 Poster: A snowHead
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| Chris_n wrote: |
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| So I made it to the Kassa today, and Zillertal are giving a locals discount with the Meldezettel again this season. |
Is that for a Tirol card or just the local one? |
Zillertal Bergpass. It's substantially cheaper than Tirol Snowcard, but with the 5 masters races I'll need to pay for, it's a toss up between the two.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@Thew2002, whilst I'm sure you're right about Ischgl, why not consider another Snow Card resort and save yourself the cost of the Arlberg? There are plenty of other big areas – Mayhofen/Zillertal, Serfaus Fiss-Ladis, Kitzbühel, Sölden etc – if that's what you are looking for. Though tbh, on a powder day, small, quiet areas can be a winner, and you'll have access to plenty of those.
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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've already paid for accomodation for five months at St Anton. If I knew about these options before then I may have picked an alternative place to stay sadly.
Austrian resorts look awesome, I've never even been to Austria before
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Is there any cheap vans I can rent from innsbruck to spend some time in solden prior to my season....? That'd kill the transport and accomodation in one stone
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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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That's great thanks. Any tips of how the van life works? Is it best to hook up to electricity in the resort rather than hang away and park for free?
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| swskier wrote: |
| Chris_n wrote: |
| swskier wrote: |
| So I made it to the Kassa today, and Zillertal are giving a locals discount with the Meldezettel again this season. |
Is that for a Tirol card or just the local one? |
Zillertal Bergpass. It's substantially cheaper than Tirol Snowcard, but with the 5 masters races I'll need to pay for, it's a toss up between the two. |
I thought that's what it would be, good to know they are still giving discounts. My mate has decided not to get a Tirol card this year as he doesn't use it enough so if he can get a discount on a couple of day tickets at Hintertux in October/ November he will be well happy.
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| Thew2002 wrote: |
| I feel like I am fully missing something here. I have only just looked into the snow card tirol and it seems to be €1,124 and included Ischgl, but the Ischgl season pass alone is €1,124.... Are you restricted to only a set number of days in each resort or something with the Tirol one? Thank you! |
As far I understand, the Ischgl season pass also include summer season. The snow card tirol is winter only.
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| Chris_n wrote: |
| swskier wrote: |
| Chris_n wrote: |
| swskier wrote: |
| So I made it to the Kassa today, and Zillertal are giving a locals discount with the Meldezettel again this season. |
Is that for a Tirol card or just the local one? |
Zillertal Bergpass. It's substantially cheaper than Tirol Snowcard, but with the 5 masters races I'll need to pay for, it's a toss up between the two. |
I thought that's what it would be, good to know they are still giving discounts. My mate has decided not to get a Tirol card this year as he doesn't use it enough so if he can get a discount on a couple of day tickets at Hintertux in October/ November he will be well happy. |
I did ask if there was a deadline on buying a locals discounted pass, and she said it's best to buy it asap, whatever that means. As it happens I think i'll plump for the Tirol snowcard anyway, as it'll only need maybe 1 day out of the valley beyond what I have planned and then it's basically on the same level of cost as the Snowcard, and it gives me the freedom of skiing with friends/colleagues, plus also handy on weekends I need to do an airport run, can nip to somewhere local after for a ski then travel back to the Zillertal.
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| Thew2002 wrote: |
| That's great thanks. Any tips of how the van life works? Is it best to hook up to electricity in the resort rather than hang away and park for free? |
As far as I'm aware, I don't think you're allowed to camp anywhere except official sites. That said, I have and many do sleep in the car park at Hintertux, i've also seen a video where someone sleeps in the Kaltenbach car park, so you can get away with it, just be aware it's not allowed officially.
In terms of electricity, it depends really. The campers will have a leisure battery, and this will charge while driving, but it depends how long you're planning on hiring for. If it were just a weekend you'd be fine, but if an extended period, and no solar to charge you're going to need to hook up on a camp site.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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There is one glacier, Pitztal I think, that I believe does allow campers. You should be able to find some info about it online.
