Free ski passes for children in Alpbach ski resort in Austria

The pretty Austrian Tyrolean resort of Alpbach has announced that children aged up to 15 will be able to ski free on the resort’s slopes during low season next winter. The offer, which is made on a “one adult purchases a ticket and once child skis free” basis is more generous than at most Austrian resorts where children typically have to pay from age 6 or 7.

The most generous country for child pricing is Switzerland where kids don’t pay until age 10 at several dozen leading resorts and then only 50% of the adult price. In France children often have to pay from age 4 or 5 and then 70 or 80% of the adult price straight away, although family discounts may be available.

The Alpbach offer is made to all children born in 1995 or later and covers the ski lifts and runs in the Alpbachtal Seenland ski area when a parent purchase a five or six day ski pass at the regular price.

The offer is valid at the start of the season from 3rd to 23rd December 2010, then after the New Year holidays from 10th January to 5th February 2011 and finally right through the Easter period from 19th March 2011 to 25th April 2011.