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Though in the past I have reported on the Ski Circus Saalbach Hinterglemm Leogang in the general Austria Snow Report thread, since it is an area that generates much interest I decided this time to start a separate topic. And today it deserved it! John Barr and I had a super day with fantastic weather, blue cloudless skies all day. Here is a first view from alongside the Asitzmuldenbahn in Leogang, with the mists that hung in the valley all day...
The pistes were in fine condition, very hard to start with but softening in the sun. However, there is still no depth of snow and that shows away from the prepared pistes, like here under the Schönleiten 6er chairlift...
But, if you aren't looking for off-piste, there is nothing to complain about. This photo from the bottom station of the Kohlmais cable-car with the Turm chairlift and the beginners' slopes in the background shows more what the pistes look like...
We were able to ski the complete Circus, anticlockwise, only missing the two Spieleck lifts at the far west end which weren't running and the black valley runs which weren't open. One or two other lifts still weren't operating but there were more than enough to satisfy, including the new Rosswald 6-seater chairlift (replacing a T-bar)...
At the end we were able to ski back down to the valley in Leogang, ending a great day!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Thanks for the pictures - I'm off to Hinterglemm on the 21st 
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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 for update.
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Nice pics, and great conditions, as it generally is most years at this time in December, and yet I'll wager that the pistes are fairly deserted and most of the accommodation stands empty.
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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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Off to Hinterglemm in January so will be following this thread avidly 
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Off to Saalbach last week in Feb. So will check this thread often
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Cheers Tatman will keep an eye on
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espri,,
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| if you aren't looking for off-piste, there is nothing to complain about |
in fact with the warm conditions the sun is nicely softening up some of the o.p. with near spring-snow conditions. Had some great o.p over by the closed Seekar drag before lunch, then more of the same from the top of the Spielechkogel and beyond this p.m.
Yesterday great spring snow behind the fence at the Limberg too
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Any updated weather reports here? I was in Hinterglemm over Christmas and loved it so going back at half term. Wish there was some colder weather approaching. Sick of seeing/hearing about warm temps. Anyone there at the min to give a good picture?
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HiColtnet, where did you stay in Hinterglemm? Looking to go there myself
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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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This thread is running with more updated info from those in the resort
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matt23, I was at a hotel/hostel called Young Generation Resort Buchegg. It's right on the slopes (literally ski to about 20m from the door) but quite far up the slopes so getting about without transport is tricky to say the least!
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You know it makes sense.
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Thanks for that Big Dave, I was wondering why there was not much info on such a brilliant place!
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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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| Coltnet wrote: |
| Thanks for that Big Dave, I was wondering why there was not much info on such a brilliant place! |
We went there on a walking holiday in September and liked it so much (including the Alpine Palace hotel in Hinterglemm), we are going back there to ski - next week. Snow conditions don't look brilliant at the moment unfortunately, and it is a bit worrying that in our enthusiasm we convinced 4 others to come with us! Hope they will remain friends. Oh well, if the skiing is crap the hotel is lovely!
Last edited by Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name: on Tue 7-01-14 21:55; edited 1 time in total
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Poster: A snowHead
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Thanks Coltnet, will check it out.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| Big Dave wrote: |
| Coltnet wrote: |
| Thanks for that Big Dave, I was wondering why there was not much info on such a brilliant place! |
We went there on a walking holiday in September and liked it so much (including the Alpine Palace hotel in Hinterglemm), we are going back there to ski - next week. Snow conditions don't look brilliant at the moment unfortunately, and it is a bit worrying that in our enthusiasm we convinced 4 others to come with us! Hope they will remain friends. Oh well, if the skiing is crap the hotel is lovely! |
Just to report that we had a fantastic week in Hinterglemm/Saalbach last week. Snow was much better than expected, but confined to pistes. Heavy investment in snowmaking throughout the resort has helped massively this year. Weather forecast is better I hear, so looking good for people going out soon. Enjoy. PS can definitely recommend the Alpine Palace too.
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Heading to Hinterglemm for the 15th of Feb, so this is good to hear!
