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Ski Chalets in Co-Ownership: the Alps & Pyrenees
28 co-ownership homes in the Alps & Pyrenees, where you own a real share of the home, usually 1/8 with about 44 nights a year. Shares start at €120,000 (€190,000 typical). 3 homes have only 1–2 shares left. Every home is fully managed.
- 28 homes for sale
- Shares from €120k
- ≈44 nights a year
- 3 with 1–2 shares left
28 homes · from €120,000
Neukirchen, Salzburg, Austria — 2-Bed Apartment With Mountain Views
€169,000
Neukirchen, Salzburger Land, Austria — 3-Bed Chalet With Mountain Views
€239,000
Stuben, Vorarlberg, Austria — 2-Bed Apartment With Mountain Views
€289,000
Brixen, Tyrol, Austria — 2-Bed Garden Apartment With Sunny Terrace & Sauna
€149,000
Brixen, Tyrol, Austria — 2-Bed Terrace Apartment With Mountain Views & Sauna
€145,000
Garòs, Val d'Aran, Spain — 4-Bed Mountain House With Garden & Fireplace
€175,000
Bürserberg, Vorarlberg, Austria — 2-Bed Apartment With Mountain Views
€229,000
Baqueira, Spain — 3-Bed Chalet With Terrace
€120,000
Baqueira, Spain — 3-Bed Chalet With Pool
€125,000
Morzine, Portes du Soleil, France — 2-Bed Apartment With Mountain Views
€144,000
Brixen, Tyrol, Austria — 2-Bed Apartment With Sauna
€159,000
Baqueira, Spain — 5-Bed Chalet With Pool
€170,000
What does it cost to co-own a home in the Alps & Pyrenees?
Shares in the Alps & Pyrenees range from €120,000 to €489,000, with half under €190,000. Most are 1/8 shares with about 44 nights a year. Running costs vary by home: open a home's photos and we'll send you its yearly costs. Figures from the 28 homes listed here.
| Share price | Homes | Typical share | Nights a year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under €150k | 6 | €142,000 | 44 |
| €150k–250k | 16 | €190,000 | 44 |
| €250k–400k | 3 | €369,000 | 44 |
| €400k+ | 3 | €439,000 | 44 |
Your own chalet in the mountains, a share at a time.
28 fully managed ski homes across the Austrian Alps, the French Alps and the Spanish Pyrenees, with shares from €120,000. Your share of the home comes with around six weeks a year, winter and summer, and a team on the spot that looks after the house all year round.
What is co-ownership of a ski chalet?
Co-ownership of a ski chalet means buying a real share of a mountain home, usually an eighth, together with a small group of other owners. Each owner has around six weeks a year, shared fairly across winter and summer, and a professional team runs the home between stays. You own your share of the home: it is not a timeshare and not a holiday club.
Why own a ski home in the Alps or the Pyrenees?
For British skiers, the Alps are the mountains of childhood holidays, school trips and first powder days. Owning a chalet there has long been the dream and, for most families, only a dream: a whole chalet in a good Tyrolean or Savoyard village costs well over a million euros, and in the smartest resorts many times that. Co-ownership brings that home within reach. On this page, shares start at €120,000, less than the price of a small flat in many British towns, and they rise to €489,000 for the larger chalets.
The homes are spread across the best of European skiing. In Austria there are traditional villages in the Tyrol's SkiWelt, the legendary Arlberg, the family-friendly Brandnertal and the high peaks of Salzburgerland. In France there is Morzine and the vast Portes du Soleil. In Spain there is Baqueira-Beret, the sunny, snow-sure Pyrenean resort that the Spanish royal family has long made its own. All of them are a short flight from the UK, and all of them are just as lovely in July as in January.
