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A family ski week: children train with our instructors, parents ski at their own pace or take lessons too, and in the evening everyone meets over dinner. You drive there yourselves — everything on site is already organised.
For the 2027 Mazovian winter break we are taking the whole group to the Schladming-Dachstein region in Styria — in both weeks of the break, each in a different hotel. Week 1: Saturday 30 January to Saturday 6 February. The four connected mountains above Schladming offer 123 km of runs: wide, gentle slopes for children and long descents for parents. This week we stay at the family-run Landhotel Häuserl im Wald, which we checked in person — with saunas, its own ice rink and a curling lane, and a Polish tour leader stays with the group throughout.
For the 2027 Mazovian winter break we are taking the whole group to the Schladming-Dachstein region in Styria — in both weeks of the break, each in a different hotel. Week 2: Saturday 6 to Saturday 13 February. The four connected mountains above Schladming offer 123 km of runs: wide, gentle slopes for children and long descents for parents. This week we stay at the family-run Felsners Hotel 4* in the centre of Haus im Ennstal, at the foot of the Hauser Kaibling — a ski run ends about 100 m from the hotel, and a Polish tour leader stays with the group throughout.
Italy is about 14 hours’ drive from Warsaw, which leaves just two options: drive straight through and arrive exhausted, or stop overnight and spend two days in the car. Schladming is about 9 hours away — you get there in one day with no overnight stop, and the next morning you are rested and ready to ski.
Our home for the winter break
We checked this hotel in person — we were there in October. It is clean and kept in perfect condition, and it stands at the edge of the forest in Mitterberg, 800 m above sea level, with views of the Grimming and the Dachstein — peace and quiet all around. It is run by the Langanger family, the third generation of hosts. After skiing there is no need to go anywhere: the saunas, the ice rink and the curling lane are right at the hotel, and horse-drawn sleigh rides are available on request.
Ice rink & curling
Family suites for up to 5 people, pairs of rooms across the corridor (parents in one, children in the other) and rooms for 2 or 3. Light wooden furniture, shower and WC, TV and a safe, most with a balcony. You choose your room when you sign up — we will suggest one that fits your family.
Breakfast buffet (eggs, fresh bread, fruit, yoghurt, Styrian cheese and cold cuts, homemade spreads) and a 4-course dinner: salads, soup, one of 3 main courses (always one without meat) and dessert. Regional Styrian cooking.
The Hauser Kaibling gondola valley station — the gateway to Schladming’s four connected mountains — is about 12 km away, about 15 minutes by car. Our private ski bus runs from the hotel every day (9:00, back at about 16:00) — just for our group, included in the price. Walking trails start at the hotel; the Galsterberg toboggan run is about 20 minutes away and the floodlit run on Hochwurzen about 30 minutes. Horse-drawn sleigh rides on request.
The hotel stands at the edge of the forest in Mitterberg, with views of the Grimming and the Dachstein — peace and quiet all around, and winter walking trails start right by the hotel. When there is enough snow, a 12 km cross-country trail runs right past the hotel (bring your own skis), and 500 m away there is a toboggan run floodlit in the evening — the hotel lends sledges. Gröbming is a few minutes by car, the Hauser Kaibling gondola about 15 minutes and Schladming about 25 minutes. In the evening: curling and the ice rink at the hotel, and horse-drawn sleigh rides on request.
The hotel has a lift. The hotel pool is outdoors and open from March to October — in winter there are the saunas. No pets in the rooms. There is no skate rental on site — if you want to skate or go cross-country skiing, you need to bring your own gear.
To the slopes
Lessons start at 9:30 at the Hauser Kaibling gondola valley station. Every day at 9:00 our private ski bus leaves the hotel — just for our group, included in the price, skis travel in the bus — and returns at about 16:00. No waiting for a public ski bus: we go straight to the gondola. You can also drive there yourselves.
This is where lessons start — whether you come by bus or by car.
Option 1 · our private ski bus from the hotel
We will confirm the operator and exact times before the trip.
From the hotel to the gondola valley station it is about a 15-minute drive (12 km). There is a large car park at the station — the family car park P3 is closest to the Wollis Kids Park entrance. Leave the car and meet us at the gondola.
