Freestyle has always been pretty high on the resort’s agenda, and they now maintain no fewer than three terrain parks.
The largest park, called the Nightpark, is located right in the centre of the Hinterglemm village. It was expanded a few seasons ago, adding more floodlights and even replacing the lift with a gondola featuring heated seats. It is headed up by Austrian boardercross hotshot Mario Fuchs, and the team reshape the park twice daily. Whilst they’ve added more beginner features, it is still aimed more towards the intermediate and advanced freestyler with a separate line for each, and plenty of other hits dotted around the park. It sits at just 1000m and is open until 9:30pm every day, but it takes a brave person to hit those monster kickers on a freezing January night! Over in Leogang the Nitro Park – designed by another Austrian legend, Stefan Gimpl – is still going strong, where it is maintained by shapers Reini and Erwin and their team. It is a pretty imaginative setup and served by the Asitzmulden chairlift, featuring around 20 more natural jibs and a few kickers. Finally, at the bottom of the Bernkogel lift in Saalbach is the small Learn to Ride Park, and above that a boardercross course.
