@Bergmeister, the new pioneers lift was supposed to allow pedestrian access to stop this but tbh I don't actually ever think I've seen it in use.
So yes lots of drunken idiots skiing down!
I'm stunned!
That's not come to fruition, as far as I'm aware.
I've never seen a gondola cabin on that lift line. Can anyone say if the lifties have ever actually done that?
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If the Ischgl "village" authorities are to be believed apres ski activities are going to be toned down big time whenever they start up again. Personally I suspect that they make far too much money from all the drinking to excess etc so the events of March 2020 will be swiftly glossed over and it will be back to "normal" in no time but that is very much not the current plan, so dont count on the party returning there any time soon.
I agree St Anton has plenty of somewhat mature men (and it is practically all men) reliving past glories and that the apres music is very much cheesy Austrian sing along pop. However from my observations there are an awful lot of 20 somethings too, drinking Jägerbombs, dancing in ski boots and taking their clothes off. Possibly not as "cool" as Folie Douce though I know what would have appealed to me more at 25. There is a large element of personal preference, belting out Sweet Caroline after a hard days skiing wont appeal to all
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@boabski, a superb area and Saalbach is possibly my favourite place to be, but it's nothing like as hedonistic as Ischgl in my view. Not that it's a competition of course!
Thank Dionysus, Comus and Pan for that! This season has certainly hit the reset button. The emphasis is now on skiing and "civilised", low key apres-ski - as it was decades ago.
@tatmanstours, so we should expect a greater number of ballads from the delightful chanteuse in the Hinterhag then?
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@Valluga, don’t know when that particular delightful songbird will be allowed to resume serenading her adoring fans and bestowing hearts upon them. In the meantime the only songbirds we can hear as we ski down are the feathered kind.
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munich_irish wrote:
If the Ischgl "village" authorities are to be believed apres ski activities are going to be toned down big time whenever they start up again. Personally I suspect that they make far too much money from all the drinking to excess etc so the events of March 2020 will be swiftly glossed over and it will be back to "normal" in no time but that is very much not the current plan, so dont count on the party returning there any time soon.
I agree St Anton has plenty of somewhat mature men (and it is practically all men) reliving past glories and that the apres music is very much cheesy Austrian sing along pop. However from my observations there are an awful lot of 20 somethings too, drinking Jägerbombs, dancing in ski boots and taking their clothes off. Possibly not as "cool" as Folie Douce though I know what would have appealed to me more at 25. There is a large element of personal preference, belting out Sweet Caroline after a hard days skiing wont appeal to all
Yea, I really don't see the "Ischgl apres is changing" as anything more than a press release to try and counter the "Ischgl apres caused every Covid infection in Europe" headlines from last year. Yes, some members of the family would like to "Clean up the reputation" of the town - but that just means "Attract more Russians with more money than sense", and isn't what other members of the family want.
I'd also put Ischgl's average age on the 'wrong' side of 40 and 'cock heavy' - but there's always a much younger/more balanced crowd at Paznauner Thaya up the mountain, then in the Kuhstall/Fire and Ice down in town.
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I'd say VT for the young (provided the weather is good - the Folie and the rave deck at the Knife and Fork look pretty grim in a freezing windstorm), St Anton for the older and cheesier and Ischgl for the dirty old men.
Be grateful though that it's all available and relatively cheap (I know a pint at the Folie doesn't feel like it). I've seen the action at this American attempt at it and it's positively tragic and admission only for those that have dropped a shed load for a lunch sitting. The natural home of frat boys called Trip and twice divorced cougars.
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I'd say VT for the young (provided the weather is good - the Folie and the rave deck at the Knife and Fork look pretty grim in a freezing windstorm), St Anton for the older and cheesier and Ischgl for the dirty old men.
Makes it sound bloody awful. Beginning to appreciate the welcome respite! Also getting to be quite a dab hand at making Jagatee in the apartment - music’s better too!
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@tatmanstours, I,very sent you a pm. Looking for a copy of your Saalabach guide if you could be so kind.
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I always find VT so incredibly busy, ski lifts queues are mental. I do remember going on a lads trip 18 years ago on my first ever ski trip and there were a few nightclubs etc but what sticks out in my mind is paying £8 a pint and buying a lipsol for £6 and that was 2003.
Some of the best nights out I have had in a ski resort are in Les Gets, I have been doing a lads trips to PdS for 18 years and never fails to deliver.
I have never tried Austria ut I will do one day.
I am very surprised at some of the negative comments about next season, do people really think Ski resorts will still be in lockdown in 14-15 months time, no chance.
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mheadbee wrote:
I always find VT so incredibly busy, ski lifts queues are mental. I do remember going on a lads trip 18 years ago on my first ever ski trip and there were a few nightclubs etc but what sticks out in my mind is paying £8 a pint and buying a lipsol for £6 and that was 2003.
Yikes, the last time I was there was 2 years ago and I don't remember it being that bad. That said, we did have a good idea of the right bars to go to at the right times (and how to work the happy hours!!).
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I am very surprised at some of the negative comments about next season, do people really think Ski resorts will still be in lockdown in 14-15 months time, no chance.
I'll take my cautious pessimism against your sunny optimism. Only one of us will get disappointed. Think is it's not 14-15 months time but 10 months now. Feels inevitable that the world of the limitless crammed in apres partying might still be curtailed.
You know it makes sense.
You know it makes sense.
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Some of the best nights out I have had in a ski resort are in Les Gets, I have been doing a lads trips to PdS for 18 years and never fails to deliver.
I have never tried Austria
@mheadbee, I’d love to be a fly on the wall when you first encounter Austrian après-ski and compare it with Les Gets
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mheadbee wrote:
Some of the best nights out I have had in a ski resort are in Les Gets, I have been doing a lads trips to PdS for 18 years and never fails to deliver.
I have never tried Austria ut I will do one day.
@drporat, “Atemlos Durch Die Nacht” by Helene Fischer is one of my guilty pleasures.
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22 years old, Val Thorens hands down. St Anton and Ischgl are for the more middle aged (picture red cheeked men with salopettes holding in their ample stomachs)
Thank you - that is the definition of me
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@tatmanstours, same goes with me. And listening to her in a happy Austrian environment is the right thing to do.
@drporat, that looks like one of the less busy days at the Moose. It's often a lot more packed than that, both inside and out.
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I always find VT so incredibly busy, ski lifts queues are mental. I do remember going on a lads trip 18 years ago on my first ever ski trip and there were a few nightclubs etc but what sticks out in my mind is paying £8 a pint and buying a lipsol for £6 and that was 2003.
I've only been to St Anton a couple times and if you find VT busy then St. Anton will blow your mind. Half hour queues one after the other, ski tip to tail, shoulder to shoulder skiing. Mind you you do appear to be ripped off in the bars with £8 a pint.
I am sure @tatmanstours can supply something along the same lines for the Hinterhag or similar S-H establishments.
I know my experience of Les Gets was many years ago now (nearly 30 ) but I certainly dont recall anything like the typical Austrian apres
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i have done both ischgl and st anton and prefer st anton for apres
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I've also been to both and much prefer Ischgl. Different strokes.
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I am sure @tatmanstours can supply something along the same lines for the Hinterhag or similar S-H establishments
I’m sure there are hours of viewing on YouTube of the fairly extreme après-ski in the Hinterhag Alm, Spitzbub and similar establishments in Saalbach. I wonder if we’ll see it again
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This season has certainly hit the reset button. The emphasis is now on skiing and "civilised", low key apres-ski - as it was decades ago.
