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@Tatman's Tours you are a legend, thank you.
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Going to be staying in Zell for a week early Feb and would like to get across to Saalbach for a day or two. Any suggestions on the easiest way to get between the resorts..... bus, train (to Leogang/Fieberbrunn?) or Taxi? And if taxi is the way forward any info on what a reasonable fare is would be much appreciated. Thanks!
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Easiest is the bus (no 680) from the Postplatz.
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@Icebear, we took a taxi a couple of years ago and from memory it was around €50 each way
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Piste 68 is showing as closed on my Saalbach app. Any idea why?
What are the 'local weather forecasters' (farmers) predicting for this Sunday? Online forecast as chopping and changing quite a bit - snow/sleet/rain?
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@blondends, Went to do it yesterday, but found it was closed, presumably because it's getting rough towards the bottom. Generally the skiing we had going over to Leogang and back, including both of the valley runs to the bottom of the two Leogang gondolas was very good. The Steinbergbahn run was great; the Asitz run was mostly good but getting a bit scrapped and icy on the black at the bottom. Having said all that, it's too warm for my liking, and we will need more snow before long, and the outlook isn't promising. Haven't spoken to any farmers or local forecasters.
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Bergfex now quoting 8cm on Sunday, but had been quoting 15-20cm earlier today. Their forecasts change so often  Arriving on Saturday so hopefully we will get some snow followed by cold and sunny - a lad can dream
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Is anyone able to tell me what Leogang would be like as a base for a week over halfterm - the skiing looks good, but I don't know what there is in the village? we are not looking for a lot of nightlife, but are there many restaurants for the evening, or would we be better eating a good lunch up the mountain and then just simple self catering in the evening (also not sure how many shops there are).
Finally, is it an easy drive from Salzburg airport?
Any tips gratefully received.
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Cheers Tatman! It'll be a case of wait and see for this Sunday before deciding what to ski if it's raining or heavy snow.
I was thinking that heading toward Leogang would be a good bet for our first day (31st) and if it is raining hard we can duck in and out of the many mountain bars.
Looking at the various weather model outputs and forecasts it does look like the freezing level is being lowered with each run. A brief warm up Monday-Tuesday and then it looks to cool down Wednesday/Thursday with the potential of some snow. All in all we could be in for a great week of mixed weather and conditions (sun, snow, warmth and cold) 
We'll keep an eye out for you at the Hinterhag on Sunday, we've managed to book a table!
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@ratherbewindsurfing - thanks, looks like our hotel is near the Postplatz so that should work out well.
@boabski... Info on taxis may well come in handy should the lure of a late evening at the Hinterhag/bauers or Goasstall prove too strong (and what are the chances it won't?!)
And now just to hope for some more fresh snow over the next week!! 
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@gamekeeper, I'm no expert on Leogang, but it is definitely much quieter than Saalbach or Hinterglemm. There's an MPreis supermarket and a few restaurants and hotels, but it's no heaving metropolis.
Driving from Salzburg airport is simple - head for Bad Reichenhall in Germany, then to Lofer and down to Saalfelden then turn right into the valley to get to Leogang. Should be about 60 minutes at quiet times, or at 10am on a popular Saturday, 2+ hours due to queues.
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@gamekeeper, I have enjoyed meals at the Hüttwirt restaurant in Hütten, a sort of extension of Leogang, easily reached with a car. Leogang is a rather long drawn out village but that wouldn't be a problem if you have transport. There are numerous hotels near the lifts as well as some in the centre of the village. I don't imagine you would have trouble finding somewhere to eat. Every Tuesday there is an Asitz Music Night in the Asitzbräu, at the top of the Asitzbahn gondola (and a Fire & Ice Show outside too).
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Just back from a great week in Saalbach - fantastic skiing in surprisingly Spring like conditions at the end of January! The slopes held up remarkably well considering the warm temperatures and lack of new snow. By Friday I saw only one piste closed due to lack of snow although bare patches were starting to show through on other slopes. Hopefully the weather turns colder and some snow falls for the people out there this week.