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Thank you, planning on spending a day in Leogang in a few weeks.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I toured round the Ski Circus today with a friend visiting from England. We started from Leogang and completed the same anti-clockwise route that Espri described above. The snow on south facing slopes was great in the morning, but getting slushy lower down by midday. In the afternoon we completed the route on the other side of the valley where the snow was still firm, but serious mogul fields were forming. Although some of the routes down to the villages were busy, we found many empty pistes. The final piste back to the car park at Leogang was badly scraped - perhaps it would have been better to use the gondola for the last section - but other than that the snow was great all day.
We have had so many days of blue skies that it has felt like Easter skiing since December! The staff deserve a medal for keeping the pistes in such great condition.
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We've covered all areas of the Ski Circus in the last three days and have found conditions to be generally better than during most of January. Skied clockwise from Schattberg to the Goassstall today, encompassing a few runs on the Zwoelferkogel (including black 14) and Hochalm. Beautiful sunny weather (as seems to be the norm this season) and all enjoyable (except for the horrendous (drum and bass?) music at the Walleggalm!) Freeze/thaw conditions means that all pistes are firm in the morning, with the south-facing side of the valley turning slushy lower down by mid-afternoon. However all main pistes seem to be amply covered, and the north-facing ones (eg. number 14) were in particularly nice, powdery condition. Good to see all lifts and pistes at the Seekar and Spieleck extremities now open, but piste 68 down to Viehhofen sadly remains closed, as it has been for virtually all of the season (the Hecherhuette must be feeling the pinch!)
Some friends did Leogang today and were enthusing about the snow over there, so we'll be heading that way tomorrow. Piste conditions can of course be very changeable; for example, a group of friends came down piste 2b to Jausern last Sunday, in hot, sunny weather, and said that it was possibly the worst snow they had ever experienced. We persuaded them to do it again yesterday afternoon, towards the end of a clockwise circuit of the valley, and we were all very pleasantly surprised (as well as relieved!), thanks to cooler air temperatures.
There is apparently cause for optimism for the next 5 days; the resort website is cautiously predicting colder temperatures, with the freezing level sinking as low as 800m on Saturday, and new snow at the weekend.
On another positive note, there is some serious sun-bathing being done, and the party atmosphere at our usual après-haunts, the Bergeralm, Hinterhag Alm and Goassstall, has been really excellent of late. Again, better than January, which this year holds memories of 'iffy' weather and snow conditions, and excessively crowded party venues. Our friend Hansi assures us that it will all be back to normal next season!
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Hi, can anyone give a current snow report here please? We are heading off on 26 March and looking for decent snow preferably somewhere in Austria with large ski area.
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Typical Spring skiing at present, with good, firm pistes in the morning and on north-facing slopes in the afternoon, soft and slushy on south-facing pistes in the afternoon. Forecasted to cool down temporarily on Sunday with possibly a sprinkling of new snow. Lower, south-facing pistes suffering in the hot sun, but freezing rock-hard at night. Will be skiing in a tee-shirt tomorrow!
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snowyowl,
Would give SH a miss; was there in Feb and snow was needed then. Try Solden or Obergurgl
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Just booked a week 5th April, GFS runs seem to show a change in the weather over the next couple of weeks. Obviously this is FI and anything can happen but a bad days skiing has got to beat a good days working. 
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RedorDead, You just booked Saalbach-Hinterglemm for 5th April? Go to the other Saalbach thread > http://www.snowheads.com/ski-forum/viewtopic.php?t=104841&start=280 to read the current report.
Temperatures this week have been in the 20's C in the village and very warm on the mountain. It was 34 dec C at Seidl Alm earlier in the week, and it was even hotter at Sport Alm on Reiterkogel yesterday. People were going inside to eat to cool down. It's currently over 18 deg C in Saalbach - at 17.00 in the afternoon.
Skiing is great if you get up early and ski until lunchtime, but pistes are deteriorating rapidly and the lift company will now start to shut down large areas as temperatures rise and guest numbers dwindle. According to the report on the other thread, only Schattberg, Westgipfel and Zwolfer are likely to be open, but on the plus side, you'll have them all to yourself.
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