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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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FenlandSkier, Thanks, I missed that thread. 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I just spoke to the guys at Holiday Shuttle : http://www.holiday-shuttle.at/english/index_e.htm to rearrange my transfers from Salzburg to Maria Alm after Thomsonfly changed flight times on me (b@rstewards!). Apart from being very helpful and speaking good English, the guy was very keen to tell me that they have a meter of snow already in the HochKoenig region and all the resorts are opening this weekend which is two weeks early!. Bring it on! (only 8 weeks to go )
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Soll and the rest of Skiwelt opens on the 17th it looks great on the web cams www.skiwelt.at
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skiingfool, Will the skiwelt be open during the week as well as the weekend?
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If someone plans to ski in Austria, here is the list of the resorts that open for the week-end.
You can not find this list anywhere else, collected by e-mails or phone calls to the local lift companies or in some cases information was taken from the website of the lift company.
(it was originally in my native tongue and not properly edited in English, but the name of the resorts, opening dates and the names of the operating lifts seem to be clear)
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Lower-Austria
Semmering-Hirschenkogel
nov. 16., one cabin, fourseater, Familienabfahrt, WC piste, Kogelabfahrt and Westhang
Hochkar
nov. 16., all the lifts
Lackenhof-Ötscher
nov. 15.
Upper-Austria
Hinterstoder
nov. 17.
Hochficht
nov. 17., Hochfichtbahn, Holzschlag and Rheberg lifts
Dachstein West
nov. 16.
Kasberg-Grünau
nov. 17., two cabins, Ochsenboden and Farrenau I lifts
Styria
Lammeralm
Nov. 14, all the pistes
Stuhleck
nov. 16., all the pistes
Aflenz Bürgeralm
nov. 17., all the pistes
Loser
nov. 16., Sandlings Jet and Kinder Ramsau
Murau-Kreischberg
nov. 15, the cabin and the draglifts
Lachtal
nov. 16., sixseater and the Hebertlifts
Tauplitz
nov. 17. Tauplitz I and II, Großsee és Lärchkogel lifts, Schneiderkogel, Lawinenstein, Zubringerlift Abfahrt Tauplitz
Präbichl
nov. 16.
Hauser Kaibling
nov. 17., most of the lifts
Planai
nov. 17., most of the lifts
Reiteralm
nov. 17., most of the lifts
Hochwurzen
For racing teams only
Turnau-Schwabenbergarena
nov. 17., Schwabenberglift I
Salzburgland
Flachau
nov. 16., Achter Jet, Star Jet 2 and 3, Space Jet 2 és 3
Gerlos
nov. 17. , Horbergbahn, Penken, Tappenalm, Lärchwald and Schneekar
Gaissau-Hintersee
nov. 16.
St Johann-Alpendorf
nov. 17., Gondelbahn, Panoramabahn, Hirschkogelbahn
Zauchensee
nov. 16., Gamskogelbahn I, Gamskogelbahn II, Schwarzwandbahn and Seekarlift
Hochkönig-Mühlbach
nov. 17., Mitterberg-Hochkeil section will be open
Werfenweng
nov. 17.
Sportgastein
nov. 17.
Saalbach
nov. 17., Schattberg X-Press I+II, Limberglift
Hinterglemm
nov. 17., Zwölferkogel I+II
Leogang
nov. 17., Asitzbahn I+II
Obertauern
nov. 16.
Zell am See - Schmittenhöhe
nov. 17., Sonnkogelbahn,
Hochmaisbahn, Osthanglift and Schmiedhoflift
Karnten
Heiligenblut
nov. 17.
Turracher Höhe
Already in operation
Tirol
Fendels
Already in operation, 2 lifts
Hochfügen
nov. 17.
Kössen
nov. 16.
Obergurgl-Hochgurgl
nov. 16., most of the lifts
Axamer-Lizum
nov. 16.
Fieberbrunn
nov. 17.
Christlum-Achenkirch
nov. 17., 3 lifts
Skiwelt
nov. 17., Wilder Kaiser-Brixental opens probably with skiing down to the valley
Hochzillertal
nov. 17., 2 cabins, 1 fourseater, 1 draglift, 40km piste. The link to Hochfügen also opens!
Kitzbühel
nov. 17., Fleckalmbahn, Doppelsesselbahn Maierl III, 6er-Sesselbahn Sonnenrast, 3er-Sesselbahn Jufenalm, 4er-Sessellift Silberstube
Vorarlberg
Warth-Schröcken
nov. 17.
Golm-Montafon
nov. 17., according to the lift company, they open as many lifts as possible
Mellau
nov. 17.
Hochjoch
nov. 17., Zamangbahn and Seebliga
Alpenarena Hochhäderich
nov. 17.
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kerekip, you are a true hero in the land of snow reporting  ! That list is fab and really useful!
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Great work kerekip!
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Excellent. I shall be in one of these on Saturday and Sunday...probably Tauplitz.
Bring it on! 
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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kerekip, Thanks for the reports, I  read them every day. I am going to Zell am See next Wed. (21st)
Looking good.
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Which of those resorts is nearest to Salzburg airport? I arrive on saturday!!
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You know it makes sense.
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Thank you all. I try to update this list later. Feel free to add new resorts to them.
mollynmeg, The closest resorts to Salzburg Airport is listed under Salzburgland and the resorts of Ski amade (some listed in Styria).
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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I cannot believe Lech or St Anton haven't opened yet.
They have a phenomenal, once-in-a-generation amount of snow on their doorstep.
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Poster: A snowHead
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| Whitegold wrote: |
I cannot believe Lech or St Anton haven't opened yet.
