# Bad Gastein for Families > Bad Gastein scores 5.8/10 for families: Beginner score 5.4 /10, Childcare and kindergartens 2 facilities and Village elevation 1,002 m. Canonical: https://www.justpiste.com/resorts/bad-gastein/families · Updated: 2026-09-21T22:00:24.921Z · Data as of: 2026-09-21T22:00:24.921Z · Source: Just Piste ## Key facts | Fact | Value | | --- | --- | | Resort | Bad Gastein, Austria | | Family score | 5.8/10 | | Village elevation | 1,002 m | ## Score explanation | Input | Value | | --- | --- | | Beginner score | 5.4 /10 | | Childcare and kindergartens | 2 facilities | | Village elevation | 1,002 m | ## Green and blue pistes | Name | Ref | Colour | Difficulty | Length | Vertical | Top elevation | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Familienabfahrt Aberg | 10 | Blue | easy | 6,238 m | | | | Family Run Kleinarl | E | Blue | easy | 6,005 m | | | | Rosskopfabfahrt | 2 | Blue | easy | 5,202 m | | | | Family Run Absolut - Family | | Blue | easy | 5,197 m | | | | Gamskogel Ostabfahrt | 9 | Blue | easy | 4,281 m | | | | Talabfahrt | 36 | Blue | easy | 4,269 m | | | | Skiweg Wastlhöhe | 14a | Blue | easy | 4,227 m | | | | Schneebergabfahrt | 1 | Blue | easy | 3,875 m | | | | Abfahrt Wastlhöhe | 14 | Blue | easy | 3,844 m | | | | Höchalmrinne | 1 | Blue | easy | 3,726 m | | | | Bergstraße | 1 | Blue | easy | 3,524 m | | | | Familienabfahrt | 1a | Blue | easy | 3,473 m | | | | Schiweg 8-er Highliner I | 15 | Blue | easy | 3,388 m | | | | Tauernkar Familienabfahrt | 10 | Blue | easy | 3,182 m | | | | Kings Corner | 4 | Blue | easy | 3,097 m | | | | Nössler | 2 | Blue | easy | 2,991 m | | | | Schwaigalm | 5 | Blue | easy | 2,853 m | | | | starjet 2 | 2 | Blue | easy | 2,511 m | | | | Flachauwinkl 6er-Highliner II | 14 | Blue | easy | 2,442 m | | | | Familien-Abfahrt | 5 | Blue | easy | 2,301 m | | | | | D7b | Blue | easy | 2,298 m | | | | | 3b | Blue | easy | 2,100 m | | | | Hirschkogel - blaue Abfahrt | 51 | Blue | easy | 2,040 m | | | | 11 "Rote 8er" Talabfahrt | 30 | Blue | easy | 2,003 m | | | | Sonntagskogel I | 25 | Blue | easy | 1,905 m | | | | | 3a | Blue | easy | 1,849 m | | | | Familienabfahrt Großberg a | 2 | Blue | easy | 1,812 m | | | | Skiweg ins Zentrum | | Blue | easy | 1,781 m | | | | Family Run Sunshine | | Blue | easy | 1,766 m | | | | | 3 | Blue | easy | 1,757 m | | | | | 4 | Blue | easy | 1,668 m | | | | Hirschkogel-Zufahrt | 52 | Blue | easy | 1,606 m | | | | Skiweg Buchau | 34 | Blue | easy | 1,598 m | | | | | D7c | Blue | easy | 1,579 m | | | | Simmerllift Familienabfahrt | 25 | Blue | easy | 1,553 m | | | | Family Run Powder | | Blue | easy | 1,549 m | | | | Nordabfahrt | 26a | Blue | easy | 1,536 m | | | | Sonntagskogel | 30 | Blue | easy | 1,468 m | | | | Gernkogel - blaue Abfahrt | 35 | Blue | easy | 1,457 m | | | | Mooslehen | 4a | Blue | easy | 1,389 m | | | | | D2 | Blue | easy | 1,304 m | | | | Sonnbergabfahrt | 9 | Blue | easy | 1,290 m | | | | Skiweg Sonntagskogel | 24 | Blue | easy | 1,252 m | | | | Sonnleitenabfahrt | 33 | Blue | easy | 1,131 m | | | | Tauernkarlift Abfahrt | 11 | Blue | easy | 1,114 m | | | | Halsegg | 3 | Blue | easy | 1,017 m | | | | ÜL Liebenau | | Blue | easy | 949 m | | | | Piste Bögrain | 7 | Blue | easy | 868 m | | | | Funpark | 31 | Blue | easy | 854 m | | | | Schönanger | 22 | Blue | easy | 853 m | | | | Skiweg Top Liner | 25b | Blue | easy | 852 m | | | | Absolut Panoramapiste | f4 | Blue | easy | 823 m | | | | Faschingabfahrt | 35 | Blue | easy | 803 m | | | | | D2a | Blue | easy | 797 m | | | | | D11 | Blue | easy | 694 m | | | | | 1a | Blue | easy | 679 m | | | | Verbindung zum Seekarlift Bergstation | | Blue | easy | 668 m | | | | Hachauabfahrt | 24 | Blue | easy | 614 m | | | | | D7a | Blue | easy | 607 m | | | | Buchauabfahrt | 34 | Blue | easy | 605 m | | | | Family Piste | f3 | Blue | easy | 592 m | | | | WAGRAINI's