| With a highest lifted point of 3333 metres, Stubai | | | | carry 36,000 people per hour to 110km of trails, |
| Glacier has height on its side. Even in a lean year, | | | | Stubai is Austria's largest glacier resort. There is a |
| Stubai will have plenty of snow. The resort's "snow | | | | good mix of novice, intermediate and expert terrain |
| guarantee" says it offers the most reliable snow | | | | with good access to the backcountry. Other facilities |
| conditions from October to June. | | | | include a 20m artificial ice climbing tower, a cross |
| The bulk of the resort sits above the treeline, where | | | | country ski track, and a permanent race course. |
| off-piste lines are easy to scope and find. The place | | | | One of the best things about the resort is that you |
| is dripping are beautiful couloirs and cliffs. | | | | can use Innsbruck as a base. With 117,000 people |
| Many of the locals avoid Stubai in the winter, | | | | and a university, Innsbruck is more than a ski town. |
| because it is so high and cold, so it's not particularly | | | | There are nightclubs, cinemas and nice restaurants |
| crowded. Many of those who do make it up to the | | | | amongst the quaint streets of the old city. And at |
| resort prefer to stay warm in the plastic "bubble" | | | | the end of each street is a view of the stunning |
| bars littered around the slopes. | | | | snow-capped peaks that frame the city. |
| The area is massive and the views from the top are | | | | Free snow buses take visitors from the central city |
| expansive. Stubai has a high-alpine feel, with jagged | | | | to any of the seven resorts in easy reach of |
| slabs of granite and glacier ice. | | | | Innsbruck. |
| Serviced by a network of 25 high-speed lifts that | | | | |