ouncil of Europe in Strasbourg conferred upon Alpbach the
right to fly the European flag in recognition of the community's
services to European Unity. In 1993, Alpbach won "The Most Beautiful
Floral Village in Europe" award.
Alpbach is also a well known ski
resort and its quiet pistes are well groomed and provide beginner to
intermediate runs with lots of off pistes as well as unpatrolled route 5
which is popular with the more advanced skiers. A new lift has been
opened in 2006-2007 which is a gondola and allows people to move from
Inner-Alpbach to near the top of the wiedersbergerhorn (the mountain
used for all of the runs). Alpbach is also more popular with skiers than
snowboarders due to the lack of extreme off piste, but is a very
popular place for beginner boarders, or those looking to re-kindle their
boarding passion. There is also a halfpipe for the more adventurous.
There are two ski schools in the village, the first is the original Ski
and Snow board school at Alpbach-Inner alpbach run since 1932 by Sepp
Margreiter (a State certified ski instructor and ski guide). The second
is the Alpbach Active Skischule, of which the HQ of the ski school run
from Alpbach, the same as the original ski school
