occasional snow	Occasional snow	Occasional snow	Occasional snow
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Snow expected	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm	1.7 cm	5.3 cm	1.6 cm	5 cm	4.9 cm	1.2 cm	1.8 cm	2.2 cm	1.1 cm	0.5 cm	0.7 cm	0.7 cm	1 cm	0.9 cm	0.4 cm	0.5 cm	0.6 cm	0.5 cm	0.7 cm	1.6 cm	1 cm	0.8 cm	1 cm	0.9 cm
Max temp	-1.6°c	-0.2°c	-2.4°c	0°c	0.3°c	-2.2°c	-0.6°c	-2°c	-4.6°c	-5.5°c	-6.4°c	-7.2°c	-7.3°c	-7.1°c	-8°c	-6.3°c	-6°c	-7.6°c	-5.2°c	-5°c	-6.4°c	-1.9°c	-1.8°c	-4°c	-0.8°c	-0.8°c	-2.6°c	-1.8°c	-1.7°c	-3.5°c
Min temp	-5.8°c	-2.4°c	-5°c	-3.3°c	-2.2°c	-4.4°c	-2.2°c	-4.6°c	-4.9°c	-6.5°c	-7.2°c	-7.5°c	-8°c	-8°c	-8.7°c	-7.9°c	-7.6°c	-9.9°c	-7.7°c	-6.4°c	-8.3°c	-5.9°c	-4°c	-7°c	-4°c	-2.6°c	-4.7°c	-3.5°c	-3.5°c	-5°c
Feels like temp	-8.4°c	-1.6°c	-2.4°c	-3.3°c	0°c	-2.2°c	-2.2°c	-2°c	-4.6°c	-5.5°c	-6.5°c	-7.2°c	-7.3°c	-7.4°c	-8°c	-7.7°c	-6.3°c	-7.6°c	-7.7°c	-8.9°c	-10°c	-5.9°c	-4.9°c	-4°c	-4°c	-0.8°c	-2.6°c	-3.5°c	-1.8°c	-3.5°c

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Weather	Generally clear	Mainly fair	Mainly fair
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Snow expected	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm
Max temp	-1.6°c	-0.2°c	-2.4°c
Min temp	-5.8°c	-2.4°c	-5°c
Feels like temp	-8.4°c	-1.6°c	-2.4°c

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Snow expected	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm
Max temp	0°c	0.3°c	-2.2°c
Min temp	-3.3°c	-2.2°c	-4.4°c
Feels like temp	-3.3°c	0°c	-2.2°c

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Weather	Light snow shwr	Light snow	Light snow
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Snow expected	1.7 cm	5.3 cm	1.6 cm
Max temp	-0.6°c	-2°c	-4.6°c
Min temp	-2.2°c	-4.6°c	-4.9°c
Feels like temp	-2.2°c	-2°c	-4.6°c

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Snow expected	5 cm	4.9 cm	1.2 cm
Max temp	-5.5°c	-6.4°c	-7.2°c
Min temp	-6.5°c	-7.2°c	-7.5°c
Feels like temp	-5.5°c	-6.5°c	-7.2°c

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Weather	Light snow shwr	Light snow shwr	Light snow
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Snow expected	1.8 cm	2.2 cm	1.1 cm
Max temp	-7.3°c	-7.1°c	-8°c
Min temp	-8°c	-8°c	-8.7°c
Feels like temp	-7.3°c	-7.4°c	-8°c

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Weather	Snow grains	Snow grains	Snow grains
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Snow expected	0.5 cm	0.7 cm	0.7 cm
Max temp	-6.3°c	-6°c	-7.6°c
Min temp	-7.9°c	-7.6°c	-9.9°c
Feels like temp	-7.7°c	-6.3°c	-7.6°c

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Weather	Generally clear	Light snow shwr	Generally clear
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Snow expected	1 cm	0.9 cm	0.4 cm
Max temp	-5.2°c	-5°c	-6.4°c
Min temp	-7.7°c	-6.4°c	-8.3°c
Feels like temp	-7.7°c	-8.9°c	-10°c

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Weather	Generally clear	Generally clear	Mainly fair
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Snow expected	0.5 cm	0.6 cm	0.5 cm
Max temp	-1.9°c	-1.8°c	-4°c
Min temp	-5.9°c	-4°c	-7°c
Feels like temp	-5.9°c	-4.9°c	-4°c

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Snow expected	0.7 cm	1.6 cm	1 cm
Max temp	-0.8°c	-0.8°c	-2.6°c
Min temp	-4°c	-2.6°c	-4.7°c
Feels like temp	-4°c	-0.8°c	-2.6°c