Driving route in Google Maps
Our home for the winter break
We visited this hotel in October too. Felsners is a family-run 4-star hotel in the centre of Haus im Ennstal, next to the church — run by the third generation of the Felsner family and modernised in 2021. A ski run from the Hauser Kaibling ends about 100 m from the hotel, so after skiing you get back almost to the door. In the afternoon there is a large spa with saunas, and the children have a playroom.
Family rooms & spa
Edelweiß double rooms (23 m²) and Enzian double rooms (28 m², all with a balcony) — Enzian also with an extra bed for a child — plus family rooms: Edelweiß for 2–3 people and Enzian (38–40 m²) for 3–4, with a separate children’s room. Every room has a rain shower, fridge, safe and bathrobes. We will suggest a room for your family at sign-up.
Breakfast is a buffet with an organic corner, a gluten- and lactose-free station and a juice bar. In the evening there is a choice of 3 four-course menus (one vegetarian) and a salad buffet, with a themed buffet once a week. On request the kitchen cooks vegan, gluten-free and lactose-free.
The Hauser Kaibling gondola valley station, where lessons start, is about 1 km away — in the morning you get there by ski bus (the stop is about 100 m from the hotel) or on foot. After skiing, a run ends about 100 m from the hotel, so you ski back.
Haus im Ennstal is a small village at the foot of the Hauser Kaibling, and the hotel stands in its old centre, next to the church. The region has toboggan runs floodlit in the evening on Hochwurzen and Galsterberg, and Schladming is about 15 minutes away by car.
The hotel has 2 lifts and is entirely non-smoking. In winter the spa is open daily from 2 pm. There is no indoor pool — in winter the natural pool is for a cold plunge after the sauna. Check-in from 3 pm, check-out by 10 am.
To the slopes
Lessons start at 9:30 at the Hauser Kaibling gondola valley station, about 1 km from the hotel. In the morning you get there by ski bus — the stop is about 100 m from the hotel — or on foot. After skiing you take a run that ends about 100 m from the hotel.
Lessons start here — about 1 km from the hotel.
Discover Schladming
Schladming is a Styrian town with more than 800 years of history and one of Austria’s ski capitals. The World Cup has raced on Planai since 1973, the World Championships came here twice (1982 and 2013), and 123 km of runs link four mountains — you ski from one to the next, and a loop over all four peaks is a local one-day classic.
Click a mountain number or a point on the map to see its card. On a phone, drag the map sideways.
The highest of the four and our gateway to the slopes — in week 1 our private ski bus drops us at the 8-seat gondola in Haus im Ennstal, and in week 2 we stay in Haus itself. Runs include the FIS-Abfahrt and Weltcup-Abfahrt, “Die Schönste” (“the most beautiful”), Panorama and the wide, easy Kaiblingalm and Höfi, plus the XXL Funslope (1460 m). Next to the gondola is Wollis Kids Park — 24,000 m² of learning terrain with a lift and conveyor belts. Women raced for World Championship medals here in 1982, and since winter 2025/26 the new Senderbahn gondola and the heated Mitterhausalm chairlift link the mountain faster with Planai.
Schladming’s home mountain and a World Cup stage. The 4.6 km FIS run ends on the famous Planai-Zielhang, home of the Nightrace in January — a night slalom held since 1997 (Alberto Tomba won the first) that now draws about 22,000 fans. Runs include the WM Herrenstrecke and WM Damenstrecke from the World Championships, the Streicherabfahrt (named after ski pioneer Sepp Streicher), Lärchkogel and Märchenwiese by the kids’ area. Little ones get Hopsi Winterkinderland with a dragon conveyor and a slide.
The mountain for sledging and skiing after dark. The toboggan run is about 7 km long with a 718 m drop — in February it is floodlit Tuesday to Saturday and the gondola takes sledges up until 9:30 pm. Runs include the Sepp Walcher-Abfahrt (named after the Schladming-born 1978 downhill world champion), the FIS-Abfahrt, Golden Line and the floodlit Ostabfahrt (about 3 km). Beginners have the gentle Rohrmooser Weide.
