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I didn't ski on the Mockingalm in Kitzbühel today (though other groups did) but rather on a similar patch near the Hochfeld lift in St. Johann in Tirol. There was a good cover of artificial snow for the first day of the Anwärter instructor course I am taking. However, we saw little more than a flake of snow at valley level (there was the odd heavy rain shower). Austrian television forecasts about 15 cm for tomorrow higher up. Today I could only see (from a distance) a sprinkling on the upper hills, as on the Wilder Kaiser in the photo below.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I can start breathing again, roll on 16th december 
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Head out on the 16th with uni but skiing 17th to 23rd, lot more snow expected from 7th to 9th as well! Thaaaaank f*!
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robapplegate, Timmaah, yeah I saw some more snow was coming soon too
Timmaah, which Uni is that then?
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Samerberg Sue, Have sent you a PM. 
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Timmaah, robapplegate, P.S. have you been to Mayrhofen before or is this the first time?
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VolklAttivaS5, Yes went there last february, stopped in Reid, snowboarding mainly Kaltenbach and Hochfugen and one day up the Penkenbahn and the whore berg (as my delightful children like to call it). Loved the valley so much we're going there again 
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| robapplegate wrote: |
| VolklAttivaS5, Yes went there last february, stopped in Reid, snowboarding mainly Kaltenbach and Hochfugen and one day up the Penkenbahn and the whore berg (as my delightful children like to call it). Loved the valley so much we're going there again |
Me too. Went last December for the first time over New Year period, I only did 2 days in Mayrhofen itself as I used the train and went over to Zell am Ziller skiing Gerlos etc for 1-2 days, Kaltenbach for 1 day and took the bus up to Hintertux for 1 day as well.
Thought the town was lovely, and the cake shop in the high street, great, no wonder it was packed every tea time. Great value for food as well.
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VolklAttivaS5, now at Bristol doing postgrad, think Cardiff and Southampton are also coming but nowhere near as many as us.. (~550). And, its my first time. Trying to find info on off-piste, touring but there's no info!
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Timmaah, I'm at Cardiff Uni (undergrad but mature student) funnily enough but AFAIK their trip this month is to Val Thorens.
Be sure to make use of the train service included in the lift pass, it's well worth it! You can visit other ski resorts easily 10 or 20 mins down the line and the bus to Tux is well worth it as well for a day. I used to go to the other places when Mayrhofen was rammed, nice quiet pistes all week for me even though it was New Year week.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Timmaah, Don't know anything official about off piste but there were certainly plenty of opportunities between pistes, snow bowls and tree runs in kaltenbach/hochfugen, mainly on the link between the two. Great fun after we'd had a big dump and got you off the narrow superhighway linking the two areas. Does that really say 550 or is it a typo?
VolklAttivaS5, Don't remember a cake shop, but that may be due to the gluhwein at the end of the valley run in Kaltenbach. Are you on a family trip or solo?
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You know it makes sense.
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VolklAttivaS5, aah k! Musta got unis mixed up. There's no train to Hintertux then? Just the 35min bus? Any particular areas you guys recommend? That does say 550! Crazy huh? Can only imagine how relieved Mayrhofen are that there's snow before we all come..
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robapplegate, the cake place is called Cafe-Konditorei-Bäckerei Kostner and it's quite a big pink (?) building on the right hand side of the high street as you walk up from the bottom of town (by the church) up towards the Penkenbahn/shops/Strass Hotel. If I remember correctly it had comfy seats outside and when you go in it looks like a cake counter/take away but then there is seating to the left. Seemed to have every cake going in there and delicious hot chocolate. I expect your kids would love it in there! The service is very good too.
This is a sneaky extra trip I've booked in last minute so I'm going on my own this time. Last year though I went in a group. I'd agree with the trees/bowls/off piste in between pistes in Hoch Fugen, I could have spent a couple of days easily there that's why I'm going back so I can go to the different places again.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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VolklAttivaS5, I'll keep my eyes open for the cake shop. I'll also keep my eyes open for 550 Cardiff students, shouldn't be too hard to miss.
