See
See is worth a look (humor) and a ski day. Seriously, See is the name of a small family friendly ski area near Ischgl, Galtȕr, and Kappl. See, while smaller in size than the massive modern ski resort of Ischgl, offers big mountain skiing on well-groomed ski pistes and makes for a very pleasant day ski area for families, and its super fun on a powder day for free skiers. We scored a powder day here and it was amazing.
See ski tickets are good value as well, lift passes are very affordable, and they offer family ski ticket deals. See is also on the Snow Card Tirol with 90 Austrian ski areas.
From See’s modest pretty alpine village, in Austria’s beautiful mountainous Paznaun valley, the long Medrigjoch gondola lifts you up from the free parking area (tip: park above and behind the gondola by the trail so you can right back to your car). Atop the gondola is a high plateau where you find the ski area. A six passenger chair serves the central part of the mountain, with half a dozen well-groomed, well-pitched ski runs. Trails 12 and 13 are super scenic and interesting. There is a snow park and terrain park right under the first chairlift for great viewing, or showing off your talents. Trails 12 and 13 are super scenic and interesting.
A scenic wood chalet restaurant here at See offers a grand sun terrace, and a very cool modern “Sky Bar” – a glass modular lounge for drinks with spectacular blue window panes and views in every direction at 2200-meters. It’s incongruous to have an old-fashioned wooden chalet next to this angular mod iridescent structure, but this “old meets new” works. You can “see” See in all direction from this spectacular vantage, and ski in all directions too.
Much of See’s terrain is moderately pitched. The steepest terrain connects the west to the eastern side of mountain. New in 2022, See installed the 8 -passnger Furglerblick Gondola taking skiers to 2570-meters, 8,400′. This creates a beautiful new trail, opening up hundreds of acres of challenging off-piste terrain.
Versing area furthest left on the trail map is a sunny bowl served by another modern 8-person Gondola. This big open bowl is not steep, its undulating and fun with two marked trails plus one ungroomed marked “ski route” plus lots of fun off-piste within view of the gondola and trails.
Ascher Hutte is a charming chalet restaurant perched on a crest just below the Versing gondola summit, follow trail 12c and signs to Ascher Hutte. Lunch here is traditional homemade Austrian fare in classic hut ambiance. We dined on Grosti – a yummy crock of warm potatoes, bacon, melty local cheese with egg on top, and Wiener schnitzel served with native berry sauce. Dine inside the cozy hut, or outside with fabulous Alps views of where you’ve just skied at See. A beer or Austrian wine in Ascher’s Umbrella bar here would be lovely, but we had too much to ski at See.
From Rauhkopflift summit, right side of the trail map, the Rossmoos fixed grip (slow) quad serves a few well-groomed long beautiful trails, and more tremendous off-piste fields right next to the trails. On our fresh snow day, in early April, we were 2 of about 12 skiers scoring run after run of fresh untracked powder – with no climbing, easily reached just off the prepared marked trails. This is farm pasture in summer where cows graze and locals produce delicious Paznaun cheese in little cheese huts. Note: watch out for hidden covered farm fences in the snow fields.
Auterhuttenkessel is famed among local free-riders and adventurers equipped with avalanche equipment, backpacks with transceivers, probes and shovels. You should hire a guide to explore the off-piste safely, a Bergfurer, aka mountain guide, who knows where to go.
See’s long ski trail #1 winds back and forth at the end of the day to the village of See, its super fun and a full 5,000′ vertical if you start from the Furglerblick summit. Or you can download the Medrigjoch gondola, which might be prudent for intermediates and beginners on a busier ski day, or in spring when the snow becomes too warm at lower elevation.
From See, in addition to the other Paznaun Valley Ski areas, you are near more great Tirol skiing, Serfaus Fiss Ladis ski region is just over the mountain range. See is also close to Kappl and Galtür – two other day ski areas in the Paznaun ski region, and the biggest ski resort– Ischgl. See is a fun ski area for the family, and a bonus on a fresh snow day.
See Ski Stats
11 lifts, 42 kilometers of prepared pistes
Elevation up to 2,570 meters,
3 on mountain restaurants and two mountain bars
Ski school and kindergarten
Snow park – terrain park, tobogganing, night skiing Tuesdays
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