 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi,
I'm lucky enough to have taken the week before Christmas off work and am planning to go skiing.
It's the earliest I have ever hit the slopes and it looks like there are a few good deals around. One of the best ones is for a place in Saalbach-Hinterglemm and having heard so many good things about the area on this forum I was going to give it a whirl. The VFM is even better when you look at the discounted lift price for that week, but my paranoia is telling me that perhaps this is because not all the lifts will be open. Can anyone enlighten me please?
FYI there are 2 of us going. I'm happy skiing anything all day. My OH is an early intermediate but can get down most runs.
Thanks
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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The resort officially opens on the 29th November, I think and, I gather from one or two posts, there has been some decent snowfall already. Frankly I'd be surprised if everything was open by then, however, if you pose the question in the Saalbach Hinterglemm thread, there are several 'locals' who will be better able to answer the question more accurately.
It is a big area and I'd be surprised if the options were so limited as to spoil the week in anyway. Just so long as the run past the Hinterhag Alm is open, what more could one wish for 
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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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We were there pre-Xmas last year, and heading out again on the 14th : the whole resort was open (bar maybe the black off the Zwolferkogel) : maybe not quite 100% of the lifts, but everything was accessible.
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OK thanks. So long as most lifts are open and most runs are accessable it should be worth it.
I think I will go for it then. Maybe I will join the famous S-H thread as suggested first.
Thanks once again.
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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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Lots of snow-making in S-H, so they work really hard to get the pistes open. Last year I skied from 12th Dec on 60cm of snow in the valley, much more on top. The runs over to Leogang and Viehofen were also open. Obviously cannot guarantee that there will be deep snow everywhere, but I'd reckon that above the mid-stations (i.e. 90% of the runs) should be open. I'm going out on 9th Dec. and am not worried. There's always Kaprun 30 mins. away if the snow completely fails to appear in S-H.
The webcams are currently showing green fields right down in the valley, but plenty of snow above about 1300m, but they'll be pumping snow out for the next 3 weeks if the temperatures are low enough.
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Thanks for that. I have booked up and got a 7 night CB package (icl flights etc) + lift pass for just over £500 so if there is only half decent snow I will have got a bargain.
Thanks once again.
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| Cacciatore wrote: |
| Just so long as the run past the Hinterhag Alm is open, what more could one wish for |
Aaaaalllloooooooooo!!!!
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