 Poster: A snowHead
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Just had an alert from snow-forcast.com they are expecting 20cm over next 3 days and the webcams are showing white everywhere, resort and on mountains. http://www.saalbach.at/webcam.htm 14 weeks to go for us and we are counting every milli- second
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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sharon1953, Looks brilliant, but doesn't say when they're opening or have a search button or contact button on the website!
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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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Thank you, thank you, thank you to the snowGod. Only 36 sleeps and I was getting a wee bit worried 
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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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Chris Bish, same number of sleeps as me - we're going out on the 24th as well. Are you staying in Saalbach or Hinterglemm?
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sharon1953, Shame - I was thinking of a quick couple of days before getting going here!!! 
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j2ski's new snow-forecast service is predicting a further 30cm at resort level in neighbouring Zell am See (about 8km from Saalbach). Although the freezing level is looking like it is rising.
http://www.j2ski.com/snow_forecast/Austria/Zell_am_See_snow.html
Although places like Zell and Saalbach are quite low (resorts around 1000m and peaks of 2000m), their more easterly position means that they are often significantly colder at the same altitude, and because it's meadow rather than rock, 20cm is perfect coverage for skiing on.
The only thing to watch at this time of year is that it only takes a quick warm snap, and they snow could quickly dissapear as quickly as it arrived.
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RachelQ, 34 now. We will be going with a standard Neilson's package to The Chalet Julienne which is by one of the main lifts in Saalbach apprently. Not been there before, but breaking our Kitzbuhel habit for once. Is it possible to get to and fro between the villages?
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Chris Bish, we went with Neilson last year and they were very good. This year we've put our own holiday together, staying in the same hotel - the Dorfschmeide in Hinterglemm. Skiing the whole area is really easy - we did the whole circuit last year. I'm not so sure about getting to and fro the villages by road, we didn't go into Saalbach at night, although we plan to this year. It might be a taxi ride I think. Shall we meet up? We're going with another family with two daughters (19 and 16), the same ages as our two sons, we don't tend to see too much of them in the evenings 
Have you seen the interactive piste map?
http://intermaps.feratel.com/skimaps/saalbach/saalbach/saalbach.html
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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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Just checked the book. The Juliane (corrected!) is by the Kolmais lift station and 75m from the centre of Saalbach. As the 24th is my 56th I plan to ski the minute I arrive! See you there.
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You know it makes sense.
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Chris Bish, it's never too many to celebrate and anyway, who needs an excuse for a party? I'll PM you my mobile, and Happy Birthday for Christmas Eve and Jon for tomorrow.
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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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Poster: A snowHead
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kerekip, Thanks. Not that I'm obsessive or anything, but I do like to keep an eye on the white stuff!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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kerekip, thank you. I'd like to be able to get to Leogang this year, we could only ski as far as Vorderglemm last Christmas, so it would be good to have a 'reliable' report from you.
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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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Only 39 sleeps until I'm in Bad Gastein! It's looking white!
Then off to Saalbach the same time as Sharon so pleased to see it looking white there too!
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Just been confirmed that a few of Saalbachs lifs are going to open earlier (26/27 Nov) due to good snow conditions.
Lets hope it last till mid Jan when I'm due there.
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