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Snow has been holding up really well so far, especially first lifts, but very slushy this afternoon on anything south facing and low.
Our Hotel is on the 151 home run which is pretty lumpy! But any fellow Brits read this, it's a rubbish area and you definitely shouldn't come out!! |
Agree. Totally terrible. Awful. Hate it. Don't come.
Genuinely surprised how well it's holding up in this weather though! Anyone tried the 2/2a right down to vorderglemm? I wanted to take the other half across to leogang tomorrow and it'd be perfect if we can use it but feared it'd be slushy/icy hell.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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We did 2a at about 1:30 yesterday, it was OK but slushy in places, not icy though. Band in the Soul House right now are awesome!!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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@Gow87,
Its not that bad if you walk slowly  , then you get a view of the night skiing too
Xandal in the evening
I would be happy with the Under Schwarzach Hof too
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Is the public bus from airport to Saalbach generally very busy on a Saturday? Don’t really want to prebook and pay as we will check first with reps at airport to see if any space and then decide what suits best.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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@Gilly28, you can’t prebook the public bus, you can buy a ticket in advance or buy on the bus.
The bus can be busy, however with the increase in service there are more options, last Saturday luggage was stacked on the bus as the store under the bus was full but everyone got on.
You could look at snowcamp as they do a transfer for €60 each way.
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@radar, i think we’d take our chances either with the public bus or inghams or the like. We have managed to get a transfer with a tour operator last couple years, but every year i say i’m going to try the public bus. It will probably come down to timings. We are due to land 10.10 am, so would not make the bus at around 10.45, so next one is around 12.45, which will probably be ideal, but if out sharpish and a tour operator has a space leaving earlier then will probably go for that and hopefully get on slopes for a bit.
I thought folk were pre booking bus when they were buying tickets on the app. I guess we could just buy on app last minute at airport if we decide to go for public bus?
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@radar, Ah i hust re read your post that we can buy ticket on bus
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@Gilly28, if for any reason you couldn’t get on a bus, there is a regular train service to Zell am See, and a bus or taxi from there, so it’s not as if you’re taking a risk of getting stuck at the airport.
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@Gilly28, I thought same and couldn’t make the 10:45, was due to land at 10:10 from London city a couple weeks ago, if flight is on time it gets in about half an hour early, flight time is 1.5 hours, if you are on same flight. If you get through passport queues in reasonable time then it’s very doable. I had a private transfer booked as wanted to ski that day and couldn’t risk missing the 10:45 bus.
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@Gilly28, , the bus app will also give you options going via Zell using the train.
How to get to Saalbach from Salzburg Airport,
Austrian Transfer run a shuttle bus service https://www.austriatransfer.com/en it is 70 euro each way, however if you are a solo traveller it is 120 euro! if there are three or more then a private shuttle is more cost effective.
Edit: 30 November added Snow Camps transfer
Andy Rose of Snow Camps Europe is offering a shuttle type service.
https://www.snowcampseu.com/airport-transfers/
Private transfers, companies based in Saalbach Taxi Rainer https://www.taxirainer.at/en/, Taxi6620 https://www.taxi6620.at/en/ , https://taxi-pinzgau.com
Holiday Shuttle as far as I can ascertain won't be providing a service this season
Public bus (260) from Salzburg airport, the cheapest way to get to Saalbach, the fare is currently Euro 15.90 each way, change at Maishofen (680) a couple of minutes walk between bust sops, the bus going up the valley will wait if there is delay to the incoming bus, mention to the driver you are connecting to Saalbach
The public bus frequency has increased this winter to five connections on Saturday, to check the times https://salzburg-verkehr.at/en/,
You can go via Zell Am See, take the bus to Salzburg HBF train to Zell there maybe a change of train on route, then bus 680 to Saalbach or a taxi (€60).
You can buy bus or train tickets through the Salzburg Verkehr app, it also has the live ski bus times, handy for when you are in resort, it’s been a great discovery.
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@Gilly28, when are you travelling? I'm travelling this Saturday (3rd Feb) and arriving about the same time, looking to get the bus you mention which leaves at 12:53.
Interesting to read you've got a lift with the transfer coaches. How did that work? Did you just ask the reps? Did they charge you?
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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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@tatmanstours, yeah I did think about train option too. I’ll look into that and have all our options at the ready and then decide by how quick we get off that plane and through customs etc. be great if we managed the 10.45 bus.
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We've made it to the chicken man! Bit of a slog from the reiterkogel and as I'm sat here, I feel like I'm coming down with something. Not the best timing.
But on a positive note, took the beginner/fiance down some unintentional reds and she smashed it.
Views are incredible, hopefully the food is just as good. Great recommendations so far - thanks!!
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You know it makes sense.
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Ooh we are going tomorrow. Snow on the Leogang sector really good today, 211 all the way down fabulous!
Soft on the town side on the way home but they are performing miracles in this warm weather.
But still not worth coming, oh no!
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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@dunc999
Totally worth it. Food is lovely. They're not wrong - chicken is amazing. Also got some ribs and some shrimp. Definitely over ordered but ete the lot anyway. Now the hard slog of getting back to the right valley! 
If I'm not unwell, I think we'll bus to vorderglemm next time and try the long run down - easier when you're staying this side!
