Skiing Bad Gastein from Paris
Bad Gastein sits 1100–2686 m in Austria. Flying via SZG, then a 90 km transfer. About 4.8 hours door to door.
Worth knowing. The town is faded and the skiing is scattered across separate mountains.
Pre-season — snow reliability. There is no meaningful snow on the models yet, so resorts are ranked on how snow-sure they are: altitude adjusted for latitude, glacier cover and the size of the ski area. Live scoring resumes automatically once the snow arrives. How we rank
A week, all in
€1,277
Per person sharing, including travel
Getting there
SZG
About 4.8 hours door to door
Value rank from Paris
57 of 94
By snow quality against total cost
Snow Value Index
4.23
Snow score per 100 of trip cost
Is it worth it from Paris?
A week here works out 1% above the median for the 94 resorts we rank from Paris, and it comes 57th on value.
At 4.8 hours each way this is short enough to be worth doing over a weekend, not just as a full week — which is unusual and is most of the reason to pick it over somewhere further.
For what it is worth, Bad Gastein is cheapest to reach from Munich, at about €1,038 — roughly €239 less than from Paris.
What the week costs
| 7 nights, mid-range, sharing | €580 |
| 6-day adult lift pass | €300 |
| 6 days ski and boot hire | €140 |
| Return flights and transfer from Paris | €257 |
| Total per person | €1,277 |
Piste kilometres, lift counts and prices are indicative and compiled from public sources — they have not yet been checked against the resort's own figures for this season. Costs are planning estimates, not quotes. Spotted one that is wrong? Tell us.
Better value from Paris
More snow for less money, leaving from the same city. We would rather tell you than sell you the page you happen to be on.
- Cervinia — Italy, index 8.11€204 less
- Sestriere — Italy, index 7.86€335 less
- Les Deux Alpes — France, index 7.53€214 less
Who sells Bad Gastein in France
- Visit Sunweb Ski
Sunweb Ski
The dominant Dutch and Belgian winter-sports operator, with coach and flight packages to France and Austria.
2 more operators sell Bad Gastein but not into France — see the full directory.
Told when Bad Gastein is about to get snow
Snowvantage sends one email a week through the season, plus powder alerts five to seven days out — while there is still something left to book.