This was my fiances first ski trip and as a beginner she had a great time doing laps of blue 51 + 52. I'd highly recommend blue 51 in particular for beginners. Wide, not too steep and always very quiet. Blue 52 is a good learning piste also with a very nice mountain hut half way down. We stopped off there many times for coffee, beer, tiroler grostl, gulaschsuppe etc - yum! In fact, the food was great everywhere we eat and very reasonably priced. Around 10 Euros got you large plate of tasty food.
Only slight downside of Saalbach was that I would have preferred if the pistes/lifts were linked together better on the mountain. Several times I found myself having to come down to either Saalbach or Hinterglemm and walk a few mins to another lift. Not a major inconvenience but would have liked more options to stay up high.
I'd highly recommend Saalbach for anyone considering Austria. Picturesque town, reasonable prices and lots of bars / restaurants. Some very lively Apres (which we didn't really take part in!) but also great (less exuberant) Apres venues like Eva Alm on the main street.
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You know it makes sense.
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Going end of Feb having never been before and I also wondered looking at the piste map if much walking was involved.
Can any regulars post walk avoiding tips please (if there are any)?
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Tatman will do no doubt.
Not much walking if you plan. I generally stayed one side for a day, but if you do the circuits starting in Saalbach it isn't too bad either, especially anticlockwise i think.
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@kabooooooom, presuming you mean with ski boots on ,depending where you stay, very little, you can even plan your return and start to be gently down hill or level across town ,my wife will even carry her own skis here and thats a plus apart from return from the apres bars too much of a wobble on we will be there end feb early march looking forward to it and you will have a great time
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We have an aversion to walking in ski boots and generally manage to avoid doing any, except for (1) maybe 10 meters crossing the road (Schiliftstrasse) between our apartments and the Kohlmaisgipfelbahn lift station, and (2) maybe 100 meters crossing the road (Dorfstrasse) from the little piste that brings you down from the Turmwiese nursery slopes to get to the Bernkogel lift station. Much depends of course on where you are staying.
Once in a blue moon, we stick our boots in rucksacks and walk down through the village to the Schattberg Xpress lift station - a 5 minute, downhill walk.
Planning your itinerary and making judicious use of the ski buses enables you to avoid any irksome walking between lifts. The anti-clockwise circuit doesn't involve any walking at all (except for us (2) above). Depending on where you start the clockwise circuit, the only walking is again (2) above, and some minimal poling across the flat meadow from the bottom of the Schattberg Westgipfel run to the Zwoelferkogelbahn.
If you're dodging about, rather than doing complete circuits, it pays to use the ski buses between the Schoenleitenbahn at one end of the valley, the Schattberg Xpress in the middle, and the Zwoelferkogelbahn and Hochalmbahn at the other end. We often take the bus down to the Schoenleitenbahn, so that we can finish off with a long, leisurely ski down the Kohlmais (calling at the Bergeralm, the Thurneralm, the Maisalm and/or the Hinterhagalm on the way) to get back to our apartments. However, as mentioned above, much depends on where your accommodation is located. If you're not staying near a lift station, some walking (or taxis or buses) is inevitable. Also, if you're staying near the Schattberg Xpress and don't want to finish on a black run, it might be necessary to come down on the gondola.
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Staying at the Konig so I've been told of a route up using the nursery lift out back but figured a walk would be needed if we wanted to start at Schattberg.
Thanks as always for the replies, only another four weeks ....
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@kabooooooom, Yes, the little drag lift behind the Koenig will take you to the top of the Kreuzkappelle nursery slope (the other side of our garden fence, so, if you see us, give us a wave). You will then emerge onto Schiliftstrasse and cross the road to get onto the Turm chair lift or the Kohlmaisgipfelbahn gondola or the Kohlmais chair lift.
From the top of the Turm chair lift you can ski down towards the Bernkogelbahn - there is a little piste down to the street (Dorfstrasse), which brings you out opposite the Hotel Kendler - you walk about 50m down the street, then turn right into an alleyway between Hotel Peter and Pizzeria Wallner. The Bernkogelbahn lift station is directly behind Hotel Peter. If you don't want to use the Turm chair and the little piste, you can walk about 50m beyond the Turm chair to some lifts that take you down to street level - you then walk directly ahead, cross the street (Dorfstrasse) and into the said alleyway.
