Gearing up for our opening night on Friday April 26th now – and to get the biking season off to a flying (or rather motoring) start we have decided to offer any motorcyclist (and their pillion) FREE accommodation with breakfast if they arrive for the fish and chip supper on their bike! Needs to be [...]

Hurrah! Spring has finally come out of hibernation and is starting to show it’s true colours. Gasthof Hochalmspitze is opening for the summer season on Friday April 26th with a celebration Fish and Chip Supper evening and we hope to welcome as many friends and neighbours as possible to our first event of the year. [...]

Our names are Leigh and Yasiu. We are a 54 year old dad and an 11 year old son who have been skiing between 7 and 16 days every year since 2007, mainly in Eastern Austria but also in the French Alps andCarinthia. We prefer to ski on the more difficult technical red slopes or [...]

Our on-line booking system is back, and now in new and improved form.   There are several new features including the option to look at the availability of all rooms types at once.   So if your group needs a mix of double,twin or single rooms you can now see at a glance what is [...]

Apologies if you are trying – and failing – to book online with us. The company who manage the booking widget have unfortunately had a system failure and are working hard to restore normal service. In the meantime please contact us by E Mail (info@hochalmspitze.com) or via our Facebook page or Twitter (@hochalmspitze) account to [...]

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Road Trip to Utrecht & Motorbeurs, February 2013 – The Grand Tour! The car is loaded! John and Lez in front, me in the back surrounded by boxes, bags and that all important lifeline, the coffee machine! It’s snowing lightly as we leave Malta and head towards Salzburg and the German border. Lots of motorway [...]

More details here 2013 Hundeschlitten EM Plakat - only in German I’m afraid but certainly an exciting addition to local events!

The last time I went skiing down the side of a mountain was 16 years ago in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, my second home. So when the New Year sales began here, we drove to Villach and I purchased skis, boots and crash helmet all at reduced prices. Gloves and ski poles were also found [...]

Last night we hit the ‘1000 summer bed nights booked‘ mark. Given that it was nearly the end of February when we got to that point last year, it puts us aboput 40% up so far this year. Now thats a good outcome by anybody’s standards and really bodes well for an exciting summer season. [...]