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Poster: A snowHead
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@Gow87, did you book or just rock up?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@dunc999 rocked up but we were very lucky. If you want to be inside (weather looks dodgy tomorrow), definitely book.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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If anyone is worried about not getting on the 260 bus at Salzburg Airport, because it might be busy, just walk around the corner to the previous bus stop (about 5 minutes).
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@Austrian Seagull, Thanks! I now recall reading that last year, but totally forgot about it.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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My wife is in Kaprun this week and for her last ski day - tomorrow - she's planning on skiing at Zell. She's asked me to recommend some pistes to her, but it's more than 10 years since I last skied in Zell. Is the new(ish) piste 21 down under the ZellamseeXpress an enjoyable piste? My wife prefers blues and the easier end of red. I'm just thinking that because it's mostly North facing the snow there might be a bit better than the slush that she's had in Kaprun.
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@Valkyrie, that run is probably my least favourite in the entire 408km of combined piste terrain in the Ski Circus/Zell am See/Kaprun. I won’t say it’s never enjoyable, but it’s relatively narrow, definitely red and not blue, and when conditions are less than ideal and it’s crowded with skiers going faster than they should, it’s a perfect run for masochists.
Unless conditions look reasonable I would recommend (to anyone heading towards Saalbach) downloading from the top station of the Zell am See Xpress.
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@tatmanstours, thanks for the info, I'll tell her not to bother with that one.
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@Valkyrie, Definitely agree with Tatmanstours re Red 21. My advice to your wife would be to get across to the Sonnkogel side of Zell as early as possible and ski Reds 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19. These runs are on the blue side of red and are on the quieter side of the mountain.
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Snowed all day from 11am from about 1300m, although seemed to snow until lower down on way back to Saalbach. Viz a bit rubbish but lovely snow up top now. Spent the day in the Leogang sector and the 211 to the valley was great again! However by the time we did 205 the bottom half was raining heavily. Had lunch at the chicken man, wow! Just great.
Raining heavily in town now, so that's a bit miserable! Still another great day though.
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Spacey is performing this evening at Bergers Sporthotel from around 9.00pm.
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@tatmanstours, If it is raining heavily in town tonight, could that mean snowing on the higher pistes?
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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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@Gilly28, yes, it was snowing earlier and apparently it’s good snow up on the mountain (I didn’t go out today). Currently it’s 2 degrees (dropping to 1C later tonight), and it’s not raining or forecast to rain - not in the foreseeable future. It should freeze overnight, so optimistic.
Update at 01.00am: I just walked home from the Ötzi Bar. It feels quite mild (currently still 2C, dropping to 1C at around 4.00am), and it’s drizzling a bit. Not ideal, but it changes all the time. Should be fresh snow and freezing temperatures not far above the village.
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@tatmanstours, Sounding good! 4.30 taxi booked and I can’t sleep! Argh!
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You know it makes sense.
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Morning - is there anywhere in Saalbach that might be showing the rugby this weekend?
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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@franga, Bobby’s show all the rugby games
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Poster: A snowHead
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| @franga, Bobby’s show all the rugby games |
Ace, thanks very much.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Last day today, rubbish area, couldn't possibly recommend it.
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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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@dunc999, it’s not working - I reckon there are more Brits than Germans here this week!
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@tatmanstours, there were certainly hundreds of Irish in Bobby's last night!!
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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On the 260, it is busy! Carnage getting on and getting cases in hold. Will the driver automatically stop at Maishofen or should we mention to him? Bus is full so I would assume others are changing.
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| Gilly28 wrote: |
| On the 260, it is busy! Carnage getting on and getting cases in hold. Will the driver automatically stop at Maishofen or should we mention to him? Bus is full so I would assume others are changing. |
He should stop & the other bus should be waiting - Oh & you need to open the hold yourself & dig out your ski gear. Bus driver will be ready to go if you are not quick!
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10 minutes after passing through Saalfelden, you will go through an underpass. Immediately after that you will see a sign on the right side of the road, saying turn right for Saalbach-Hinterglemm. That’s where you get off.
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| dunc999 wrote: |
| @tatmanstours, there were certainly hundreds of Irish in Bobby's last night!! |
Not heard on here wether the hinterhag is up and running this year, have in the past had many fun apres times in there . We i.e me and mrs are now only a month away from returning to saalbach and this weekend have been pulling the gear together and booking the car (we drive from uk ) in for service am now at the stage of checking the webcams and weather forecast daily and looking forward to turning up . cant wait ho ho
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We are due to arrive on 2 March and frustratingly our flight has changed to now land at 13 50 at Salzburg. Its a TUI flight but we are travelling with Inghams.
We normally are on a much earlier flight giving us plenty of time to sort life passes and ski hire. I could get Inghams to sort the passes but want to go toHansi for skis and the snowboard shop nearby for Mrs BH's board.
Saturday morning traffic never presented a problem but afternoon i suspect could be busier? I'm assuming we should still be in resort by 5ish giving us an hour to sort skis before they close up at 6. Trying to avoid the Sunday morning dash for ski hire.
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@ski for fun, the Hinterhag is still going strong.
The resident musician post on FB Apreski Hinterhag Alm
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