When skiing back from either the Kohlmais or Bernkogel side, you cross the road (Schiliftstrasse) by Bauers Schialm onto the little nursery slope and ski down to the back door of your hotel (so it's not at all a bad location).
As you say, going up the Schattberg Xpress, or descending the Schattberg, either on the black run (piste no.1) or by gondola, will involve a flat walk of a few hundred meters along the main road - but in a 270km ski area you can't have everything!
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First-time visitors to Saalbach usually have absolutely no idea where to go to grab a meal, so I thought it would do no harm to recommend a few of the Saalbach village-centre restaurants. You can expect a friendly welcome and efficient service in all of them:
Schattberg Stub'n (just over the little bridge on Schulstrasse): Our guests' favourite this season - spare ribs, mixed grills, huge pizzas and much more besides. Reasonable prices.
Wallners Pizzeria (opposite Hotel Panther in Oberdorf): Unpretentious and popular with locals and visitors alike. Arguably the best pizzas in town, but the menu includes so much more. Very reasonable prices.
Del Rossi (just before Spar Supermarket in Schulstrasse): Beautiful interior. Superb for steaks. Italian feel - great grappa list.
Hotel Peter (in front of Bernkogelbahn, next to Wallners): Traditional Austrian atmosphere. Specialises in steaks and Balkan dishes. Highly entertaining magic show for diners on Friday evenings.
Baeckstaettstall (Up the little hill just behind the Bernkogelbahn lift station): Impressive interior, slightly off the beaten track, therefore often less busy than more central restaurants and with a slightly more up-market feel. House specialties: fondues and spare ribs.
Kohlmais Stub’n (at the far end of Kohlmaisliftweg – turn left off Schiliftstrasse immediately after Kohlmaisgipfelbahn lift station): again slightly off the beaten track, but has an excellent reputation and it’s the restaurant most likely to be recommended and used by local villagers, so booking may be advisable, particularly at weekends.
Il Desco (next to the Hotel Panther in Oberdorf): Only used it a couple of times, but the pasta was excellent.
The Eva Alm (formerly the comparatively unpretentious ‘Jack-in’ bar and internet café, next to the Eva Hotel on the corner as you walk up Dorfstrasse from the village square), has been taken considerably up-market and been turned into a very swish bistro with a friendly, welcoming, informal atmosphere and good food. They also have a very nice dining room with a single large table that can be reserved for dinner parties. Book it for a meal and you won’t be disappointed.
Bobby’s Pub (at the very bottom of the Dorfstrasse): unbeatable value for money pub grub, daily special, e.g. Chilli con Carne 6 euros, excellent selection of pizzas for 8 euros, burgers and kebabs 5 euros.
There are many other restaurants (including La Trattoria, Pipamex, Vitrine and Mangos, which may appeal respectively to lovers of Italian, Mexican, Vegan/Organic and Spanish/Cuban tapas-style cuisine). However we don’t use them, so I hesitate to make any recommendation. There have also been isolated experiences or anecdotes of poor service and over-priced drinks, which (perhaps unfairly) can put you off a place for years.
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Looking at the drive from Dunkirk to Saalbach. Ferry departs Dover at 6pm on a Friday 12/02.
What would be the best driving route? - we are going to overnight and want to book accommodation in the next day or so.
At the moment looking at overnighting in either Trier or Bonn. 4hour drive post ferry is fine.
Looking to avoid france and the peage and passing through luxembourg as it appears to be the slower way.
Thanks
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Just return from a 8-day trip.
Stayed in Leogang half board about 1.5 miles to the first gondola station.
This is wife's last trip as she is retiring from skiing. We both collect pension now. Bought 7-day ski pass but only skied 5 days. Rest spent day trips to Zell am See, Innsbruck, Salzburg and Munich.
Chose Leogang because of its good gondola services and easy skiing.
Valley is typical Austria with fog at the valley floor and clear sky above mid level. Thus Austrian hilly resorts are generally able to keep the snow longer. Austria resorts are not massive and many are formed from narrow valleys so snow is generally better than the rest of the Alps. Most piste users are competent skiers or boarders. French don't go there so plenty space on every piste user without the fear of being ran into.