Where to own: a resort-by-resort guide
Each area has its own character, ski terrain and journey from the UK. Here is how they compare at a glance.
| Resort | Ski area | Nearest airport | Transfer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brixen im Thale, Going, Westendorf (Tyrol) | SkiWelt Wilder Kaiser–Brixental, about 275 km | Innsbruck or Salzburg | About 1 hour to 1¼ hours |
| Stuben am Arlberg (Vorarlberg) | Ski Arlberg, over 300 km | Innsbruck or Zurich | About 1¼ to 2 hours |
| Bürserberg (Vorarlberg) | Brandnertal, about 48 km | Zurich or Friedrichshafen | About 1 to 1½ hours |
| Neukirchen & Hollersbach (Salzburgerland) | Wildkogel-Arena and KitzSki | Salzburg or Innsbruck | About 1¾ to 2 hours |
| Morzine (French Alps) | Portes du Soleil, about 600 km | Geneva | About 1¼ to 1½ hours |
| Baqueira & Garòs (Val d'Aran) | Baqueira-Beret, over 160 km | Toulouse or Barcelona | About 2 hours / 4 hours |
Tyrol: Brixen im Thale, Going and Westendorf
These three villages sit in the SkiWelt Wilder Kaiser–Brixental, one of Austria's largest linked ski areas, with about 275 km of pistes joining Söll, Ellmau, Scheffau, Going, Hopfgarten, Brixen im Thale and Westendorf on a single lift pass. It is wonderful intermediate and family skiing: long, sunny red runs through the trees, cosy huts serving Kaiserschmarrn and Tiroler Gröstl, and views from the Hohe Salve across a sea of Alpine peaks. Brixen im Thale has its own railway station and a gondola straight into the ski area, with Kitzbühel and its famous Hahnenkamm race twenty minutes away. Going am Wilden Kaiser is a pretty, sunny village beneath the dramatic limestone walls of the Wilder Kaiser, home of the celebrated Stanglwirt hotel. Westendorf is a classic Tyrolean village with flower-decked balconies and its own gondola to the slopes. In summer, the Wilder Kaiser is a hiker's paradise, and the clear water of the Hintersteiner See is a short drive away. Shares in these three villages start at €145,000. See our Austria guide.
Vorarlberg: Stuben am Arlberg
The Arlberg is where Alpine skiing as we know it was born, and Stuben is where the pioneer Hannes Schneider, who shaped modern ski teaching, was born. Today it is a quiet village of a few chalets and inns at the heart of Ski Arlberg, Austria's largest connected ski area, with more than 300 km of marked runs. The Flexenbahn gondola links Stuben to Zürs and Lech, and the slopes lead over to St Christoph and St Anton. Stuben is known for deep snow and fine off-piste, Lech for its elegance and the 22 km Der Weiße Ring circuit, St Anton for its legendary après-ski. Langen am Arlberg railway station is a few minutes away. In summer, the Arlberg's high meadows and trails are quiet and beautiful. Shares in Stuben start at €289,000.
Vorarlberg: Bürserberg and the Brandnertal
Bürserberg sits on a sunny terrace above Bludenz at the entrance to the Brandnertal, a green valley in the Rätikon mountains near the Swiss border. Its ski area links Bürserberg with Brand on about 48 km of mostly easy and intermediate pistes, which makes it ideal for families and relaxed skiers who like empty slopes and short lift queues. In summer, a cable car climbs to the turquoise Lünersee beneath the Schesaplana, the highest peak of the Rätikon, and the valley has fine walking and mountain biking. Zurich and Friedrichshafen airports are both within easy reach, and the Montafon is the next valley over. Shares in Bürserberg start at €229,000.
Salzburgerland: Neukirchen am Großvenediger and Hollersbach
In the Upper Pinzgau, Salzburgerland meets the glaciers of the Hohe Tauern, the largest national park in the Alps. Neukirchen am Großvenediger skis on the Wildkogel, a sunny, family-friendly area of about 55 km, famous for its 14 km toboggan run, one of the longest anywhere. Hollersbach, a few minutes down the valley, has a gondola, the Panoramabahn Kitzbüheler Alpen, that climbs straight into KitzSki, the 233 km ski area of Kitzbühel, and Pass Thurn is just up the road. Summer here is spectacular: the Krimml Waterfalls, the highest in Austria, are a short drive away, and the national park offers glacier walks, alpine pastures and mountain huts. Shares in these villages start at €169,000.
