Flachau is the home village of Hermann Maier, Austria’s most celebrated ski racer, and hosts World Cup night slalom events on the slope named after him. The village sits at the heart of the Salzburger Sportwelt Amadé ski area, connecting with Wagrain, Kleinarl, and St. Johann-Alpendorf for 270 kilometers of connected piste. The apres-ski scene is livelier than most comparable Salzburg State ski villages. Direct train connections from Salzburg in about 1 hour. Summer brings mountain biking and alpine hiking on the same terrain. About 1 hour from Salzburg by car or train.
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Hermann Maier, who survived a catastrophic fall at the 1998 Nagano Olympics and returned to win two gold medals in the same Games, grew up in Flachau. The piste named after him hosts World Cup night slalom events that draw international television audiences to a village most people had never heard of before Maier made it famous.