Winter sports in the Serfaus-Fiss-Ladis ski area – that means skiing fun on 214 kilometers of slopes at altitudes of up to 2,800 m. Slopes of all levels of difficulty as well as excellent deep snow and freeride areas offer pure snow fun. Family-friendly facilities and professional child care make the ski area a real insider tip for families.

1) General information about the Serfaus-Fiss-Ladis ski area

• varied slopes at an altitude between 1,429 m and 2,800 m
• 214 kilometers of slopes & 68 lifts
• Family-friendly ski area

Versatile ski area, state-of-the-art lifts and professional child care – these are the highlights that make up the Serfaus-Fiss-Ladis ski area. It is located on the Oberinntal sun terrace on the Samnaun group in one of the sunniest regions in Austria. The ski resorts Serfaus and Fiss are located high above the Inn at an altitude of around 1,429 m and the village of Ladis at 1,200 m.

The merger of the ski areas Serfaus, Fiss and Ladis has created Austria’s largest family ski area with 68 lifts and around 214 kilometers of slopes. 47 kilometers of slopes are blue, easy and 123 km are red, medium-difficult runs. There are also ski routes of 16 km as well as black and challenging slopes for experts of 28 km. The Frommes run from Fiss to Ladis is the longest slope at 10 km.

As the largest family ski area in Austria, Serfaus-Fiss-Ladis is varied and offers family-friendly and challenging slopes for experts. There are easy, medium and challenging slopes and ski routes everywhere. Freestylers can let off steam in nine fun parks with tubes and jumps in Serfaus and Fiss. The area offers several deep snow and freeride runs on Zwölferkopf, Plansegg or on the Urgabfahrt.

Cross-country trails of various degrees of difficulty of 30 km allow cross-country skiing in the classic style or in the skating technique. Routes through snow-covered fairy tale worlds delight winter and snowshoe hikers.

During the season, the Serfaus-Fiss-Ladis ski area, with up to eight hours of sunshine a day and an average snow depth of 20 cm in the valley and 125 cm on the mountain, provides carefree winter sports fun for the whole family. This is why the Serfaus-Fiss-Ladis ski area receives five stars in each of the top evaluation criteria “Lifts & cable cars” and “Snow reliability” from our experts due to the modern lift systems and the high level of snow reliability.

2) Serfaus-Fiss-Ladis ski area map

3) Skiing in the Serfaus-Fiss-Ladis ski area

There are slopes of all difficulty levels in the Serfaus-Fiss-Ladis ski area. Beginners and professionals as well as snowboarders, freeriders and deep snow fans get their money’s worth here.

The area around Serfaus is the largest and offers the most sunny slopes. The Komperdellbahn takes you right into the action. The Sunliner and the Königsleithebahn take you to the Mittlerer Sattelkopf, which also enables you to descend to Fiss. In Serfaus, the runs are mostly easy to moderately difficult. Highlights are the slopes at the Plansegg and Lawens lifts.

Experienced skiers get their money’s worth on the slopes of the Pezid, Lazid and Oberen Scheid. The 2.5 km long Pezid vertical descent is the most difficult slope with a height difference of 600 m. From the pyramid-shaped summit of the Pezid, the steep Pezid descent goes down to the Moosbahn.

Or you can take the easy ski path to the Masnerkessel. A white bowl of snow opens up there, surrounded by gently rolling snow slopes. The north slopes in the more compact Fiss ski area almost always guarantee powder snow. They lie between the Schönjoch and Zwölferkopf and end at the Schöngampalm. The Alm and Zwölferbahn take you back to the Zwölferkopf.

From there, sun-drenched slopes lead back to Fiss. Demanding skiers can reach the Möseralm from Zwölferkopf via the black Direttisima or the challenging Kamikaze ski route and then descend to Fiss.

The forest railway enables you to return to the Serfaus ski area. What skiers shouldn’t miss: the Frommes run that starts at Schönjöchl. Initially running on the ridge, it allows a magnificent view of Fiss or the Schöngampalm. You reach the Frommesalm via sunny slopes before returning to Fiss via a longer incline.

Ladis does not have its own ski area. Vacationers can take the Sonnenbahn Ladis-Fiss cable car to the Sonnenbahn middle station. The Winkelabfahrt leads from there to the Fiss ski area. The Schönjoch and Möseralmbahn take you directly to the Serfaus ski area.

The Serfaus-Fiss-Ladis ski area gets full marks for being family and child-friendly.

4) Expert evaluation

The Serfaus-Fiss-Ladis ski area is one of the top winter sports areas in Tyrol. This is also shown by our expert ratings, which give this ski area 4.6 stars. The family hotels, the excellent childcare and the comfortable ski depots are a big plus. In addition, there are excellently groomed slopes, modern lifts and extraordinary attractions next to the slopes that promise untroubled fun in the snow. Other decisive criteria for the good grade are “après-ski” and “mountain restaurants, huts and gastronomy”.