French Alps: Morzine
Morzine is a favourite with British families, and it is easy to see why. It is a real Savoyard market town rather than a purpose-built resort, with wooden chalets, bakeries, restaurants and life all year round. It sits in the Portes du Soleil, around 600 km of linked pistes across France and Switzerland, with car-free Avoriaz above and Les Gets next door. Geneva is around an hour and a quarter away, which makes it one of the easiest Alpine resorts to reach from the UK, even for a long weekend. In summer, Morzine becomes one of Europe's great mountain-biking towns, and the Lac de Montriond and the Cascade d'Ardent are close by. Shares in Morzine start at €144,000. From time to time homes also come up around Megève, the elegant village in the Mont Blanc country. See our French Alps guide.
Spanish Pyrenees: Baqueira and the Val d'Aran
Baqueira-Beret is Spain's largest ski resort, with more than 160 km of pistes across three sectors, Baqueira, Beret and Bonaigua, between 1,500 and 2,610 metres. The Val d'Aran faces north towards the Atlantic, which gives it a snow record that surprises first-time visitors, and the sunshine is generous. It has long been the favourite resort of the Spanish royal family. Off the slopes, the valley has its own language, Aranese, slate-roofed stone villages, Romanesque churches and hearty mountain cooking such as olla aranesa, with long Spanish lunches and late dinners. Garòs is a charming village between Vielha and Baqueira. In summer, the River Garonne begins its journey towards Bordeaux here, and the lakes of the Aigüestortes National Park are close by. Shares start at €120,000. See our Baqueira guide.
A year in your Alpine or Pyrenean home
The calendar is shared fairly, so every owner has a turn at the peak weeks: Christmas, New Year, February half-term and Easter rotate between owners from year to year, and so do the best summer weeks.
Winter (December–March)
Most resorts open in early December and run until Easter or a little after. January brings cold, crisp snow and quiet slopes; February half-term is the busiest and most festive week; March brings long sunny days and lunches on the terrace. Evenings are for the sauna, a fondue or a Tyrolean feast, and a glass of something by the fire.
Spring (April–May)
Easter skiing in the high resorts can be wonderful, with soft spring snow and empty runs. By May the valleys are green, the cows are going up to the high pastures and the waterfalls are at their most dramatic.
Summer (June–September)
Summer is the Alps' best-kept secret, and for many owners their favourite time. Lifts carry walkers and bikers up the mountain, the huts reopen, and the lakes are warm enough to swim. Think hiking beneath the Wilder Kaiser, mountain biking in Morzine, glacier walks in the Hohe Tauern and long lunches in the Val d'Aran. The air is fresh when the cities below are baking, and the mountains are quiet.
Autumn (September–November)
September and October bring golden larches, clear skies and the Almabtrieb, when the cows come down from the high pastures decorated with flowers and bells. It is a lovely, peaceful time for walking, cycling and good food before the first snow arrives.
Who buys a ski chalet share, and why
Buyers include British, Irish, Dutch and Scandinavian families who ski every year and would love to stop booking a different chalet every time, and Spanish and French families who love their own mountains.
- Skiing families who want the same chalet every half-term, their own kit in the ski room and children who know the slopes.
- Couples and early retirees who ski in January and March, when the slopes are quiet, and come back for walking in summer.
- Mountain lovers who value summer in the Alps as much as winter.
- Portfolio builders who pair an Alpine share with a beach home in Spain, or with a ski home from our US ski homes for the Rockies.
For all of them, the weeks they actually spend in the mountains fit well within a share, and they would rather own a much better chalet for those weeks than a whole one that stands empty most of the year.
