Winter in Forstau
Skiing from the door
The ski bus stops 50 metres from the front door, Fageralm is 600 metres away, and one ski pass takes you as far as you like. This is what a ski day from the Zonnen-Alp holiday apartment looks like.
How a ski day goes
The skis are already waiting
The house has its own ski room, so your skis stay dry and nothing needs fetching from the car in the morning.
A fifty-metre walk
The ski bus stops 50 metres from the door. With your lift ticket the ride is free; the bus runs to Fageralm and on to Reiteralm.
Up by gondola
At the valley station in Forstau you board the new Fageralmbahn, an eight-seater gondola that takes you up to the sunny high plateau. Ski hire and the ski school are at the same valley station.
Fageralm: quiet and sunny
A sunny high plateau at 1,850 metres with 15 kilometres of groomed piste, 8 kilometres blue and 7 kilometres red. At the valley station there is a children’s area for first turns, and mountain huts along the way for a break.
Further afield, if you like
Reiteralm is 4 kilometres away, and the ski bus goes there. With the Ski amadé pass you can also ski the rest of Schladming-Dachstein, plus Zauchensee and Flachau: one pass, up to 760 kilometres of piste and 260 lifts.
Back home
Wet ski gear goes in the washing machine, and the three balconies look out on the mountains. Joke is often in Forstau herself in winter, so a tip for tomorrow is never far away.
Who it’s for
Families
The children’s area at the valley station, wide blue pistes and a bus that stops 50 metres away: no lugging small children and skis up the road.
Easy-going skiers
Fageralm is the quiet, sunny one. Plenty of room on the piste, a hut for coffee, and back to the balcony in the afternoon.
Keen skiers
The ski bus takes you to Fageralm and Reiteralm, and from Reiteralm you ski the whole Schladming 4-mountain ski area: 123 kilometres of piste, 44 lifts. Zauchensee and Flachau: same pass, by car.
Good to know
- The ski bus is free with a valid lift ticket, groups excepted. Timetable and season dates are published by Reiteralm Bergbahnen (reiteralm.at); check them before you travel.
- Fageralm and Reiteralm belong to Schladming-Dachstein in Ski amadé (skiamade.com). Mind which pass you buy: a Fageralm pass (its own tariff) is valid on Fageralm only, a Schladming-Dachstein day ticket also on Reiteralm and the whole Schladming 4-mountain ski area, and a Ski amadé pass of two days or more across all of Ski amadé. Buy online at reiteralm.at (early-booking discount) or at the ticket desk on site.
- Ski hire and ski service are at the Fageralmbahn valley station in Forstau (Sport Resch). The ski school is there too: children’s courses with lunchtime supervision, private lessons, snowboard lessons and full-day care for toddlers (Schischule Resch).
- The house has a ski room, so your skis stay dry. And there is a washing machine for wet ski gear.
- The minimum stay is three nights. You send a request and Joke replies personally with the price; only then is the booking confirmed.
Piste lengths, altitude, children’s area, ski bus, gondola, ski school and ski hire: Reiteralm Bergbahnen (reiteralm.at). Passes and their validity: Reiteralm Bergbahnen and Ski amadé (skiamade.com); kilometres and lifts: Ski amadé. Both checked on 18 September 2026; the distances 50 m, 600 m and 4 km come from the owner.
A winter week in Forstau?
Pick your dates and send a non-binding request. Joke replies within a day.