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Skiing in Sölden - with a touch of luxury
Yorkshire Evening Post
|January 10, 2026
Visiting one of Austria's highest skiable regions for its snow
Tobogganing at Sölden and, inset, the ice Q restaurant.
Our destination is Sölden, in Austria's Ötztal Valley, and the beautiful Das Central, Sölden's family-run five star hotel.
The resort itself sits at 1,377 metres but the ski area reaches an impressive 3,340 metres - making it one of the highest skiable regions in Austria. This means there's pretty much guaranteed snow from October through to May.
Arriving in mid-December well before the school holidays, the slopes offer pristine conditions with barely a child in sight.
The resort's Giggijoch gondola is a state-of-the-art ride that transports us from the base station in the centre of Solden to 2,283 meters - a popular meeting point for ski schools and a base for lunchtime gatherings - in just eight minutes, leaving even the most inexperienced skier feeling like they are immediately on top of the world.
This story is from the January 10, 2026 edition of Yorkshire Evening Post.
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