Practicalities: getting there and what you own
Getting there from the UK
Every home on this page is a short flight from the UK. Innsbruck, Salzburg, Munich and Zurich serve the Austrian homes, with flights of around two hours from London and many regional airports in winter. Geneva serves Morzine, about an hour and a half from London. Toulouse is the gateway to Baqueira, with Barcelona a good alternative. Several of the Austrian villages also have railway stations nearby, which makes for a relaxed journey from the airport.
Whole chalet or a share
| Whole chalet | COP 1/8 share | Renting each season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upfront | Full property value | About 1/8 of the property value | None |
| Ownership | The whole chalet | A real share of the home | None |
| Your weeks | Any, though most owners use a few | Around six a year, with a fair turn at peak weeks | Whatever is left to book |
| Looking after it | Up to you: snow, heating, repairs | A professional team does it all | A different chalet each time |
What you own
Each home is owned by a small group, usually eight owners, and each owns a real share of the home. Running costs are shared between the owners, and we can send a home's yearly figures on request. The team that manages each home explains how ownership is set up, how the calendar works and whether weeks can be let, and then looks after everything between stays: snow clearing, heating, cleaning, linen and repairs. You arrive to a warm, ready home.
To compare a share with buying or renting, try our holiday home cost calculator, browse all our homes, or join our list to hear about new chalets as they come to market.
Questions & Answers
European Ski Homes Fractional Ownership — Frequently Asked Questions
Shares in the ski homes on this page start at €120,000 and go up to €489,000 for the larger chalets. A share is usually about 1/8 of the home's value, so the price depends on the resort, the size of the home and its position. Baqueira, Morzine and the Tyrolean villages of the SkiWelt are among the most affordable ways in. Running costs are shared between the owners, and we can send a home's yearly figures on request.
A 1/8 share gives you around six weeks a year, depending on the home. The calendar is shared fairly, so every owner has a turn at the peak weeks such as Christmas, New Year, February half-term and Easter, as well as summer weeks. Many owners use some weeks for skiing and some for walking, biking and lakes in summer.
No. A timeshare sells you the right to use a resort for a week, shared with thousands of people. With co-ownership you own a real share of one specific home, together with a small group of co-owners, usually eight. Your share of the home can be sold or passed on, and its value moves with the value of the home. The team that manages each home explains how ownership is set up in each country before you buy.
It depends on the home and on local rules in each resort. Some homes allow owners to let the weeks they are not using; others are kept for owners only. The team that manages each home can explain exactly what is possible for that home before you buy.
It depends on how you ski. The SkiWelt Wilder Kaiser–Brixental villages of Brixen im Thale, Going and Westendorf in the Tyrol offer about 275 km of friendly, scenic skiing, close to Kitzbühel. Stuben am Arlberg links to Lech, Zürs and St Anton in Austria's largest ski area. Bürserberg in the Brandnertal is relaxed and family-friendly. Neukirchen and Hollersbach in Salzburgerland sit beside the Hohe Tauern National Park, with a gondola from Hollersbach into Kitzbühel's slopes. Morzine is a lively Savoyard town in the 600 km Portes du Soleil. Baqueira is Spain's largest ski resort, sunny, with reliable snow.
For skiing, January is quiet and cold, February half-term is the most festive week and March brings long sunny days. But the mountains are just as lovely in summer, from June to September, with hiking, mountain biking, lakes and mountain huts, and in September, when the larches turn gold and the cows come down from the high pastures.
Every home is a short flight from the UK. Fly to Innsbruck or Salzburg (around two hours from London) for the Tyrol and Salzburgerland, with transfers of about an hour to the SkiWelt villages. Fly to Innsbruck or Zurich for the Arlberg and the Brandnertal. Fly to Geneva (about an hour and a half) for Morzine, around an hour and a quarter by road. For Baqueira, fly to Toulouse, about two hours by road, or Barcelona, about four.
A professional team manages every home all year round: snow clearing, heating, cleaning, linen, maintenance and repairs, plus the shared calendar. You arrive to a warm, ready home. Browse the homes on this page, or join our list to hear about new chalets as they come to market.
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