Nearby Saalfelden has a very good cake shop for afternoon tea. Wattens (en route to Innsbruck) is a place to visit if you like Swarovski crystals because it is the HQ and main factory about 60 miles away.
Started as beginners when I turned 50. Done over 140 resorts and 14 countries. Prefer Austria for the retirement trip because they take pride in serving their clients. Can't say the same for the French.
As usual we drove using Newcastle to Amsterdam overnight ferry. Over the years we prefer the Netherland-Germany tool-free route to Switzerland/Italy/Austria. Had done the channel route via Luxembourg to avoid the French toll. German autobahn is much better if one has a vehicle with a decent engine. Ours was a 2 litre diesel Subaru Outback. The shortest route via Munich is by Innsbruck route passing the mighty Ski Welt (via St Johnnan).
I believe Saalbach Hinterglemm loop is second to Sella Ronda and well worthwhile a trial. Going anticlockwise can avoid the black runs. The whole area is really a massive cruising domain.
Remember Austria's skiing resorts are for ideal for visitors with cars. It is always free and has massive amount of spaces. This trip in most days our cars were 6 to 7 cars distance from the lift station.
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@extremerob, prepare for the ferry to not be too relaxing and to be mobbed by school trips! Jnr may well be on your ferry as he is crossing at the same time as you heading to Kuhtai with school.
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@extremerob, Dunkirk - Bruxelles ring road - Aachen - Stuttgart - Munich - A8 towards Salzburg, but leave at Siegsdorf exit - Inzel - Lofer - Saalfelden - Saalbach. No vignette required as you don't use Austrian autobahns.
You're landing in Dunkirk at about 21.00 European time, so by midnight you'll be somewhere around Aachen. The Ibis budget Aachen Nord is just off the A4 - basic but clean and cheap.
Saturday 13th is going to be very busy on the autobahn, as it is half term all over northern Europe. Bring sandwiches and drinks in a coolbag from home for the Saturday leg, as the motorway services will be busy. Munich will be a bottleneck but as long as the traffic keeps moving, you'll make steady progress, even if it's at 50 kmh. If there is any way you can do most or all of the trip overnight, it would be worth considering.
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Saturday 13th is going to be very busy on the autobahn, as it is half term all over northern Europe. Bring sandwiches and drinks in a coolbag from home for the Saturday leg, as the motorway services will be busy. Munich will be a bottleneck but as long as the traffic keeps moving, you'll make steady progress, even if it's at 50 kmh. If there is any way you can do most or all of the trip overnight, it would be worth considering.[/quote]
Where are you getting that info please? As far as I know only the UK are off that week. It should be one of the quietest weeks for years
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@robandliza, I re-checked the European School Holiday sticky and you may well be right regarding how busy (or not) it might be in Saalbach, as the main German week is next week (6th Feb) so for once it doesn't clash with Scandinavia and Holland. 13th Feb will still be busy on the autobahn though, as half of Denmark decamps to Saalbach, along with Swedes and Germans, almost all of whom drive so need to get around Munich.
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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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@extremerob, Dunkirk - Bruxelles ring road - Aachen - Stuttgart - Munich - A8 towards Salzburg, but leave at Siegsdorf exit - Inzel - Lofer - Saalfelden - Saalbach. No vignette required as you don't use Austrian autobahns.
You're landing in Dunkirk at about 21.00 European time, so by midnight you'll be somewhere around Aachen. The Ibis budget Aachen Nord is just off the A4 - basic but clean and cheap.
Saturday 13th is going to be very busy on the autobahn, as it is half term all over northern Europe. Bring sandwiches and drinks in a coolbag from home for the Saturday leg, as the motorway services will be busy. Munich will be a bottleneck but as long as the traffic keeps moving, you'll make steady progress, even if it's at 50 kmh. If there is any way you can do most or all of the trip overnight, it would be worth considering. |
Is there much time saving avoiding austrian autoroutes? - you can pick up a two week one for 8.80euros did this over new years.
Also was looking at going a bit more north and staying in Bonn then going down via Frankfurt Nuremburg - Munich - thoughts?
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Is there much time saving avoiding austrian autoroutes? - you can pick up a two week one for 8.80euros did this over new years?