Winterwelt | 46 | Blue | easy | 558 m | | | | Skiweg Bürglalm | 14a | Blue | easy | 557 m | | | | Papageno blau | 1c | Blue | easy | 517 m | | | | | 1 | Blue | easy | 515 m | | | | Übungshang Obergassalm | 35a | Blue | easy | 508 m | | | | Skiweg Zachhof Babylift | | Blue | easy | 495 m | | | | ÜL Hintermoos | 10b | Blue | easy | 492 m | | | | | 33 | Blue | easy | 487 m | | | | Kogelalm | 13 | Blue | easy | 471 m | | | | Skiweg Natrun | 26a | Blue | easy | 468 m | | | | Absolut Piste | f4 | Blue | easy | 449 m | | | | Verbindungs starjet - spacejet | 4b | Blue | easy | 447 m | | | | Verbindung Weltcup-Arena - Rosskopfbahn | | Blue | easy | 439 m | | | | Beginner Area Kleinarl | k1 | Blue | easy | 426 m | | | | Skiweg "Rote 8er" | 31b | Blue | easy | 407 m | | | | Bergschleppliftabfahrt | 18b | Blue | easy | 404 m | | | | Übungslift Kinderland | | Blue | easy | 394 m | | | | ÜL dinojet | | Blue | easy | 391 m | | | | zur Weltcupstrecke | | Blue | easy | 365 m | | | | Verbindung Geierberg - Schwaigalm | | Blue | easy | 354 m | | | | Übungslift Königslehen | | Blue | easy | 349 m | | | | Übungshang Edelweiss | 45 | Blue | easy | 348 m | | | | Fischbacherwiese | | Blue | easy | 330 m | | | | Übungslift Hochbifang | | Blue | easy | 317 m | | | | Kreisten Übungshang | 37a | Blue | easy | 277 m | | | | Zachhof Babylift | | Blue | easy | 276 m | | | | Fischbacherwiese | | Blue | novice | 251 m | | | | Abfahrt Grafenberg | 38 | Blue | easy | 249 m | | | | Beginner Area Flachauwinkl | f1 | Blue | easy | 236 m | | | | | D12 | Blue | easy | 232 m | | | | Simmerlift Familienabfahrt | 25 | Blue | easy | 231 m | | | | ÜL bingojet | | Blue | easy | 215 m | | | | Übungslift See | | Blue | easy | 194 m | | | | Bürglalmabfahrt | 14 | Blue | easy | 192 m | | | | ÜL Hofleiten | | Blue | easy | 177 m | | | | Powder Piste | f5 | Blue | easy | 162 m | | | | Fürstwand Piste | | Blue | easy | 150 m | | | | Talabfahrt - Abschnitt Kirchwald | 36 | Blue | easy | 139 m | | | | Skibrücke Sonnberg - Aberg | 9 | Blue | easy | 107 m | | | | Verbindung Gernkogel - blaue Abfahrt | | Blue | easy | 107 m | | | | ul piggyjet | | Blue | easy | 106 m | | | | Förderbänder Angertal | | Blue | novice | 103 m | | | | | 24 | Blue | easy | 94 m | | | | Hamburger | | Blue | easy | 85 m | | | | Skiweg Übungslift See | | Blue | easy | 80 m | | | | Übungshang Grafenberg | 23a | Blue | easy | 78 m | | | | zur Unterbergbahn | | Blue | easy | 65 m | | | | Familien-Aabfahrt | 5 | Blue | easy | 64 m | | | | Übergang G-Link - Mittelstation Flying Mozart | | Blue | easy | 62 m | | | | Skibrücke Gabühel - Bürglalm | | Blue | easy | 50 m | | | | | H3a | Blue | easy | 50 m | | | | "Rote 8er" Talabfahrt | 30 | Blue | easy | 48 m | | | | Rosskopf-Abfahrt | 2 | Blue | easy | 34 m | | | | Hirschkogelzufahrt | 52 | Blue | easy | 26 m | | | | WAGRAINIs Winterwelt | | Blue | easy | 24 m | | | | | 11 | Blue | easy | 19 m | | | | Übungsgelände Obergassalm | 35b | Blue | easy | 14 m | | | | Almabfahrt | | Blue | easy | | | | | Familien | 3 | Blue | easy | | | | | | D8 | Blue | easy | | | | | | D1d | Blue | easy | | | | 90 unnamed connecting sections, 41.4 km. ## Facilities - 2 childcare facilities. - 1 ski schools. ## FAQ ### Why does Bad Gastein score 5.8/10 for families? The three inputs that move the score most are Beginner score 5.4 /10, Childcare and kindergartens 2 facilities and Village elevation 1,002 m. ### Is there childcare in Bad Gastein? 2 childcare providers are listed in OpenStreetMap for Bad Gastein. ### How many ski schools are there in Bad Gastein? 1. ### How much of Bad Gastein is easy skiing? 46.4% of the piste km we measure is green or blue. ### How high is the village in Bad Gastein? 1,002 m. ### Are there magic carpets in Bad Gastein? 