2024-01-30 09:51:07
Not only have the prices for ski tickets increased, but stops at mountain huts are also more expensive than ever before. This emerges from a price survey by the Salzburg Chamber of Labor.
Stopping off at a Salzburg ski hut has become around 60 percent more expensive over the past ten years – almost twice as much as general inflation. AK President and ÖGB state chairman Peter Eder says: “Given the enormous price increases, it particularly bothers me that ski water, which is so popular with children, is taking the top spot.”
Compared to the results of the last survey in 2014, prices in Salzburg’s ski huts have increased by an average of 59.19 percent. The consumer price index (CPI) climbed by 33.5 percent over almost the same period (annual average 2013 – 2023). Consumer advocate Christian Obermoser led the survey. His conclusion: “If you look at the results of our last gastronomy survey (September 2013 – 2023: + 49.18 percent), it is clear that ski hut prices have risen excessively.”
192 companies checked
The AK people examined a total of 192 ski huts in 23 Salzburg ski areas in Tennengau, Pongau, Pinzgau and Lungau. 24 products were documented using a standardized survey form. Of these, eleven were drinks and 13 were meals, including five products specifically for children (two drinks and three meals). It was also asked whether anything was charged for tap water. Only businesses located directly on the ski slopes were surveyed.
Beverage prices have increased by 49.06 percent over the past ten years. Examples:
Skiwasser: + 62.78 percent Bier (Seidl/Halbe): +50.68/+46.11 percent Cola: + 47.30 percent for tap water A price was stated for 62 huts (around a third), with an average price of 1.06 euros for 0.25 liters of water.
The increases in food (including children’s meals) have been even more significant since 2014 at 63.44 percent. For example: Apple strudel: +75.07 percent Sallowances Bolognese: +69.10 percent Frankfurter with pastries: +69.72 percent
Huge price difference
The Chamber of Labor found major differences between ski areas when it came to individual offers:
Skiwasser – in Obertauern 4.90 euros for 0.4 liters (extrapolated to 0.5 liters 6.13 euros). Werdenweng is cheaper at three euros for half a liter – a difference of 104.17 percent. Cola – 0.25 liters can be had on the Kitzsteinhorn for just 2.10 euros. In Dorfgastein, the same amount of caffeinated lemonade was seen at 4.30 euros – a price range of over 133 percent. Bier – in Obertauern a “pint” (0.4 l) costs 6.80 euros (extrapolated to the “half” 8.50 euros), while inwerfenweng 4.50 euros are charged for 0.5 liters of beer, a price difference of almost 89 Percent. Spaghetti Bolognese cost 8.90 euros in Saalbach-Fieberbrunn. In Leogang, however, 18 euros, which corresponds to a price difference of over 102 percent. At Frankfurt sausages with pastries Mühlbach seems moderately priced at 4.50 euros. For example, compared to Saalbach, where 9.60 euros are charged, a difference of over 113 percent. Germknödel – comparatively cheap in Grossarl-Dorfgastein at 5.80 euros. It’s different in Leogang for 13.50 euros (including vanilla sauce) – price difference over 132 percent.
District comparison: Lungau is the cheapest
Lungau performs best when it comes to price increases – with an average of 8.62 percent below the national average. The ski areas in Tennengau are also well below the national average (-7.44 percent). Despite strong increases in Obertauern, Pongau is also below average (-2.82 percent).
Pinzgau, on the other hand, is above the national average: in the ski huts in the Schnitzel, Skiwasser & Co. district, an average of 4.26 percent more than the national average.
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