| Damüls-Mellau | |
| Location: | Vorarlberg, Austria |
| Nearest City: | Feldkirch (40 km), Dornbirn (42 km) |
| Top Elevation: | 2050 m |
| Base Elevation: | 690 m |
| Skiable Area: | 109 km |
| Snowfall: | Guaranteed snow with an average of over 9 m of new snow per year and snow-making equipment, snow safety from the beginning of December to April |
| External Link: | https://www.damuels.travel/en/skiarea |
Damüls-Mellau is a ski area in Vorarlberg, Austria. It is most popular for its snow safety. In 2006, the village Damüls was awarded the honorary title 'snowiest village of the world'.[1]
The ski area Damüls-Mellau extends at an altitude between 700 m (village Mellau) and 2,050 m (mountain station Ragazer Blanken) in the rear Bregenzerwald. The villages in and around the ski resort are Damüls (1,430 m) and Mellau (688m).
From Mellau, a detachable 10-seater gondola lift leads up to the ski area and the Roßstelle. From Damüls, ski lifts lead directly into the ski area. About 80% of the houses in Damüls are located on the slopes or a maximum of 100 m away of a slope. This makes Damüls popular for "ski-in ski-out".
In Damüls-Mellau, there are 27.6km of easy pistes (blue), 50.5km pistes of medium difficulty (red), 9.7km of difficult (black) as well as 21.2km of freeride routes.[2]
The snow park consists of several snowparks, which are connected with each other (Mainpark, UGA-park, Kidspark, uga-all-MTN-line, Ragaz Pro Line). In total, the snowparks have a size of approximately 85,000 m2 with approximately 2000m of freestyle slopes. There are a total of 40 freeride elements, including a halfpipe, waverides, jumps, corners and boxes.[3]
The ski area offers 2 cross-country trails (11km) at an altitude between 1,500m and 1,700m. The Unterdamüls trail is about 6 km long and hardly varies in height. The sunny cross-country trail Stofel in Oberdamüls is about 5km long.[4]
The toboggan run has a length of 2,5km and is illuminated for tobogganing two nights a week.[5]
The area provides 29 lifts and cable cars, one of the best snowparks in western Austria and a 120 m illuminated ski tunnel. Moreover, there are 5 practice areas with child-friendly lifts and conveyor belts.
| Name | Length | Type | Capacity (number of people per hour) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mellaubahn | 2,040 m | 10-seater gondola (detachable) | 3146 | |
| 2 | Gipfelbahn | 1,851 m | 8-seater gondola (detachable) | 2400 | |
| 3 | Roßstellenbahn | 638 m | 8-seater chair lift (detachable) | 3400 | |
| 4 | Sunneggbahn | 1,119 m | 6-seater chair lift (detachable) | 2400 | |
| 5 | Ragazer Bahn | 1,404 | 6-seater chair lift (detachable) | 2400 | |
| 6 | Elsenkopfbahn | 750 m | 6-seater chair lift (detachable) | 2600 | |
| 7 | Hohe Wacht Bahn | 1,060 m | 6-seater chair lift (detachable) | 2400 | |
| 8 | Hasenbühel | 1,900 m | 6-seater chair lift (detachable) | 2400 | |
| 9 | Suttisbahn | 1,150 m | 6-seater chair lift (detachable) | 2214 | |
| 10 | Wildgunten | 1,210 m | 6-seater chair lift (detachable) | 2400 | |
| 11 | Uga-Express | 1,600 m | 4-seater chair lift (detachable) | 2200 | |
| 12 | Furkalift | 600 m | 4-seater chair lift | 1800 | |
| 13 | Walisgaden Lift | 600 m | double chair lift | 1440 | |
| 14 | Oberdamülser Lift | 1,400 m | double chair lift | 1440 | |
| 15 | Hohes Licht Lift | 1,200 m | double chair lift | 1440 | |
| 16 | SL KItzebühel | 490 m | double drag lift | 800 | |
| 17 | SL Sunnegg | 220 m | drag lift | 800 | |
| 18 | Easy Cheesy Lift | 100 m | kids' drag lift | 720 | |
| 19 | Hasenlift | 112 m | kids' drag lift | 800 | |
| 20 | Riedboden Indianer 1 | 50 m | conveyor belt | ||
| 21 | Riedboden Indianer 2 | 30 m | conveyor belt | ||
| 22 | Alpenblume Bunny | 30 m | conveyor belt |