The calmest of the four, with wide runs for learning and family skiing. Gasselhöhe is a World Cup training run — national teams train here, Marcel Hirscher among them — and Finale Grande is said to be one of the most beautiful valley runs. There is also a 750 m Crosspark and the timed Cool Running course. The resort has won the gold piste-quality seal five years in a row.
Lessons start here every day at 9:30 — at the valley station of the 8-seat gondola in Haus im Ennstal. In week 1 our private ski bus stops right there; if you drive, the family car park P3 is closest to Wollis Kids Park. In week 2 you come from the hotel by ski bus or on foot. Next to the gondola the little ones have Wollis Kids Park with a lift and conveyor belts.
Since December 2025 the 10-seat Senderbahn gondola (under 5 minutes) and the 8-seat Mitterhausalm chairlift with heated seats link Hauser Kaibling with Planai — a quicker way from our mountain to the other three.
Right above the town is the finish of the World Cup race course. At the end of January it hosts the Nightrace — a floodlit night slalom held since 1997 and one of the biggest ski events in the Alps (about 22,000 fans today). In 2027 it takes place just before we arrive.
A winter wonderland for children by the Planai top station: a dragon conveyor, the Hopsi slide and gentle terrain for first runs, plus a 2 km winter walking trail. Get there on skis or by the Hopsi-Express. Hopsi was the mascot of the 1982 World Championships.
About 7 km downhill from the top station of the Hochwurzen gondola. In February the run is floodlit in the evening from Tuesday to Saturday and the gondola takes sledges up until 9:30 pm — sledging needs a separate ticket.
An idea for a day off skis: the cable car takes you up to the glacier with the Sky Walk above a 250 m wall, Austria’s highest suspension bridge, the “Stairway to Nothingness” and the Ice Palace. There is no downhill skiing here any more, and in winter the cable car does not run on Tuesdays. About 45 minutes from the hotel by car.
A square with the Salzburg Gate, the Peasant War monument and the largest Protestant church in Styria. From the centre a gondola takes you straight up to the Planai runs — a nice place for an afternoon walk after skiing.
The week 1 hotel (30.01–06.02) is in Mitterberg near Gröbming, east of the four mountains. You get to the slopes on our private ski bus or by car — about 15 minutes to the Hauser Kaibling valley station.
The week 2 hotel (06–13.02) is in the centre of Haus im Ennstal, next to the church. You get to the Hauser Kaibling gondola by ski bus or on foot, and a run ends about 100 m from the hotel.
Map: Ski amadé (skiamade.com) · points and descriptions: Zone4
In winter 2026/27 children born in 2021 or later get a free ski pass for all four mountains — issued at the ticket office (card deposit).
The mascot of the 1982 World Championships now has a winter wonderland for children on Planai — with a dragon conveyor and a slide.
On Hochwurzen the 7 km toboggan run is floodlit Tuesday to Saturday in February, and the gondola takes sledges up until 9:30 pm.
At 2,700 m: the Sky Walk above a 250 m wall, Austria’s highest suspension bridge, the “Stairway to Nothingness” and the Ice Palace. Closed on Tuesdays in winter.
Polish skiers raced at the 2013 World Championships in Schladming too, including Maryna Gąsienica-Daniel and Karolina Chrapek.
Since 1977 Schladming has been twinned with Furano on Hokkaido — also a winter resort.
Sources: operators’ websites (planai.at, hauser-kaibling.at, reiteralm.at, skiamade.com), schladming-dachstein.at, thenightrace.at, derdachstein.at, Schladming town publications and Wikipedia.
7 nights at Landhotel Häuserl im Wald (room chosen at sign-up), breakfast buffet and a 4-course dinner; the local tourist tax is included.
Every day for 6 days: 9:00 from the hotel to the Hauser Kaibling gondola and back at about 16:00 — just our group, skis travel in the bus.
Medical costs and accident cover for the trip, including winter sports.
With the group throughout the stay: rooms, lift passes, getting to the slopes and everything on site — in Polish.
At the hotel: 2 hours of curling for the whole group and an ice rink open until 9 pm (bring your own skates — there is no rental on site).