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Snow expected	0.8 cm	1 cm	0.9 cm
Max temp	-1.8°c	-1.7°c	-3.5°c
Min temp	-3.5°c	-3.5°c	-5°c
Feels like temp	-3.5°c	-1.8°c	-3.5°c

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Weather	Generally clear	Mainly fair	Generally clear	Generally clear	Broken clouds	Partly cloudy	Occasional rain	Light rain	Occasional rain	Light rain	Light rain	Occasional rain	Light rain shwr	Occasional rain	Occasional rain	Partly cloudy	Light rain shwr	Light rain/snow	Partly cloudy	Light rain shwr	Partly cloudy	Some drizzle	Generally clear	Mainly fair	Occasional rain	Occasional rain	Occasional rain	Occasional rain	Occasional rain	Occasional rain
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Max temp	15.6°c	15.7°c	11.6°c	15.7°c	15.8°c	12°c	14.8°c	14.4°c	9.8°c	9.8°c	9.9°c	7°c	9°c	9.3°c	6.4°c	9.8°c	10°c	6.9°c	10.8°c	11.1°c	8.1°c	13.8°c	13.9°c	10°c	15°c	15°c	11.2°c	14.1°c	14.1°c	10.6°c
Min temp	3.8°c	11.6°c	6.7°c	7.6°c	12°c	7.6°c	8.5°c	9.8°c	7.2°c	5.8°c	7°c	4.2°c	3.7°c	6.4°c	3.4°c	3.6°c	6.9°c	2.5°c	3.4°c	8.1°c	3.9°c	5°c	10°c	5.4°c	7°c	11.2°c	7.1°c	7.3°c	10.6°c	6.9°c
Feels like temp	4.5°c	14.5°c	10.8°c	7.2°c	14.6°c	11.3°c	8.1°c	13.6°c	9.4°c	5.4°c	8.4°c	6.5°c	3.4°c	7.3°c	5.8°c	3.3°c	8°c	6.2°c	3.1°c	9°c	7.4°c	4.5°c	12.3°c	9.2°c	6.4°c	13.8°c	10.6°c	6.8°c	13°c	10°c

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Max temp	15.6°c	15.7°c	11.6°c
Min temp	3.8°c	11.6°c	6.7°c
Feels like temp	4.5°c	14.5°c	10.8°c

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Max temp	15.7°c	15.8°c	12°c
Min temp	7.6°c	12°c	7.6°c
Feels like temp	7.2°c	14.6°c	11.3°c

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Max temp	14.8°c	14.4°c	9.8°c
Min temp	8.5°c	9.8°c	7.2°c
Feels like temp	8.1°c	13.6°c	9.4°c

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Max temp	9.8°c	9.9°c	7°c
Min temp	5.8°c	7°c	4.2°c
Feels like temp	5.4°c	8.4°c	6.5°c

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Snow expected	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm
Max temp	9°c	9.3°c	6.4°c
Min temp	3.7°c	6.4°c	3.4°c
Feels like temp	3.4°c	7.3°c	5.8°c

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Snow expected	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm
Max temp	9.8°c	10°c	6.9°c
Min temp	3.6°c	6.9°c	2.5°c
Feels like temp	3.3°c	8°c	6.2°c

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Snow expected	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm
Max temp	10.8°c	11.1°c	8.1°c
Min temp	3.4°c	8.1°c	3.9°c
Feels like temp	3.1°c	9°c	7.4°c

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Max temp	13.8°c	13.9°c	10°c
Min temp	5°c	10°c	5.4°c
Feels like temp	4.5°c	12.3°c	9.2°c

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Snow expected	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm
Max temp	15°c	15°c	11.2°c
Min temp	7°c	11.2°c	7.1°c
Feels like temp	6.4°c	13.8°c	10.6°c

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Snow expected	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm
Max temp	14.1°c	14.1°c	10.6°c
Min temp	7.3°c	10.6°c	6.9°c
Feels like temp	6.8°c	13°c	10°c

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Snow Overview

Austria

Updated 07/04

Austria’s crescendo to the 2025/26 season looks set to continue through this week, as cooler temperatures (at least compared to the rest of the Alps) brings with it a few last flurries of snow.

Spring freeze-thaw cycles will be in force, but the freezing line will drop to 2,000m overnight and rising up to 3,000m in the midday sun. This will settle slightly on Friday when a pocket of unsettled weather moves in; the west will see a few flurries, barely enough to register on the snowstake, with up to 5cm falling the further east you travel. With the freezing line being where it is, this will limit snowfall to higher ground.

A few more flurries are due into the new week, albeit it remains too early to tell exactly how much, when, and where will fall.

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