Austria - Zell am See/Kaprun

These two resorts make up the lively Europa Sport region, one of the bestknown ski areas in Austria. The high level views are amazing; with a single sweep you can see 30 peaks. Zell am See is an attractive mediaeval market town located on the west bank of Lake Zeller. It is lively, smart and upmarket, with a fine selection of shops, restaurants and bars in the pedestrianised town centre. Kaprun is a traditional mountain hamlet, 2km from the southern end of Lake Zeller, which has been developed into a lively holiday resort. It also offers year round glacier skiing.

The skiing

This area has 130 km of groomed pistes, with 60 lifts and skiing to 3030 m. Your Club Europe lift pass covers skiing from Zell am See and Schüttdorf on the Schmittenhöhe mountain. The Schmittenhöhe (2000m) is round-topped and accessed by lifts and gondolas, with intermediate skiing from the summit and some good ridge runs. It has excellent coverage by snow cannons (60% of the slopes) ensuring good skiing conditions throughout the season. The Zeller Bergbahn is currently undergoing renovation, providing extra-large cabins and transporting skiers to the slopes at an amazing 6ms per second!

Après ski

Both Zell am See and Kaprun are lively. Your personal Ski Rep will gladly help you put together a busy and inexpensive après-ski programme. This can include:

• Swimming pool visits
• Bowling
• Curling
• Ice-skating
• Discos
• Folk evenings

Club Kitzsteinhorn

Capacity 250 CE Rating****

This enormously popular centre has a wide range of après ski facilities. All rooms (4/6-bedded) have private shower and toilet. Leaders are accommodated in twin rooms with en suite facilities. The in-house facilities include a games room, squash courts, full size sports hall, bowling, a tuck shop, a 90-seater cinema and three dining rooms. Once a week, all groups are offered a meal in the centre’s pizzeria instead of the dining room. It is about 200 m from the lifts and about 4 km outside the town of Zell am See. The centre has two leaders’ Stüberls (smoking and non-smoking) and a leaders’ sauna. There is a small charge for using some facilities.

• Bowling, cinema and sports hall in-house
• Walking distance to slopes
• All rooms en suite
• Pizza evening

Jugendheim Haus Pecile

Capacity 68 CE Rating**

Double Decker Recommended This house is in the village of Schüttdorf, at the end of the lake and 3 kms from the town of Zell am See itself. It is run by the same family as the Kitzsteinhorn. It is very comfortable and welcoming and is ideal for groups wanting sole occupancy. It has a dining room and a games/meeting room. All student rooms (4/6-bedded) have washbasins and most have a shower with toilets on the corridor. Most leaders’ rooms (2/3-bedded) have private facilities. The Haus Pecile is 500m from the Areitbahn which is the entry point into the lift complex and is within easy walking distance to the shops in Schüttdorf.

• Sole occupancy
• Walking distance to slopes
• Local shops
• Friendly and family run

Freephone 0800 496 4996
travel@club-europe.co.uk

• Austria locations
• Sportwelt Amadé
• Saalbach-Hinterglemm
• Obertauem
• Zell am See/Kaprun
• Bad Gastein

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