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It is a 10-day Vignette not 14-days. If you are going for 2 weeks you need to buy either 2 x 10-days or a 2-month one
And yes the avoidance of the motorways on changeover days can save you considerable amounts of time. Despite my almost encyclopaedic knowledge of rat-runs and workarounds in this neck of the woods (I live in south-east Bavaria in the mountains between the A8 and the A93), I got caught trying to be clever on Saturday night coming back from Altenmarkt to my home. Traffic was building up quickly on my usual routes so I switched to crossing into Germany at Freilassing - over 3 hours later we finally get back home having lost over 90 minutes waiting to cross at Freilassing. I'm not sure if it is always a controlled crossing, but on Saturday evening it was down to one lane and the police looking at every car just as they do at Piding/Walserberg. Friends told me that they were doing the same on the Bad Reichenhall workaround as well. Next weekend I will be using the back roads to get to and from the apartments I manage and will not be on the motorway again until after the middle of the month.
This coming weekend you have Bavaria and and 3 other Bundesländer starting their Half Term holiday, plus 3 Austrian regions. The Dutch, Belgians and Swedes love Fasching and will be travelling in large numbers down to Austria as well. Going home will also be hard work with at least 4 very populous Bundesländer returning home to various parts of northern Germany. In addition Vienna and Lower Austria will be finishing their half term and heading home, adding to the chaos to the motorways around my neck of the woods. I spotted lots of Polish, Danish, Dutch and Czech vehicles heading to Salzburgerland last weekend as well (the apartment block one of my apartments is in was full of Czech families with children by the time I left on Saturday afternoon).
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Is there much time saving avoiding austrian autoroutes? - you can pick up a two week one for 8.80euros did this over new years.
Also was looking at going a bit more north and staying in Bonn then going down via Frankfurt Nuremburg - Munich - thoughts?
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The route I've described is the most direct route after you pass Munich. You're not avoiding the Austrian autobahn as you turn off the A8 at Siegsdorf (in Germany) and cut across country to Lofer. It was just a tip to save you buying a vignette that you won't need.
Your alternative route (Frankfurt - Nuremburg - Munich) works just as well, although you'll run into the Danish/Swedish traffic coming down that route. As Holland/Belgium are not on holiday that week, it may be marginally less busy driving via Stuttgart. All roads lead to Munich though, and if Samerberg Sue, with all her local knowledge got caught out last weekend, what hope is there for the rest of us (although you shouldn't be going anywhere near Bad Reichenhall/Freilassing/Salzburg - which is why I recommend turning off at Siegsdorf).
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@extremerob, you have no need to go on Austrian autobahns if you are going to Saalbach and the route off the A8 @quinton describes is the best one for you to use.
I also would not advise using the A3/A7 (Frankfurt/Würzburg/Ulm) route either as both are plagued with serious roadworks where there are long hold ups every day not just on changeover days. If you want to use the northern route via Brussels & Aachen (something I never understand and have not used since the mid 90s), then use the A61 towards Koblenz (some roadworks or carry on to Köln and pick up the A3 between Köln and Frankfurt (much improved and 3 good lanes in each direction). At Frankfurt switch to the A5 heading south towards Heidelberg, switching on to the A6 just south of Walldorf. What you do after that depends a great deal on the amount of traffic going your way - go south to Stuttgart and pick up the A8 there or continue east and pick up the A9 near Nürnberg. I would aim for the A8 myself and then avoid the car park formally known as the A99 around Munich completely by driving straight through the city (not very difficult on a Saturday using the B2R aka Mittlerring). You can follow the signs very easily to come out the other side at Brunnthal where the A8 heads south towards the Alps. After that I'm afraid you simply take potluck as you will be joining a long stream of north-western Europeans heading to Austria. There are work arounds but if you are not a local, I would not advise you to use them.
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For those interested in surfing the Internet while skiing in Saalbach/Hinterglemm/Leogang/Fiberbrun the Austria local network offers a pre-paid data-only 5GB sim for 9.9 Euro lasting 30 days. You buy the card, called A1, activate it by dialling the code provided and that is it. I got 3G good reception throughout the Leogang area.
