Together with 4 other villages Maurach is a part of the famous Achensee region, located by the Achensee lake, one of the Austrian's largest.
Skiing in Maurach is especially dedicated to the skiers of intermediate abilities, as more than a half of the pistes of the Rofan Ski Area is signed as of „medium difficulty”.
If you are a more demanding skier you may purchase the Achensee Regional Skipass giving you an acces to 32 ski lift facilities and 59 km of pistes in total in the 3 ski areas:
Maurach - Rofanseilbahnen;
Achenkirch – Christlumlifte;
Pertisau – Karwendelbergbahnen.
This skipass is available for the period not shorter than 4 days. Cost of the 4-day ski pass – 99 EUR. There are also about 30 winter hiking trails.
Planning to stay in Maurach for a longer period of time you may purchase 7-day Achensee Card, which gives you an opportunity to meet with the most popular and interesting features of the region. Amongst them there are:
trip by the Achensee ship;
trip by the Achensee cogtrack-steam train;
use of the Rofan and Karwendel cable cars;
visit to the Swarovski Crystal worlds in Wattens, tractor museum in Maurach and Saint Notburga museum in Maurach/Eben.