Season Dates: October to May

HALLO,
SÖLDEN

fact Home to
the longest
ski run in
Austria

Sölden is a lively Tyrolean village at 1,350m in the Ötztal, with two glaciers above it and three peaks over 3,000m, which is why its lifts run from October to May. Students stay in a private hotel in the centre of the village, five minutes’ walk from the Giggijoch gondola, with free use of the leisure centre opposite. Lessons run five hours a day with Ski School Sölden, and the evenings are night tobogganing on a floodlit run, ice skating and curling, and a swim.

RESORT INFORMATION

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Altitude Range 1,350m – 3,340m
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No. of Ski Lifts 31
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Marked Pistes 144km
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Longest Run 15km
QUIET VALLEY HOTEL
CENTRAL HOTEL, PRIVATE USE

A TRADITIONAL HOTEL UP THE VALLEY

A traditional Tyrolean hotel in a small mountaineering village at the top of the valley, 20 minutes from the Sölden lifts by private bus, for schools who want the quietest base we can offer. Students share double ensuite rooms, and there is a ski room and a sun terrace facing the peaks.

Breakfast and dinner are in the hotel’s own restaurant, and lunch is a hot meal on the mountain with the instructors. Dietary requirements are catered for once the school has sent them to us.

ACCOMMODATION FACTS

Type:

Traditional Tyrolean hotel

Accommodates:

120 students and staff

SGS Star Rating:

Ski Lift Distance:

20 minutes by private bus to the Sölden lifts

Facilities:

Double ensuite rooms Free Wi-Fi Restaurant Ski storage Sun terrace

SKIING IN SÖLDEN

Sölden’s 144km of pistes run from the village at 1,350m to 3,340m on the Rettenbach and Tiefenbach glaciers, with three peaks over 3,000m linked by lift: the Gaislachkogl, the Tiefenbachkogl and the Schwarze Schneid. The glaciers mean skiing from October to May, and the run from the Schwarze Schneid to the valley is 15km, the longest in Austria. Lessons are five hours a day in groups of eight to ten students per instructor.

Snow from October to May

The two glaciers above Sölden keep the resort open for seven months of the year, and most of the pistes sit above the tree line, wide and open, with the valley spread out below. In December and April, when school groups travel, the whole area is skiing.

Giggijoch for beginners, the glaciers for the rest

Beginners learn on the broad, gentle slopes at Giggijoch, straight off the gondola from the village. Intermediates have long blue and red runs on both sides of the valley, and the stronger groups go up to the glaciers and the Gaislachkogl, where the Bond film Spectre was shot, before skiing the 15km run home.

Lessons with Ski School Sölden

Lessons are with Ski School Sölden, which meets the group at the Giggijoch gondola each morning, in groups of eight to ten students per instructor for five hours a day with a hot lunch on the mountain in between. Equipment is fitted in the village on the first evening, and the week ends with a race, conditions allowing, and an awards ceremony.

TAKE A LOOK AROUND

What a week in Sölden includes.

SKI EQUIPMENT HIRE

Skis or a snowboard, boots, poles and a helmet for every student, fitted in the village on the first evening and matched to each one’s height, weight and ability, with a heated boot room at the hotel to dry everything overnight.

EAT AND DRINK

A breakfast buffet at the hotel, a hot lunch on the mountain every day and dinner at restaurants in the village, with a pizza night among them. Dietary requirements are catered for.

ACTIVITIES

Evenings are night tobogganing on a 3.5km floodlit run, ice skating and curling at the leisure centre, a swim, indoor sports in the hall, a jewellery workshop and a quiz with the end-of-week awards, all included.

TRANSPORT

Flights into Innsbruck, an hour and a quarter from the hotel, or Munich or Zurich at three hours, with a private coach waiting at arrivals. The hotel is a five-minute walk from the gondola, so there is no ski bus to catch.
We have used this company for our year 8 school trip for the past two years and are returning for our third year running. I cannot speak highly enough of all of the staff.
– Harrodian School

BOOK YOUR SKI TRIP

Tell us the dates, year group and roughly how many students, and we will send a quote and the Sölden guide within 24 hours.
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