Leogang is a bit small to sell such card so I needed to go to Salfelden Post office to get it. I believe Saalbach is big enough to retail this card if not try Zell am See. The A1 card only works for Austria though but good in the mountains so potentially skiers can kept in contact by WhatsApp or Skype. I found the A1 card performed much better than any of the free wifi in the resort.
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travel plans , last couple of years we have travelled north sea europort /saalbach midweek this year we r planning on either sat or sunday last weekend of feb returning after about 10 days , would like your views on wether the traffic is easier on a sunday as it appears most folks change over sat and it doesnt make much difference to us which day we travel out ,thanks in advance
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@ski for fun, definitely go for the Sunday to travel down as at least there will be no convoys of trucks. Other than fresh food stuffs nowt in trucks is allowed on German or Austrian motorways on a Sunday. Those that are about need special licences as well. There may well be a fair bit of private transport but nothing like that on a Saturday
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Looking at the drive from Dunkirk to Saalbach. Ferry departs Dover at 6pm on a Friday 12/02.
What would be the best driving route? - we are going to overnight and want to book accommodation in the next day or so.
At the moment looking at overnighting in either Trier or Bonn. 4hour drive post ferry is fine.
Looking to avoid france and the peage and passing through luxembourg as it appears to be the slower way.
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I always head through Luxembourg as it has the cheapest petrol in western Europe. A tankful there gets me to Austria, so no need to fill up in Germany. I think the time difference is minimal, Google maps says similar ETA. The distance is shorter, so less fuel burned.
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| @extremerob, . If you want to use the northern route via Brussels & Aachen (something I never understand and have not used since the mid 90s) |
Would you recommend via Liege/Trier or Luxembourg then?
It seems that Arlon outside luxembourg and luxembourg sud have some budget accom.
Thanks Samburg Sue and quinton
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@extremerob, I don't go anywhere near Brussels or Liege, the roads in the east of the country are dire according to my experience (a while back), but friends who have had no choice say the motorway south from Liege towards Luxembourg &/or Trier are is still a nightmare in terms of traffic and surface! My only sorties towards and around Brussels in recent years have simply confirmed my experience that drivers from that particular neck of the woods are the worst on European roads, even worse than the normal appalling standard in Belgium.
I use the southern route across Belgium: Dunkirk, Lille (free motorway and much improved since resurfacing work last summer), then I cross into Belgium heading towards Tournai. I then head south-eastwards to pass by Mons, Charleroi and Namur. Near Namur I turn south and follow the A4 to Luxembourg. There are 2 Ibis hotels just off the motorway at Luxembourg-South (A3), a budget one and a normal one. I usually just kip in my car at the services at Berchem but then I travel alone and can stretch out under my sleeping bag in the back of the car (as does my sister when she is travelling down to and back from my place). We also fill up at this service area (no significant difference in price to warrent going looking for cheaper stuff off the motorway). A good fill here (60 litre diesel) easily gets me home without having to fill up along the German system. After Luxembourg-South, I pick up the A13 towards Germany and Merzig, crossing into Germany at Schengen/Parl where I pick up the first part of the A8. The route from then on is dictated by the traffic reports and weather to be honest.
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A quick question about lift passes in Hinterglemm - If I order them online can I collect from the lift pass office in the centre? Or is it easy enough to purchase as soon as we get there?( Sunday 14th Feb) I can't find this information anywhere on the official lift pass website (or is it me?!)
There doesn't seem to be any cost advantage to buying the passes ahead of time, and am now short of time for them to be posted to my home (and possibly a bit risky)
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@PennyFarthing, Welcome to Saalbachheads 
There is no advantage in buying the lift pass in advance (except for the pre-season discounts on season tickets). In fact, there are occasionally disadvantages to buying in advance - e.g. at the beginning of January, the lift company reduced the price of tickets for a couple of weeks as not all of the resort was open. This can happen in late season as well.
Tickets are available from the lift stations, many hotels and many of the ski rental shops in Saalbach and Hinterglemm, so queues are rarely an issue. Prices are the same everywhere.
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Thanks for the heads up...been a while since I've skiied in Austria, and really looking forward to revisiting. Happy to know we're unlikely to waste precious time queueing at a lift pass office!
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