5) Off-piste activities

The physical well-being is not neglected in the Serfaus-Fiss-Ladis ski area. Numerous mountain restaurants and cozy ski huts pamper the skiers with steaming yeast dumplings, Kaiserschmarrn and mulled wine. It is worth stopping at the rustic gourmet restaurant “Zirbenhütte” or the restaurant “Leithe Wirt”.

Large families are in good hands in the “Sonnenburg” family restaurant or the “Kinderplanet” children’s restaurant. The “Komperdell umbrella bar” at the valley station of the Komperdell cable car is ideal for après-ski. Our experts have rated this small but fine selection with four or five stars.

Looking for a thrill or something fancy? For everyone who doesn’t just want to go skiing or cross-country skiing, the Serfaus-Fiss-Ladis ski area has numerous exciting activities in store. On the one hand, the ski area can be experienced from a bird’s eye view in the Fisser Flieger: In a kite-like aircraft, four passengers can rush over the Möseralm at more than 80 kilometers per hour at a height of up to 47 m.

In addition, vacationers can experience what a free fall from a height of 12 m feels like in the Skyswing swing. If necessary, the swing can be booked with a rollover.

The Serfaus-Fiss-Ladis ski area offers even more highlights: For example, a toboggan ride on the Schneisenfeger family coaster. Get on the toboggan in an old sawmill and go up to the Alpköpf.

Once at the top, the toboggan rushes down 1.5 km at a speed of 40 km / h. Spectacular 360 ° circles, 180 ° turns and nerve-wracking jumps have to be run through. In addition, guests can train their sense of balance on a guided Segway trekking tour. There is hardly any better coordination training.

The ultimate is the Serfauser Sauser. Guests wear seat belts at the Sunliner mountain station. They latch into a rope holder with a safety lock that is attached to the seat belts. Then you slide in the cable holder at a height of 85 meters at a speed of up to 65 km / h over a total length of 2,100 m over the heads of the skiers to the valley station of the Komperdellbahn.

If you want to enjoy the wonderful winter landscape without skiing, simply get on the Masner Express. 17 people can be seated in this in the direction of travel and from the Lazid mountain station via P1 on the Pezid to the Masner ski hut.

Early risers can experience something very special. Before dawn, the Masner Express takes you up to the Hexenseehütte. At sunrise a breathtaking view of the Tyrolean peaks opens up. Afterwards there is a rich mountain breakfast. Finally, there is the option of hitting the slopes straight away. Or take the Masner Express back to the Lazid mountain station and take the gondola down to the valley.

Feasting at the mountain height: the ski area even has that in its program. It is made possible by a gourmet restaurant in the “Crystal Cube”, a cube that is completely mirrored on the outside and is located at an altitude of 2,600 m in the landscape. Inside the restaurant, the all-round glazing opens up a spectacular 360 ° view of the snow mountains.

6) Locations in the ski area

The Serfaus-Fiss-Ladis ski area consists of the mountain farming villages of Serfaus, Fiss and Ladis, who have retained their charm to this day. The traffic-calmed Serfaus is the address with fine and well-priced hotels. The place is also driving the further development of tourism – for example since 1985 with an underground air-cushion lift.

It is free and connects the parking spaces on the outskirts with the valley stations and important places in the village. Ski depots save winter sports enthusiasts from having to walk to the valley stations in ski boots and with skis on their shoulders. With a focus on families, Serfaus offers family hotels as well as numerous child-friendly facilities such as the “Kinderschneealm”, “Bertas Indianerland” or the Murmlibahn, a separate cable car for ski school children. Numerous shops as well as the S1-Center located directly at the Komperdell cable car invite you to stroll,

Fiss, located on a flat south-facing slope, still exudes its original Rhaeto-Romanic charm. Here, too, vacationers appreciate the nearby lifts and the learning and entertainment program for children in “Berta’s Kindervilla” or in “Berta’s Kinderland” at the middle station of the Sonnenbahn.

Little Ladis with its decorated farmhouses and Laudegg Castle is quieter and cheaper.

Ried im Oberinntal is at the intersection of two roads that lead to the Serfaus-Fiss-Ladis ski area and the Reschenpass to South Tyrol.

7) Arrival in the Serfaus-Fiss-Ladis ski area

Guests from Germany, Austria and the Benelux countries can reach the ski area by car via the Inntal A12 motorway. Holidaymakers from eastern Switzerland, western Austria and Italy drive through the Arlberg tunnel or over the Reschen or Brenner pass. A country road leads from Ried im Oberinntal to the ski area.

You can travel by train to Landeck (25 km) and Imst (45 km). The onward journey takes place by post bus or taxi.

Nearby airports in Austria are Innsbruck (100 km) and Salzburg (270 km), in Germany Memmingen (179 km), Friedrichshafen (180 km) and Munich (250 km) and Zurich (250 km) in Switzerland.