7 nights at Felsners Hotel 4* in Haus im Ennstal: breakfast buffet, in the evening a choice of 3 four-course menus and a salad buffet; the local tourist tax is included.
Saunas, a steam bath, an infrared cabin and a relaxation area — open daily from 2 pm in winter.
Medical costs and accident cover for the trip, including winter sports.
With the group throughout the stay: rooms, lift passes, getting to the slopes and everything on site — in Polish.
Table tennis and table football at the hotel — for afternoons and evenings.
A pass for Schladming’s four connected mountains and all of Ski amadé at the group rate. Children born in 2021 or later ski for free; have your own pass? Just leave it unticked.
6 days of 4.5 hours with Zone4 instructors, for children aged 6–12 who can already ski — in level-matched groups of 6–8. During the lunch break the children stay with their instructors.
6 days of 2.5 hours, in groups of 6–8, for those who can already ski — usually in the morning, while the children are in their lessons.
Drive at your own pace — about 1,050 km from Warsaw, roughly 9 hours, with no overnight stop. We will suggest the route and what to pack.
Your own, or from our Warsaw rental — skis/board, boots and a helmet for the whole trip.
Buffet at the hotel. Our 9:00 ski bus or a 15-minute drive to the Hauser Kaibling gondola.
Meet at the gondola. Children in level-matched groups, parents in their own lessons (2.5 h, extra) or skiing on their own.
The children eat together with their instructors, in their care — parents get a break.
More lessons until 15:00 — 4.5 hours a day with an instructor in total.
Skiing together as a family; the ski bus back to the hotel at about 16:00, or drive back.
The whole group at the table, then the sauna, the ice rink or curling at the hotel.
Buffet at the hotel. Our 9:00 ski bus or a 15-minute drive to the Hauser Kaibling gondola.
Meet at the gondola. Children in level-matched groups, parents in their own lessons (2.5 h, extra) or skiing on their own.
The children eat together with their instructors, in their care — parents get a break.
More lessons until 15:00 — 4.5 hours a day with an instructor in total.
Skiing together as a family; the ski bus back to the hotel at about 16:00, or drive back.
The whole group at the table, then the sauna, the ice rink or curling at the hotel.
Buffet at the hotel. To the Hauser Kaibling gondola by ski bus or on foot (about 1 km).
Meet at the gondola. Children in level-matched groups, parents in their own lessons (2.5 h, extra) or skiing on their own.
The children eat together with their instructors, in their care — parents get a break.
More lessons until 15:00 — 4.5 hours a day with an instructor in total.
Skiing together as a family; a run ends about 100 m from the hotel, so you ski back.
The whole group at the table, then the spa or the children’s playroom.
Buffet at the hotel. To the Hauser Kaibling gondola by ski bus or on foot (about 1 km).
Meet at the gondola. Children in level-matched groups, parents in their own lessons (2.5 h, extra) or skiing on their own.
The children eat together with their instructors, in their care — parents get a break.
More lessons until 15:00 — 4.5 hours a day with an instructor in total.
Skiing together as a family; a run ends about 100 m from the hotel, so you ski back.
The whole group at the table, then the spa or the children’s playroom.
For the 2027 winter break we have family trips to two places: Schladming in the Alps — in both weeks of the break, each in a different hotel — and, half the drive from Warsaw, Špindlerův Mlýn in the Czech Krkonoše.
Winter break 2027 · SchladmingLarge, snow-sure Alpine resorts with extensive infrastructure: long runs of varying difficulty, real vertical and conditions for the whole family — whatever the level.
Winter break 2027 · Špindlerův Mlýnfot. Roman Boed · CC BY 2.0 · przycięteThe nearest big mountains for Warsaw families: a shorter drive, wide runs and learning areas for children. For the 2027 winter break we are going to Špindlerův Mlýn — the best-known ski resort in Czechia.
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Groups of 6–8, from first independent runs to technique polishing — everyone trains at their own pace, nobody waits and nobody chases.
Abroad, but with no language barrier: our instructors run the lessons and a Polish tour leader handles everything on site. No searching for a local school.
For years we have run one-day trips and winter day camps — we know how to organise a slope day for kids and parents alike.
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