Skiing Lech Zürs from Manchester
Lech Zürs sits 1450–2811 m in Austria. Flying via INN, then a 120 km transfer. About 5.8 hours door to door.
Worth knowing. Priced to keep people out, and it works.
Pre-season — snow reliability. There is no meaningful snow on the models yet, so resorts are ranked on how snow-sure they are: altitude adjusted for latitude, glacier cover and the size of the ski area. Live scoring resumes automatically once the snow arrives. How we rank
A week, all in
£1,761
Per person sharing, including travel
Getting there
INN
About 5.8 hours door to door
Value rank from Manchester
85 of 94
By snow quality against total cost
Snow Value Index
3.15
Snow score per 100 of trip cost
Is it worth it from Manchester?
A week here works out 53% above the median for the 94 resorts we rank from Manchester, and it comes 85th on value.
At 5.8 hours each way this is short enough to be worth doing over a weekend, not just as a full week — which is unusual and is most of the reason to pick it over somewhere further.
For what it is worth, Lech Zürs is cheapest to reach from Zurich, at about £1,511 — roughly £250 less than from Manchester.
What the week costs
| 7 nights, mid-range, sharing | £966 |
| 6-day adult lift pass · 2025/26 tariff | £378 |
| 6 days ski and boot hire | £155 |
| Return flights and transfer from Manchester | £262 |
| Total per person | £1,761 |
Piste kilometres, lift counts and prices are indicative and compiled from public sources — they have not yet been checked against the resort's own figures for this season. Costs are planning estimates, not quotes. Spotted one that is wrong? Tell us.
Better value from Manchester
More snow for less money, leaving from the same city. We would rather tell you than sell you the page you happen to be on.
- Cervinia — Italy, index 6.56£647 less
- Sestriere — Italy, index 6.26£768 less
- Les Deux Alpes — France, index 6.09£658 less
Who sells Lech Zürs in United Kingdom
- Visit Inghams
Inghams
Long-established British operator with a chalet and hotel programme weighted towards Austria, Switzerland and Italy.
- Visit Crystal Ski Holidays
Crystal Ski Holidays
The UK's largest ski tour operator, part of TUI. Charter flights from regional airports and the widest resort coverage of any British operator.
- Visit SnowTrex
SnowTrex
Pan-European operator selling accommodation-plus-lift-pass packages across the Alps and Eastern Europe. Multi-language and multi-market, which suits an English site with pan-European traffic.
Told when Lech Zürs is about to get snow
Snowvantage sends one email a week through the season, plus powder alerts five to seven days out — while there is still something left to book.