Saalbach / Hinterglemm Resort Guide

Ski Chalets & Apartments For Sale

Property Overview

The prices of properties in Saalbach are high as this is an extremely desirable resort where properties get snatched up as soon as they become available.

What We Love About Saalbach / Hinterglemm

Saalbach is a lively ski resort situated in the beautiful Glemmtal valley in Austria’s Salzburg province. Saalbach is an attractive traditional village which is home to many rustic chalet buildings and a pretty historic church. The village has an affluent feel and features a charming pedestrianised centre which has many shops and restaurants.

The resort is surrounded by over 270km of marked pistes and 70 modern lifts, making it a popular Alpine ski destination. The lively village also has lots of great après-ski options with dozens of inviting mountain huts, restaurants, bars and clubs on offer.

Our ski property for sale in Saalbach is only minutes away from the family-friendly resort of Hinterglemm. Here you’ll find fantastic nursery slopes for the children. These villages are only 90 minutes’ drive from Salzburg and 2 hours from Innsbruck. The nearest train station is in Zell am See.

Ski Scene

The Skicircus Saalbach-Hinterglemm-Fieberbrunn was connected in 2016 to form the largest interconnected ski area in Austria. It now offers an impressive 270km of pistes. The project, TirolS, has created one of the most varied ski regions with 140km of blue runs, 112km of red runs and 18km of black runs at altitudes over 2,000m.

Since 2019 the Skicircus has been connected with neighbouring resorts Zell am See and Kaprun. These traditional villages are less than 30 minutes away and have a further 138km of pistes and year-round glacier skiing. The combined resorts total at an incredible 408km of linked pistes – one of the largest in the world.

Our ski property for sale in Saalbach benefits from brilliant family-friendly slopes. This resort has a great selection of ski schools plus central nursery slopes which are ideal for beginners. Additionally there are five snow parks, 2 freeride parks, 2 floodlit pistes, 5 toboggan runs, race slopes, funcross and snow trails, snowtubing and a Snowmobil-City.

Use of the ski buses in the villages of Saalbach, Hinterglemm and between Leogang, Fieberbruun and Saalfelden is free with a valid ski pass, offering endless opportunities to explore some fresh powder pistes.

Summer Fun

As well as snowy winters, the Saalbach region enjoys warm summers, when the valley transforms into a lush green landscape. Thanks to the lovely weather and many lakes and swimming pools dotted across the mountains, Saalbach makes a beautiful summer retreat. The region is renowned for great mountain biking and there are 250km of marked routes to explore, accessible by five cable cars which can carry bikes up the slopes. In addition there are 400km of marked hiking trails on offer. The Saalbach area also has a range of activities for children including a fantastic high ropes course with three ziplines 100m above the ground, a 1km treetop path and a 200m long rope bridge.

Saalbach is just 20 minutes from the beautiful town of Zell am See which sits on the tranquil shores of Lake Zell and is home to dozens of summer activities including sailing, waterskiing and kayaking. Other activities available in the area include tennis, volleyball, basketball, archery and horse riding. Or you could always try paragliding, canyoning or white water rafting for a shot of adrenaline!

Saalbach has its own 9-hole golf course and driving range, but for a more extensive round of golf the nearby Brandlhof Golf Club in Saalfelden offers a Par 72 course surrounded by breathtaking mountain scenery.