Austria's largest outdoor adventure park
Resistance is futile - in Austria's largest outdoor adventure park you will find challenges that will get your pulse racing. At the entrance to Ötztal, exactly at the 47th parallel, AREA 47 covering a total of 9.5 hectares and is an exciting universe for outdoor action on land or in the water. Almost 40 fun-packed summer sports are waiting to push you towards your limits.
Water Area
The 20,000 m² water park offers extraordinary activities that will leave you adrenaline-packed and soaking wet. No matter if you jump into the water as a human projectile while blobbing or fall into a rush of speed on Europe's fastest water slide - your limits will be tested in the Water AREA.
Facts:
- Cannon Ball (from 13 years)
- Slip'n'Slide slide (from 16 years)
- Blobbing (from 12 years)
- 50 m long obstacle course "Splash Track" (from 6 years)
- 5 water slides
- Europe’s fastest water slide (top speed 80 km/h)
Diving platform
Climbing
The highest climbing tower in Austria has brought many climbers to their knees. Before you tackle the technically demanding and 27 m high tower, you can warm up in the Boulder Cave with its super soft surface. Or you can perform a tightrope act in the high ropes course and master several activity stations.
Facts:
- 27 m high climbing tower
- Boulder Cave
- High ropes course (from 12 years)
Wake Area
A 20,000 m² lake forms the heart of the Wake AREA with 5 masts, 420 m of lift and lots of kickers and boxes. Here you can shred in the coolest location north of the equator and perform heroically on the varied ramps.
Facts:
- 20,000 m² lake
- 420 m long wakeboard and water ski lift
- Wakeboards, wake skates, water skis, kneeboards for a fee
- Wake AREA First Try taster course
- Wake School Basic beginners’ course
Indoor Bike Park
The bike gods must really exist, because they have answered your wishes. In the new indoor bike park in Ötztal you can now show off your bike skills or improve them in all weathers and prepare for the outdoor trails. The new bike hall is perfect for all skill levels and is open all year round.
Facts:
- 1.000 m² Pumptrack inkl. Kids-Pumptrack
- 140 m dirty flowline with two lines
- Skills AREA with root carpet, rock garden, drops and hairpin bends
- Chill out AREA
What else AREA 47 has to offer
Restaurants & accommodation: Because so much action makes you hungry, there are two restaurants at AREA 47 that offer top quality and variety and fill any queasy stomachs. You can then go straight to your accommodation on site for a well-deserved (lunchtime) nap.
Guided outdoor tours: Do you want to explore Ötztal with all its natural forces? On guided rafting or canyoning tours around AREA 47, you will get closer to nature - on water and in the air - and to your personal limits than ever before.
Events: The AREA 47 event calendar is full to bursting, as we say in Ötztal. The spectrum ranges from exciting sports events with the best athletes of the local and international scene to crazy parties and fabulous concerts.
Opening hours
- Monday
- 10:00 - 19:00
- Tuesday
- 10:00 - 19:00
- Wednesday
- 10:00 - 19:00
- Thursday
- 10:00 - 19:00
- Friday
- 10:00 - 19:00
- Saturday
- 10:00 - 19:00
- Sunday
- 10:00 - 19:00
Frequently asked questions
It depends on your age and when you visit AREA 47 and what exactly you want to do. You can find the admission prices for the Water Area HERE.
Different prices apply to all the other varied activities at AREA 47 such as Mega Swing or Flying Fox as well as rafting, canyoning or e-MTB courses. HERE you can find out more about Austria's largest outdoor adventure park.
AREA 47 owes its name to the latitude on which it is located. Austria's largest outdoor adventure park nestles exactly at the 47th parallel. If you don't know what to do with this information, we can help for sure. AREA 47 can be found at the entrance to scenic Ötztal valley, more precisely in Ötztal-Bahnhof, Ötztaler Achstraße 1.
How to get there: after you have taken the “Haiming-Ötztal” autobahn exit, you follow the course of the road to the 1st roundabout, where you take the first exit - a large archway marks the right route to AREA 47. From here the road leads approx. 1 km straight towards AREA 47.
The question of what cannot be done here would be answered more quickly. Seriously: AREA 47 is Austria's largest outdoor adventure park offering a huge choice of fun-packed activities and action. Would you like to know more? OK, just a few examples:
- Water Area: slides, diving boards, blobbing, splash track, slip’n’slide and a lot more.
- Climbing tower & boulder, high ropes course, mega swing, flying fox, bungee jumping, valley swing
- Wake Area: wakeboarding on a 20,000 m2 lake with lift, rails and jumps
- Guided rafting, canyoning and caving tours
- Indoor Bikepark, E-MTB courses, downhill courses
Restaurants, accommodation as well as events and parties are just as much a part of AREA 47 as the unrivaled adrenaline rush. HERE you can find out more about the most action-packed place within Ötztal.
The water temperature in the Water Area can vary depending on the season. In spring and autumn, the water is a little fresher. In the summer months, the water temperature in the Water Area can reach 20 degrees Celsius or even a little beyond. By the way: Both the Water Area and the Wake Area are open even in bad weather or rain. HERE you can find out more about Austria's largest outdoor adventure park.
Yes, you can of course take your 4-legged friend with you. For hygiene reasons, however, dogs are not allowed in the self-service restaurant or the Water Area and Wake Area. Please also note that your dog must be leashed in the entire area. Special tip: there are myriad fabulous forest paths around AREA 47 to take your dog for a walk. HERE you can find out more about Austria's largest outdoor adventure park.