Stadl is within the Murtal region of Austria which is a favoured holiday destination among young and old winter & summer sport enthusiasts. Picturesque, family-friendly ski villages, gorgeous mountain scenery, charming and genuine local traditions and, excellent Styrian food. In addition the area offers a range of winter and summer activities including, tobogganing, horse drawn sleigh rides, ice skating, curling swimming, tennis, walking, cycling, ski, golf, mountain biking. More information about the other activities can be found at www.st-georgen.murau.at

.In the immediate vicinity of Stadl is the ski resort of Kreischberg. It’s just a 10 minute drive from the apartmentst to the gondola station at St Lorenzen and there are plans to build a new gondola from Stadl 4 mins walk from the apartments to the top-station making access to the slopes even easier. Kreischberg has 29 km of skiing of which 72% is either easy or intermediate. All the normal facilities can be found here with ski hire, servicing, ski schools and mountain restaurants available all in all a great place to start your family holiday. There are 6 other ski resorts in the Mur valley, and they are all covered on the same lift pass with the resorts of Frauenalpe and Grebenzen both of which are near to Murau, being the closest town to Stadl.

Turracher Hohe - Located 12 miles or 19km from Stadl, Turracher Hohe is a resort with a variety of attractions for winter sport enthusiasts. The extensive ski terrain with 38 km of runs is situated at altitudes between 1,400 and 2,205 m above sea level and offers a range of other winter sports beside downhill skiing, e.g. cross country skiing, winter hiking and ice skating. Ski lifts include three 6-seated chair lifts, one combined lift (8-person gondola, 6-person chair lift), 2 chair lifts, 8 drag lifts. The resort also offers 25 high altitude cross country trails, children's ski school and ski kindergarten 'Ottifanten', night tobogganing and a 2000m sq ice skating area.

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You think this is just a beautiful dream? No, no! This is the very real and beautiful world we live in. Romantic and wonderfully white, the broad, sun-drenched valleys stretch out enchantingly before your eyes. It's quite a different world from the one you left back home. Experience the magnificent mountain winter of the southern SalbzburgerLand. This is the Lungau region and the ultimate skiing resort - Obertauern! At elevations between 1100 and 2400 metres, where perfect snow conditions are virtually guaranteed, 64 lifts and over 300 km of runs give access to the pristine white of slopes covered deep in snow. Long waits at the lifts are almost unknown in the Lungau and Obertauern, even at the height of the season! Immerse yourself - in the splendid Alpine world of the Lungau and Obertauern.

All ski areas within a 6 - 18 km radius are served by a free ski shuttle.