They have a phenomenal, once-in-a-generation amount of snow on their doorstep. |
I would guess that they don't have the infrastructure ready (or in town yet) and also they wouldn't get enough skiers???
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Mayhofen is also now opening early, but only on weekends: http://www.mayrhofner-bergbahnen.com/en/homepage.html
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The season starts earlier than planned!
On 17. & 18. and on 24. & 25. November, you can do some powder runs in Mayrhofen. Up to 1.50m of fresh snow make it possible! The Horbergbahn will open its gates at 8.30 am - we plan to open the 3- person chairlift Penken, 8-person chairlift Tappenalm, 6-person chairlift Schneekar and 4-person chairlift Lärchwald. |
Full opening is from the 1st December. They're not reporting snow depths on the site at the moment, but the Feratel stats are showing it as 150cm/20cm...
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| kitenski wrote: |
| Whitegold wrote: |
I cannot believe Lech or St Anton haven't opened yet.
They have a phenomenal, once-in-a-generation amount of snow on their doorstep. |
I would guess that they don't have the infrastructure ready (or in town yet) and also they wouldn't get enough skiers??? |
I'd guess St Anton & Lech are more of a weekly ski resort than a weekend gettaway. Their customer base is much more international (lower percentage of Austrians) and those who could pop down for a weekend (Germans) are likely to visit resorts that are closer to home (e.g. Kitz, Soll etc). I expect they will open a few lifts for the locals.
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| Whitegold wrote: |
I cannot believe Lech or St Anton haven't opened yet.
They have a phenomenal, once-in-a-generation amount of snow on their doorstep. |
Its not economical for huge areas like St Anton, Ischgl etc to open. The weeks right up to the day after Xmas the slopes/bars/restuarants are empty.
The trade for these mega resorts is primarily base on 1-2 week vacation tourists
One thing they do not have is the staff in place. Many of the staff come from all over Austria,Slovenia etc and probably still finishing up there summer jobs.
Just look here. The lift company is still advertising for liftmen & restaurant workers
http://www.abbag.com/index.php?id=41&L=0&PHPSESSID=8c6aef02dc436dc10bfa6d0df5164f63
They are hired to start November 30th they wouldnt hire just for a few day trippers. Becuase there are so few people before xmas Rendl doesnt even open.
THe most people your see in town at this time of the year are the ski bums looking for work but despite the snow they will not be hired until the slopes open at the very earliest
THey may open the St Christoph T-bars at the weekends leading up to 30th.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I certainly hope Lech and St Anton stay closed until 1 Dec. I'm there that weekend and I don't want all the pow to be tracked up!
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dingdong, Skiwelt normally only opens at weekends before official opening day as far as I know.
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skiingfool, Thanks, Yep, looks like that alright.. Schladming looks open during the week so I think we'll be heading there...
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waynos, Excellent, thanks. Have a great time! Quick question for you. We were going to leave finding accommodation until we arrived, do you think we'd be safe enough this time of year?
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| dingdong wrote: |
| waynos, Excellent, thanks. Have a great time! Quick question for you. We were going to leave finding accommodation until we arrived, do you think we'd be safe enough this time of year? |
Should be fine leaving it late, for this trip we've used http://schladming-appartment.at/english_index.html who seem very professional.
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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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waynos, Thanks very much.. This will come in handy..
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going to Bad Gastein nxt weekend. .. anyone know for sure which ski areas in the gastein valley are going to be fully operational by then ?
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You know it makes sense.
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| Speedster wrote: |
| going to Bad Gastein nxt weekend. .. anyone know for sure which ski areas in the gastein valley are going to be fully operational by then ? |
Looking at the list only Sport gastein will have some lifts open.
I haven't heard any which will be fully operational . In our area the gondola and chair are going to open next weekend, and the ski area behind us will have 3 lifts open, They are also open this weekend. But i don't think all the lifts will be open until the start of the season proper on the 30th November.
Hope that helps.
Nigel
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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There are quite a few lifts opening this weekend in Obertauern if that's any use!
Following lifts will be open at the 16th of November 2007:
Grünwaldkopf 4-chair lift
Panorama 4-chair lift
Hochalm 4-chair lift
Seekarspitz 4-chair lift
Kringsalm 6-chair lift
Gamsleiten 1 6-chair lift
Zehnerkar eighth-cable car
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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djfletcher, Hi, Just looking at your webcam again and now it is dark outside there seems to be a reflection of the inside of your house . I can see you walking around etc. inside. i think its only there when you have the lights on in the room where the camera is. Its a great webcam and i am thinking of setting one up in Zell am See.
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djfletcher, the other half and I will be in Dienten from Jan 18th to 22nd if you fancy some sliding around on any of those days. Will be skiing from Saturday 19th to Tuesday 22nd then back to Salzburg for about 5.30pm for the late flight back to Manchester.
Let me know if you want to join us for a day!
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djfletcher, Just booked flights to Salzburg for the 23rd Nov returning on the 25th, dunno where I'm staying or how I'm getting to resort yet, but I'm sure If I'm in your neck of the woods, I'll look you up!
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djfletcher, i'm planning a day in the Hochkonig area in Feb - it would be great to meet up. I'll send you a message nearer the time.
Thanks.
PS - congratualtions by the way!
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Joydivision - just tried to pm you, our lifts are open that weekend, contact us if you're interested in having a room here.
Nigel
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Off to Kaprun / Kitzenhorn and Zell am See tomorrow back late on Sunday. Looking to carve up some Pow Wow. Part of Zell is open. Weather also looks like it is going to clear up for some Blue Sky Powder days.
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Anybody know how much snow Obertauern picked up in the last storm?
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j, at the moment 120/180cm.
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