(Reuters) Salzburg is pitting itself against firm candidates Vancouver (Canada), Berne (Switzerland), and Chanwon (South Korea) to host the Games after Turin, Italy, in 2006.
Granada (Spain), Sarajevo (Bosnia) and Zakopane (Poland) are still debating whether to proceed with a firm bid.
A decision on who wins the bid will be taken on July 2 in the Czech capital Prague.
Salzburg, with its close proximity to some of Europe's biggest ski resorts, as well as established winter sports facilities, already hosts events in the majority of Olympic disciplines.
"The combination of Salzburg and Kitzbuehel is certainly a very good one - a cultural city with sports competence," Sailer, a winner of 11 Olympic medals, said.
Kitzbuehel is home to the annual Hahnenkamm downhill race on the Streif course. It is considered the downhill of downhills, the race most skiers want to win due to the steep and treacherous Streif where speeds of 140 kmh can be reached.
Salzburg's Olympic bid committee includes Annemarie Moser-Proell, the most prolific female winner with 62 World Cup wins and 12 Olympic medals, and Thomas Stangassinger, slalom gold medallist from the 1994 Lillehammer Games.
"I'll never forget how amazing Lillehammer was - the whole nation was behind the event. This is a big motivation for us to get the Olympics to Austria," Stangassinger said.
Three years ago, Klagenfurt in Austria failed in its bid to host the 2006 Games. The last time the Alpine nation staged the Winter Games was in Innsbruck in 1976.
With Turin in neighbouring Italy hosting the 2006 Games, the chances of the IOC choosing to award it to the same continent twice in a row may be slim.
But the Salzburg committee says the city's strength lies in its capacity to turn the Games into a great cultural and sports extravaganza.