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VolklAttivaS5, robapplegate, I am off to hochfugen in jan , am struggling to find a lot of info re the skiing , so any pointers would be great , 
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Neilski, Follow this link for starters
http://www.zillertal.at/
Click on the EN button top right to get it in English.
Each resort has a free (as part of lift pass) ski bus which links with the train which serves the whole valley (except Hintertux). Pity the train stops running quite early so a night out in another resort is tricky. Talking of which, does anyone know clubs/bars worth going to, age range 16 to 46!!!!
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robapplegate, cheers, I am doing a self drive, so will have a car for visiting the different areas , but was most interested in the "freeride zone " in hochfugen , did you ski much off piste when you where there ??
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Neilski, We always go self drive too, cheaper and easier (especially with free tunnel courtesy of tesco clubcard).
I'm not sure if I'd call it a freeride zone, I just head off into the powder whenever and wherever I feel comfortable, keep your eyes open when you're on the lifts, especially those linking Hochfugen and Kaltenbach. I'm no expert so I'm sure others can tell you more.
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| robapplegate wrote: |
Neilski, Follow this link for starters
http://www.zillertal.at/
Click on the EN button top right to get it in English.
Each resort has a free (as part of lift pass) ski bus which links with the train which serves the whole valley (except Hintertux). Pity the train stops running quite early so a night out in another resort is tricky. Talking of which, does anyone know clubs/bars worth going to, age range 16 to 46!!!! |
Don't know about clubs but Mo's Bar had a good atmosphere and very good value food if you are on B&B or decide to eat out one evening.
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Started snowing in St. Johann in Tirol about midday today and was still coming down when I arrived home about eight, 2-3 cm at 860 metres.
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Anybody seen snow in St Anton ?
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Snowing pretty heavily here above Innsbruck, circa 800 metres. The peaks all around seem to have got a reasonable covering the last couple of days.
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You know it makes sense.
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clarky999, do you happen to know from local information how much snow Mayrhofen has had? I only ask because Tignes had a much lower amount reported than had actually fallen.
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Anybody seen snow in St Anton ? |
Yes! I was there about 6 years ago - and saw it then 
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Poster: A snowHead
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Out to St Anton on the 24th testing some Whitedot and Movement skis! Was going to just take my mountain bike until last week, but think it is time to start waxing those Directors!
Clarky999, thanks for the updates!
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James the Last, thanks, I used the same site to look at Mayrhofen and it seems they have had about 25-30cm.
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The Deep stuff was only forecast to fall on the western & north western flanks. Now it is beeing windblown into extreme avi conditions. Tomrrow it will get much warmer moving into the weekend when another front is expected but maybe not much snow.
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It snowed heavily in St. Johann in Tirol for most of the day today, turning into sleet later in the afternoon (at valley level). I reckon around 30cm fell (in the valley). Here a picture from our course this morning...
In the Kitzbühel area the Panoramabahn and Resterkogel chairlift at Pass Thurn are opening tomorrow, 8th Dec. The Fleckalmbahn and the Sonnenrast chairlift are scheduled to open on Saturday, 10th Dec. Details (in German) here.
Some lifts are also opening in Fieberbrunn, the beginners' button lift at Zillstatt (and, I presume, the lower section of the cable-car to the Streuböden) on Friday, 9th. According to this the upper section of the red cable-car to the Lärchfilzkogel will run from Saturday, 10th Dec (giving a circuit) and possibly the new Reckmoos Nord 10-seater gondola. That should officially be opened tomorrow, 8th Dec, but maybe that's just the party. To encourage you to come, here's a photo of one of the cabins that will let you ski the Black Side of the Sun
And here a view (before the snow came) of the Reckmoos Nord piste which the new lifts serves as well as linking over to the Reckmoos Süd and Hochhörndl lifts and the freeriding area.
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View from Saalbach this morning:
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Tom W, that's better! 16 sleeps
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FAQ
that I booked a late deal to Mayrhofen late last Thursday night when there was still not a flake to be seen 
