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We are heading to Austria on a fly-drive trip tomorrow.
We will spend tomorrow night in Rosenheim (following an evening arrival in Munich), then Saturday night in Golling, 2 nights in Dobriach, 3 nights, near Spittal an der Drau, 1 night in Mallnitz, then our last night at Munich airport.
We will probably ski somewhere around Reit Im Winkl (been there before) or Lofer (not been there before but it sounds ok) on day 1 then head for the areas covered by the Carinthia Top Ski pass - only 31 ski resorts to choose from!
Obvious contenders include Bad Kleinkircheim and Nassfeld, with over 100km of piste, as well as Heiligenblut and the Moelltal glacier.
Are there any hidden gems that we need to visit? For example, Goldeck has caught my eye - a small area but with 4500 vertical feet to go at!
Also, can anyone comment on current conditions? I'm slightly concerned by current snow reports from the Alps and (having not visited that area before) am unsure as to how the area will fare during a peak holiday week.
I'll be keeping an eye on this site over the week (wi-fi access permitting), so any answers over the next few days would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance. 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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There's really lot to choose from. My personal pick is always Nassfeld, but most of people don't really like it, which is perfectly fine for me... less Brits and Dutch around, the better I feel  Other then this, you have Katchberg, Gerlitzen, Turracher Hohe, Bad Kleinkircheim (if I remember right even Obertauern is covered by Top Ski pass) all in less then hour drive from Spittal. Moeltal is option too, but I'm not really sure I would pick it at the moment. It's 3000m high, with only 3 useful lifts, and it's great pick for September or October, but with "normal" ski resorts open, Moeltal wouldn't be my first pick.
Current conditions... well at the moment it's dumping snow... literally. I just got sms, Nassfeld was getting 10cm new snow per hour. And was going on like this for half day. Most of new snow is coming from south, which means Karnten resorts will do good, but no idea how much will make over Tauern to Salzburg and Steiermark resorts.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Bergmeister, If staying in Mallnitz then you shouldn't leave out a day at Ankogel - small but beautiful, about 5000 vertical feet.
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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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Skied on the Steinplatte/Winklmoosalm (Reit im Winkl) yesterday. Conditions aren't great but fine enough for a day, especially higher up. Pictures (also of the Loferer Alm where I expect conditions are similar) in this thread.
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Thanks All!
Bode, how far is Ankogel from Mallniitz?
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Bergmeister, maybe 2km, really very close!
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+1 for Ankogel. It's tiny but would be good for a long morning before the train shuttle and driving back to Munich.
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