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There is also an argument for staying on the north side of the Ski Welt as the runs home are better late in the season (the run to Brixen is south facing and closes before the others). Ski Welt in March is usually ok (even last year when we had poor snow there was good skiing past mid-March).
The skiing in Westendorf is more demanding than the main part of the Ski Welt. If you prefer cruisy intermediate runs the main part of the Ski Welt is better, if you like your slopes a bit steeper go for Westendorf.
If the Fleck is closed due to high winds, the Maierlbahn is as close to Kirchberg so there's no need to bus to the Hahnenkamm.
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| VolklAttivaS5 wrote: |
| I wouldn't choose either in March to be honest I'd go elsewhere but kitenski is stuck with Munich airport by the sounds of it . |
If the snow is really bad at the end of Feb and/or a warm spell forecast I'll just drive to Ischgl I reckon!
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@johnbarr, I'm liking the idea of staying on the North side, any recommendations? Demanding skiing is fine 
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| kitenski wrote: |
| @johnbarr, I'm liking the idea of staying on the North side, any recommendations? Demanding skiing is fine |
If you can find a hotel or B&B on the south side of Ellmau (less than 10 minutes walk to the centre), that would either be on the piste or a very short walk to the piste. Scheffau and Soll are also good options, but you need to take the bus to the slopes, while Going and Hopfgarten are less central.
Will you have a car? If so then St Johann is a good place to stay - a short drive from Ellmau, Kitzbuhel and Fieberbunn (which is now linked to Saalbach/Hinterglemm).
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Mayrhofen from Munich?
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@buchanan101, I was thinking that earlier on
Or Zell am Ziller
Better still-Kaltenbach and Hoch Fugen etc
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if they shut the Fleckalmbahn in winds for example then that means a bus round to Hahnenkamm
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We stayed in kirchberg early Jan 2007 with little snow. If the Fleckalmbahn is shut there's the Maierlbahn and Ochsalm chair to roughly the same point or a bus to Pengelstein (Skirast), the Ki West (AllStar/Tirol Snow cards required) or round to Kitz. We quite liked Kirchberg smaller and more villagey than Kitz.
EDIT: Redundant post. JohnBarr beat me to it.
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@kitenski, I would go for Westendorf, the Westendorf runs are mostly N facing and hold up well and you have much better access to Kitz via the KiWest link or skibus. Brixen or Kirchberg are also very central but less "villagey" if that is a word, and the S facing Brixen runs from Skiwelt disappear quite easily.
Westendorf also has the easiest access to the slopes from the main hotel area, via the nursery slope lift and a ski track to the gondola, no skibus needed. This is almost always open until the end of March (we saw it closed once in the last week of the season).
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| VolklAttivaS5 wrote: |
@buchanan101, I was thinking that earlier on
Or Zell am Ziller
Better still-Kaltenbach and Hoch Fugen etc |
Interesting, cheers!
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| HutToHut wrote: |
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if they shut the Fleckalmbahn in winds for example then that means a bus round to Hahnenkamm
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We stayed in kirchberg early Jan 2007 with little snow. If the Fleckalmbahn is shut there's the Maierlbahn and Ochsalm chair to roughly the same point or a bus to Pengelstein (Skirast), the Ki West (AllStar/Tirol Snow cards required) or round to Kitz. We quite liked Kirchberg smaller and more villagey than Kitz.
EDIT: Redundant post. JohnBarr beat me to it. |
Looks like they have been misinformed then as plenty of options there
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| kitenski wrote: |
| VolklAttivaS5 wrote: |
@buchanan101, I was thinking that earlier on
Or Zell am Ziller
Better still-Kaltenbach and Hoch Fugen etc |
Interesting, cheers! |
Yes worth a look at Zell am Ziller and Kaltenbach. I don't like Mayrhofen when those other two places are only a short train ride away.
More demanding skiing in Hoch Zillertal and Hoch Fugen IMO than Zell although I've had some fun days there too
Snow was good in both places when I went 24th Mar one year so quite late on and the week before Christmas 2 years running
Like others have said Westendorf is best bet otherwise if you are set on Ski Welt as I didn't know that about the South facing run home in Brixen
Come to think of it, piste 1b which takes you back to Brixen was a bit soft yesterday late on so in March it is probably slush fest or bare I'd imagine
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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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Current ski conditions in Ski Welt anyone?
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| Maersk wrote: |
| Current ski conditions in Ski Welt anyone? |
Fantastic!
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You know it makes sense.
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Great! Heading out to Scheffau tomorrow for a week. Looking forward to some piste cruising if nothing else!
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Söll for me tomorrow. Piste cruising for me just love the area 5th time for me....
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Poster: A snowHead
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Can you guys/guyesses give a snow report please
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| Maersk wrote: |
| Can you guys/guyesses give a snow report please |
Snow in Waidring yesterday was the best I've skied on all season. Shame there were so many people on the slopes.
