Seehotel am Hallstättersee
Lakeside Obertraun hotel, 400 m from the station and 2 km from the Krippenstein cable car
About this hotel
Seehotel am Hallstättersee, recently renovated in 2025, provides a striking setting in Obertraun with panoramic views of the scenic Lake Hallstatt and the majestic Dachstein Massif. The hotel offers modern-style rooms, each fitted with wooden furniture and floors, a TV, and a private bathroom. Some rooms enhance the experience with a balcony, perfect for enjoying the lake or courtyard views. While the rooms are described as small, they are functional and comfortable. A breakfast buffet is served every morning to start the day right. For skiers, the Krippenstein Ski Area is just 2 km away, and the larger Dachstein West Ski Area is 16 km. A convenient free ski bus stop is located only 200 metres from the hotel.
- On the shore of Lake Hallstatt in Obertraun
- 400 m walk from Obertraun-Dachsteinhöhlen station
- Krippenstein cable car 2 km away, free ski bus nearby
- Rooms renovated in 2025, lake or Dachstein views
- Terrace, garden and outdoor pool for summer
- Rated 8.8 by 3,699 guests
Our take
The Seehotel am Hallstättersee sits on the Obertraun shore of Lake Hallstatt, about 400 m on foot from the Obertraun-Dachsteinhöhlen station, and was renovated in 2025. For skiers the mountain is the Dachstein Krippenstein, 2 km away and reached by a free ski bus that stops nearby. Know what that means: its marked slopes are only red and black, about 9 km and 3 km, and its reputation rests on roughly 30 km of freeride variants. I would book it for confident skiers and freeriders, not for beginners or for families with small children learning.
- Arrive by train: the hotel is a 400 m walk from the Obertraun-Dachsteinhöhlen station, so a car is optional for a winter stay here.
- Save your legs for the end of the day: the valley run from the Krippenstein to Obertraun is 9 km long with about 1,500 m of descent, the longest in Upper Austria.
- If you go off-piste, start at the valley station, where the ski school offers freeride advice and there is an avalanche-transceiver area.
- Check the dates before you book: the Krippenstein season is planned from 19 December 2026 to 29 March 2027, shorter than at the big Tyrolean resorts.
Why we love it
- Panoramic views of Lake Hallstatt
- Modern, recently renovated rooms
- Close to Krippenstein Ski Area
- Convenient free ski bus stop
Why guests love itLake Hallstatt lies in front of this hotel and a demanding ski mountain behind it, and for families the mountain decides. The Krippenstein has no easy marked runs, only around 9 km of intermediate and 3 km of difficult slopes, so children who are still learning are better off elsewhere in the Dachstein region. Parents who ski well and teenagers who want freeride terrain, with guidance from the ski school at the valley station, will feel differently. The rooms, renovated in 2025, face the lake or the Dachstein massif. Guests rate the hotel 8.8 out of 10 across 3,699 reviews, a very large sample. Hallstatt lies across the water for a day off the skis.