 Poster: A snowHead
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Arrived in Ischgl last night after a scenic route (but longer time wise) through Bavaria past Walchensee. It’s a toll road actually (€6) but it’s very beautiful. I had plenty of time on my hands so I took my time from Munich Airport.
Very sunny and spring like in Ischgl, I didn’t go out skiing today as I’ve got an absolute stinker of a cold and not enough energy at the moment but will see tomorrow.
The weekend is forecast to be very warm and then snow is coming Tues/Wed next week.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Was just thinking back on my trip. Is ski route 39 as powdery as ski route 9? I may not have gone down route 39 when I was there.
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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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Finally got out today after the worst cold I’ve had in years. First couple of days were a write off. Well worth it to wait until properly better though.
Conditions are very good indeed. Yes it’s warm, but the snow is way better than I thought it would be even around midday.
Skied some nice spring snow off piste around Salaas, hardly anyone about, lovely and quiet 
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| mdbru wrote: |
| About to book my Ski rentals for my visit in a week. I see there are a few options in town, any recommendations for price a quality? |
As everything in town's basically owned by one member or another of the same extended family you don't tend to find any bargins for ski hire in Ischgl - but the flip side is they are all making good money so don't cut any corners either so while nowhere's cheap everywhere we've used has been top quality kit.
If you're willing to trade a bit of a walk for a few € saved check out Ski2Rent down past the fire station on the 'down valley' end of town.
If you have a hire car and want to trade some time at each end of the week to save some more money check out hiring your kit from somewhere down the valley, outside of Ischgl itself.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Ski2Rent is significantly cheaper than the other rental places in Ischgl, but is Piste Skis only, no all mountain or off piste skis.
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Re hiring down valley, See and Kappl have now closed for the season, so I expect the ski rental shops have too
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It's snowing in Kappl at the moment. Precipitation started as rain last night, but it's been settling as snow for the last hour or so
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Is it normal for See and Kappl to close at the end of March?
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Have skiied the last 2 days in Ischgl (first time there) and can report it's been great, with absolute fantastic sunny weather. Very lucky as I've arrived on Wednesday right when it snowed which certainly helped.
Very good snow in the morning, quite the hard pack but with racing skis it's a joy. Obviously in the afternoon, it's more slushy but still there are good areas like at the top of cable car E5 (slope 42).
In Samnaun the snow is not as good as on the Ischgl side.
Obviously sub 1800m it's quite limited and you see a lot of green around you but you can still make it when the slopes close.
All in all, a great time to come skiing and if it's snows again next week as some predictions claim, it will still be great skiing conditions until the end of the season!
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See and Kappl shut last Sunday (7th April). Last season I think they both shut on 16th April
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Snowline back down to village level now, looks very wintery, what a cracking end to the season.
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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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Just got home after spending the day in Ischgl. Couldn't see a thing this morning, but the sun came out in the afternoon. It snowed most of the day, and the pistes and the off-piste are in excellent condition. Easily skiable, without any slush, as far as the mid station. Downloaded from there and it looked like a muddy mess below, but still plenty having a go  Probably 20cm fresh snow today, and more coming down. It's currently snowing in my village at 600m.
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@Scarlet, does the above post = a sicky tomorrow at work?
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You know it makes sense.
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@Baron von chippy, Haha! No, I've an appointment first thing, it's a long drive, and after two full days powder skiing, my legs need a rest! Saturday perhaps...
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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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Ischgl was excellent today. Sunny most of the day. Piste conditions were superb above maybe 2400m, and very good, but softening slightly, lower down. There's also still untransformed powder to be found fairly easily off-piste, though a slight crust was starting to form in places. Tomorrow should be similar (maybe a degree or so warmer), and then maybe slightly warmer again on Sunday, but still nothing like the temperatures of a couple of weeks ago
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Poster: A snowHead
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@viv, Thanks for your feedback. Looking forward to our first days skiing on Sunday. 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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What's the area around Dorfstrasse (Pension Prennerhof/Agnes Wechner/Hotel Garni Martina/Alaska etc) like? Is it too far off the beaten track? Pain to get to lifts/uphill/downhill all the time etc etc? How does it compare to the area around Hotel Fimba for example? Thanks!
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@Legend., I can see the hotels you are referring to, but be aware that Dorfstraße (lit: village street) goes right through the village, so alone is not a good navigation aid! I have not stayed in them, but they are pretty close to the Pardatschgratbahn. Hotel Fimba is right next to Fimbabahn, but iirc some of those hotels around there are quite big on the après ski, which may or may not be your scene.
Once you have your street shoes on, walking from one end of Dorfstraße to the other takes around 10 minutes – it's not that big a village, and fairly compact, and the other end is just more hotels anyway. There is also the Dorftunnel (travelator, visible on Google maps as a straight narrow line) which will return you to Fimbabahn should you end up at the wrong end of the village in ski boots.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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This year I stayed at the Piz Arina which is right amongst the apres bars in that area. Our balcony looked onto Nikis. To be honest it is noisy up until the curfew but didn't notice much after that. Although with the balcony door closed I couldn't hear any noise in the room. I love the buzz of Austrian resorts in the evening so I liked being right in the middle of things.
I'm a boarder so I don't really think about walking to lifts but I guess there is an small incline up to both gondolas from there. And a couple of mornings we walked to the Fimba cause there was a bigish queue at the Pardatschgratbahn.
As Scarlet said, it doesn't take too long to walk from one end of town to the other in normal shoes.
It's definitely my preferred area to stay in Ischgl.
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I'm tempted to do a week in ischgl ahead of the start of doing a season in St Anton. In the very first week will the apres bars be open, or will it be a bit of a ghost town?
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