11 magic carpets are mapped in Bad Gastein. ### How far is Bad Gastein from Salzburg airport? Salzburg is about 93 minutes by road from Bad Gastein (76.1 km). ### How many km of pistes does Bad Gastein have? Bad Gastein has 400.7 km of marked pistes across 264 runs, measured from OpenStreetMap geometry. ## Related ### This resort - [Getting there](https://www.justpiste.com/resorts/bad-gastein/getting-there.md) - [Accommodation](https://www.justpiste.com/resorts/bad-gastein/accommodation.md) - [Restaurants](https://www.justpiste.com/resorts/bad-gastein/restaurants.md) - [Après-ski](https://www.justpiste.com/resorts/bad-gastein/apres-ski.md) - [Families](https://www.justpiste.com/resorts/bad-gastein/families.md) - [Beginners](https://www.justpiste.com/resorts/bad-gastein/beginners.md) - [FAQ](https://www.justpiste.com/resorts/bad-gastein/faq.md) ### Country - [Ski resorts in Austria](https://www.justpiste.com/ski-resorts/austria.md) - [Austria snow report](https://www.justpiste.com/snow-report/austria.md) ### Ski area - [Ski amadé](https://www.justpiste.com/ski-areas/ski-amade.md) ### Airports & transfers - [Salzburg Airport](https://www.justpiste.com/airports/salzburg-airport.md) — 93 min - [Resorts near Salzburg](https://www.justpiste.com/airports/salzburg-airport/nearest-ski-resorts.md) - [Salzburg to Bad Gastein](https://www.justpiste.com/airports/salzburg-airport/to/bad-gastein.md) — 76 km - [Klagenfurt Airport](https://www.justpiste.com/airports/klagenfurt-airport.md) — 121 min - [Resorts near Klagenfurt](https://www.justpiste.com/airports/klagenfurt-airport/nearest-ski-resorts.md) - [Klagenfurt to Bad Gastein](https://www.justpiste.com/airports/klagenfurt-airport/to/bad-gastein.md) — 106 km - [Linz-Hörsching Airport](https://www.justpiste.com/airports/linz-horsching-airport.md) — 170 min - [Resorts near Linz-Hörsching](https://www.justpiste.com/airports/linz-horsching-airport/nearest-ski-resorts.md) - [Linz-Hörsching to Bad Gastein](https://www.justpiste.com/airports/linz-horsching-airport/to/bad-gastein.md) — 148 km ### Nearest resorts - [Zell am See](https://www.justpiste.com/resorts/zell-am-see.md) — 35 km - [Saalbach-Hinterglemm](https://www.justpiste.com/resorts/saalbach.md) — 48 km - [Schladming](https://www.justpiste.com/resorts/schladming.md) — 52 km ### Similar resorts - [Klosters](https://www.justpiste.com/resorts/klosters.md) - [Megève](https://www.justpiste.com/resorts/megeve.md) - [Kitzbühel](https://www.justpiste.com/resorts/kitzbuhel.md) ### Featured in - [Best intermediate ski resorts — Austria](https://www.justpiste.com/best/intermediate-ski-resorts/austria) — #1 - [Best intermediate ski resorts — Europe](https://www.justpiste.com/best/intermediate-ski-resorts/europe) — #2 - [Best ski resorts — Europe](https://www.justpiste.com/best/ski-resorts/europe) — #2 - [Train-accessible ski resorts — Europe](https://www.justpiste.com/ski-resorts/by-train/europe.md) — #2 - [Night-skiing ski resorts — Europe](https://www.justpiste.com/ski-resorts/with-night-skiing/europe.md) — #2 - [Best ski resorts — Austria](https://www.justpiste.com/best/ski-resorts/austria) — #2 ### From nearby cities - [Salzburg to the slopes](https://www.justpiste.com/cities/salzburg/ski-resorts.md) — 99 min - [Munich to the slopes](https://www.justpiste.com/cities/munich/ski-resorts.md) — 171 min - [Innsbruck to the slopes](https://www.justpiste.com/cities/innsbruck/ski-resorts.md) — 200 min ## Sources | Source | Licence | Attribution | Fetched | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | OpenStreetMap (https://www.openstreetmap.org) | ODbL 1.0 | © OpenStreetMap contributors | 2026-09-16T18:45:23.518Z | - Image: Experience the adrenaline of skiing down the snowy slopes of Bad Gastein, Austria. Perfect winter adventure. — Flo Maderebner — Pexels License — https://www.pexels.com/license/ Cite as: Just Piste, "Bad Gastein for Families", https://www.justpiste.com/resorts/bad-gastein/families, accessed 2026-09-21