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Ramsau am Dachstein, the nearest town. Photo: Heinz Holzmüller ( talk ), CC BY-SA 3.0 at, Wikimedia Commons

Ramsau am Dachstein

Ski resort · Austria

Is it worth the trip?

Every day scores the same

Ramsau am Dachstein is closed for the season on these dates.

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 0 out of 100

Fresh
5 cm
Depth
0.1 mmid 0.1 m, base 0.1 m
Coldest
-3°C
Wind
4 kn

Tue 3 · 0 out of 100

Fresh
5 cm
Depth
0.1 mmid 0.1 m, base 0.1 m
Coldest
-3°C
Wind
3 kn

Wed 4 · 0 out of 100

Fresh
1 cm
Depth
0 mmid 0.1 m, base 0.1 m
Coldest
-3°C
Wind
6 kn

Thu 5 · 0 out of 100

Fresh
0 cm
Depth
0 mmid 0.1 m, base 0.1 m
Coldest
-1°C
Wind
6 kn

Fri 6 · 0 out of 100

Fresh
0 cm
Depth
0 mmid 0.1 m, base 0.1 m
Coldest
0°C
Wind
4 kn

Sat 7 · 0 out of 100

Fresh
0 cm
Depth
0 mmid 0.1 m, base 0.1 m
Coldest
-2°C
Wind
4 kn

Sun 8 · 0 out of 100

Fresh
0 cm
Depth
0 mmid 0.1 m, base 0.1 m
Coldest
0°C
Wind
6 kn

Tap a day for snow, wind and the temperature. Full forecast

Forecast: next 8 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 10, poor
  2. Mon 20, poor
  3. Tue 30, poor
  4. Wed 40, poor
  5. Thu 50, poor
  6. Fri 60, poor
  7. Sat 70, poor
  8. Sun 80, poor

The resort in three facts

  • Top 1,660 mvillage 1,132 m
  • 21 km of runsevery grade
  • Open December–Aprilusually

Full forecast

every day, every number

Lifts closed for the season. They usually open about 25 November.

We don't know the avalanche risk here. Check LWD Steiermark.

Forecast and score for each day at Ramsau am Dachstein
DayScoreFresh72 hDepthtop, mid, baseColdestat topWindat top
Sun 1Nov0, poor4 cm0.1 mmid 0.1 mbase 0.1 m-4°Cwind, 6 knots
Mon 2Nov0, poor5 cm0.1 mmid 0.1 mbase 0.1 m-3°Cwind, 4 knots
Tue 3Nov0, poor5 cm0.1 mmid 0.1 mbase 0.1 m-3°Cwind, 3 knots
Wed 4Nov0, poor1 cm0 mmid 0.1 mbase 0.1 m-3°Cwind, 6 knots
Thu 5Nov0, poor0 cm0 mmid 0.1 mbase 0.1 m-1°Cwind, 6 knots
Fri 6Nov0, poor0 cm0 mmid 0.1 mbase 0.1 m0°Cwind, 4 knots
Sat 7Nov0, poor0 cm0 mmid 0.1 mbase 0.1 m-2°Cwind, 4 knots
Sun 8Nov0, poor0 cm0 mmid 0.1 mbase 0.1 m0°Cwind, 6 knots

Wind is in knots, the arrow where it blows to. More

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Best time to go

best Feb–Mar

Good ski days in a typical week, each month, from 2016 on (history scored the same way).

  1. Jan3of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb4of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar4of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
  4. Apr2of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
  5. May0of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
  6. Jun0of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
  7. Jul0of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
  8. Aug0of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
  9. Sep0of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
  10. Oct0of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov0of 7: a trip from Mon 2 Nov
  12. Dec2of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Dec

Tap a month to see this spot for a trip then.

Snow by month

Typical snow on the ground and coldest daytime temperature by month
MonthBase1,132 mMid1,396 mTop1,660 mColdestat the top
Novnone0.1 m0.1 m-2°C
Dec0.5 m0.5 m0.5 m-6°C
Jan0.8 m0.9 m0.8 m-9°C
Feb1.0 m1.1 m1.1 m-6°C
Mar1.0 m1.2 m1.1 m-2°C
Apr0.7 m0.9 m1.0 m2°C
Maynonenone0.1 m4°C

Typical snow on the ground in the village, halfway up and at the top: the middle value over 2016 to 2025, from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the grid cell nearest each height. Not a forecast, and not the groomed pistes: resorts make snow lower down.

Map

the resort and its town

Each place wears its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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More skiing near here

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Ramsau am Dachstein

Village 1,132 m.

A ski resort with its village at 1,132 m and its top at 1,660 m. It has 21 km of runs and 10 lifts, as mapped on OpenStreetMap. The runs drop 544 m, from 1,660 m to 1,116 m. For beginners and families: 82% of the km of runs are green or blue. For experts: 1 km of black, expert and freeride runs. Within 5 km of the village: a public pool and a ski school. It is usually in season from December to April. The snow is usually deepest in February, about 1.1 m at the top (1,660 m). For skiers the best months are usually February and March, with about 4 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Ramsau am Dachstein. Within 5 km we also list 1 ski resort and 1 climbing area.

Ramsau am Dachstein is a municipality in the district of Liezen, state of Styria, Austria. It is also the name of the elevated plateau between the Dachstein range and the Enns valley on which this municipality is located.

The appendage am Dachstein is added to distinguish the municipality from others of the same name existing in Austria. It is usually omitted in common speech.

From the Wikipedia article Ramsau am Dachstein by Wikipedia contributors, shortened by us. Text CC BY-SA 4.0.

The ski area

Runs from 1,116 m to 1,660 m: 544 m of vertical. 21 km of runs and 10 lifts, as mapped on OpenStreetMap for Ramsau am Dachstein. It links to Schladming Dachstein, about 179 km of runs in all.

Runs
Easy (blue)17 km
Intermediate (red)2.7 km
Advanced (black)0.8 km
Not graded0.2 km
Lifts
Gondolas and cable cars1
Drag lifts8
Magic carpets1

Measured along each mapped run, so it can differ from the resort's own figure. Ski area: Data from OpenSkiData / OpenSkiMap.org, © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Skimap.org, Who's On First, © Mapterhorn.

For families

82% of the km of runs are green or blue.

Within 5 km of the village:

  • a public pool: Freibad Schladming, 4.1 km
  • a ski school: Langlaufschule Ramsau, 0.3 km

The Family filter counts these. Places from the Overture Maps Foundation, from Meta, Microsoft, Foursquare and AllThePlaces. Foursquare data © 2024 Foursquare Labs, Inc., Apache 2.0. Check opening times before you go.

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,780–US$3,110 each

about US$1,780–US$3,110 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, transfer, stay, food, lift pass, ski hire.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to MUC, estimated from distance and season, 2 airlines on the route, with a hold bagabout US$496–US$1,030
Transfershared airport transfer, returnabout US$94–US$161
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$275–US$456
Food7 days eating outabout US$322–US$596
Lift pass5 days at about US$92 a day, country averageabout US$395–US$529
Ski hire5 days, or about US$114 to fly your ownabout US$201–US$335
Totalabout US$1,780–US$3,110

For 2 people sharing a room. Lessons, lift-pass deals and insurance are extra. Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: 3 towns

Closest

Ramsau am Dachstein

1 min by car · 68 places to stay

about US$100/nightcountry average

See 68 places to stay in Ramsau am Dachstein · Booking.com

About Ramsau am Dachstein its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$100 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 17h 55m

About 17h 55m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → MUC, direct, then 4h 20m by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.