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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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| Scarlet wrote: |
| There is one glacier, Pitztal I think, that I believe does allow campers. You should be able to find some info about it online. |
We glad we used that long stay car park last time, we went to Wildspitze then took wrong turn on our way back, and appiered down to Solden (Vent), then it took more than 4 hours to get back to the Mittelberg, we returned back about 10pm, we been glad our car wasnt evecuated as would happen if we parked closer to the Rifflsee gondola.
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| anyone has any idea to keep the skibag around Innsbruck train station If I want to ski one week per month, It make sense keeping ski equipment in Austria |
I came across this in Innsbruck - but the €18/day  price is ridiculous. Cheaper to pay ski carriage each time.
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You know it makes sense.
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| swskier wrote: |
| Chris_n wrote: |
| swskier wrote: |
| Chris_n wrote: |
| swskier wrote: |
| So I made it to the Kassa today, and Zillertal are giving a locals discount with the Meldezettel again this season. |
Is that for a Tirol card or just the local one? |
Zillertal Bergpass. It's substantially cheaper than Tirol Snowcard, but with the 5 masters races I'll need to pay for, it's a toss up between the two. |
I thought that's what it would be, good to know they are still giving discounts. My mate has decided not to get a Tirol card this year as he doesn't use it enough so if he can get a discount on a couple of day tickets at Hintertux in October/ November he will be well happy. |
I did ask if there was a deadline on buying a locals discounted pass, and she said it's best to buy it asap, whatever that means. As it happens I think i'll plump for the Tirol snowcard anyway, as it'll only need maybe 1 day out of the valley beyond what I have planned and then it's basically on the same level of cost as the Snowcard, and it gives me the freedom of skiing with friends/colleagues, plus also handy on weekends I need to do an airport run, can nip to somewhere local after for a ski then travel back to the Zillertal. |
I think that just means some areas (I have heard of others) are just waiting until the government or whoever tells them they must comply. For me it makes no difference as I only ever get a local pass (subsidised by Tirol Schileherverband) as I never have time to ski elsewhere apart from maybe a couple of days before the season starts (usually Hintertux). Once we are closed I'm ready to put my feet up and recover (not being in the first flush of youth) while I wait for cycling season.
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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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| swskier wrote: |
| Thew2002 wrote: |
| That's great thanks. Any tips of how the van life works? Is it best to hook up to electricity in the resort rather than hang away and park for free? |
As far as I'm aware, I don't think you're allowed to camp anywhere except official sites. That said, I have and many do sleep in the car park at Hintertux, i've also seen a video where someone sleeps in the Kaltenbach car park, so you can get away with it, just be aware it's not allowed officially.
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Yep in Ötztal especially highly likely the police would be knocking sooner rather than later
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Poster: A snowHead
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I guess the common strategy is when they knock, pretend that nobody is there 
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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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I'm trying to think of a way to get the early bird discounted price for me and my mate, annoyingly if I fly out to grab it myself it means the cost of getting to UK airport, flight, and transfer to a resort (all x 2...). If anyone has a genius idea of paying someone in Tirol to grab this for us please share!
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@Thew2002, you have to have a photo taken for your pass, so you have to do it in person. It's the whole reason for the early bird price, now that locals discounts are being cancelled, it's their way of legally doing a locals discount.
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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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It says online you can get the photo when you first use it, so you can pick up for others. I only found that out today
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Source:
https://www.skiwelt.at/en/snow-card-tirol.html
Can someone else buy the Snow Card Tirol for me? Does this also apply to advance sales? Yes! However, on your first day of skiing, you will need to take a quick photo at the lift ticket office to activate the card. If you have already purchased a Snow Card Tirol (i.e. you are an existing customer), give your friend your old Snow Card Tirol to top up!
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