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Is Waidring part of SkiWelt?
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No, its just up the road - same area but not linked.
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Got up from Scheffau just after 1pm today. Took the 188 FIS 30m radius GS boards out, as I was by myself, to have a bit of blast. Great fun, but if knew I was going to ski as many slushy moguls I would have chosen a different ski.
Skied over to Hopftgarten first and was a slush fest all the way down from just above the mid station. I love their sign on Run 20 - The best run in the Ski Welt - nothing like an Emperors New Clothes complex!
Skiing above middle stations on most areas was pretty good, but any home run was a mixture of of slushy moguls and some scraped off icy areas.
The top runs above Soll to the mid station were my personal favourite as there were a few bumps at the top and then fairly good piste conditions down to the mid station to put a few longer turns in.
Great fun but felt very much like spring skiing.l
Think you will need to time your skiing of certain runs to make the best of them, but if the temperature remains warm, then be prepared to ski slushy bumps on your home run no matter where you are staying.
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Sh 1 t.
Any cold and snow in the weather?
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Then it gets warmer next weekend....
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Just back from Westendorf. Got lucky with weather having 3 days of coldish sunshine following a top up of snow. Best runs for me were the Ki-West side and over in Kitzbuhel. Runs above Brixen and Ellmau seemed busier and softer. Red 110 down towards the village was a challenge at the end of a 50km day. Recommend deck chairs, sheep skins and glunwein in the Sonnalm whilst watching the action unfold. Carnage ! It's a good lunch spot too.
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Come on Retrobod you have beeen there two days! Report please!
Blastfrom the past, how long does it take to get to Kitz from Westendorf and how long from Westendorf to say, Soll?
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| Maersk wrote: |
Come on Retrobod you have beeen there two days! Report please!
Blastfrom the past, how long does it take to get to Kitz from Westendorf and how long from Westendorf to say, Soll? |
Last week I skied from Kitz to Westendorf and on round the Ski Welt. Bottom of the Hahenkamm to bottom of the Choralmbahn (via Kirchberg) was 2:30 hours. From there to Soll (via Hopfgarten and Itter) was another 2:30 hours - you could do it direct in around half that.
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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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@johnbarr, thanks
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| Maersk wrote: |
| Current ski conditions in Ski Welt anyone? |
pea souper today but snow mid station and above in great nick fresh snow this morning
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You know it makes sense.
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| RetroBod wrote: |
| Maersk wrote: |
| Current ski conditions in Ski Welt anyone? |
pea souper today but snow mid station and above in great nick fresh snow this morning |
yes have been looking at webcams
Snow for 10 days then sunshine for 7 is my forecast....
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Current report anyone? 13 days and counting.......
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Poster: A snowHead
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Current report anyone? 13 days and counting.......
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Why's it done that then?
Makes me look desperate (which I am....)
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I'm in Hollersbach / the far end of Kitzbuhel, sort of in the same area... sort of... anyway. Very warm today and pistes soft and quite sticky all the way to the top. Coverage was pretty good on piste though with only a few dark patches on a couple of ridges. We had snow last night for a few hours but I think it turned to rain at some point as it all looked quite damp this morning, about 5cm sitting on the car though.
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Thanks
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| Maersk wrote: |
| Current report anyone? 13 days and counting....... |
Can give you live reports Saturday onwards...
Some snow this week and a bit cooler again I hope.
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@Maersk, we got the 1000 bus from bottom of KiWest to Pengelstein having set off from Westendorf about 0900. It's a nice ski from the top of the Westendorf gondala. Buses every 10 mins. I guess it's about the same time to get to Soll
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thanks for all the replies earlier, think I'm going to stay in Kitzbuhel, nice village for a quiet Fri/Sat night out and found a reasonable hotel within walking distance of the Hahnenkamm...
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Slush-tastic today in Hollersbach. Just did a half day, out early to catch the softening pistes. Pretty nice really, but starting to get a bit heavier on the south facing slopes. We were skiing at Zillertal arena last week, sort of miss the extra 400-500m of height it has - we were mostly skiing from about 2300m to 1700m there instead of 1900m to 1200m (?) here. Although obviously the weather is massively different too!
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It's warm everywhere isn't it? Constant moaning on weather thread about rain in France.
It's cooling down after today; panic not, yet.
Forecast shows a reasonable amount of snow and back down to seasonal average temps from 24th http://www.ski-finder.co.uk/images/gfs/MS_1347_ens_22Feb2016_1300.gif
And, come on, you are going in March; it's not called Spring Skiing for nothing.
And don't forget, Austria and Italy are better at making snow!
I'm off to Kitz on Saturday and I am not at all concerned. Just don't plan on skiing low, late on in the day!
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