 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi all
We've let our flat in Les Arcs this year for the whole season...it was an offer we couldn't refuse.
We want to get away for a week or so (midweek travel for reasons) but not till the end of March and fancy Austria for a change. Or maybe Switzerland.
We want: reasonable ski area (we are used to Paradiski..) decent snow (yes I know could be a sticking point that late in the season but sunshine is a compensation!) and easily accessible from UK, by car, via tunnel. Gemutlich Apres ski is sufficient. Cake and beer....
Your recommendations? We have been to Kitzbuhl/Kirchberg, Ski Welt, Silvretta Nova within memory - always keen to try somewhere new.
2 adults ..no kids! Yay!  and long time skiers with our own kit.... if you also have a favourite hotel, B & B, apartment etc please recommend away!
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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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Difficult year 2014, some of the snow cover isn't as great as we'd like, so I guess you'll need some altitude.
Ischgl in Tyrol (Silvretta) gets my vote.
Try the Hotel Goldener Adler. excellent hotel, good location
Or Serfaus Fiss, at the Fisser Hof.
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Hmmmm, thinking about it....as you have a car....Ski Amade? Had my first (and definitely not last) experience of the place a few weeks ago. Stayed in Radstadt at Flangesax's place ( highly recommended ).
There are so many options for skiing plus several higher towns just in case things get sketchy lower down (local anecdotal evidence seems to suggest that this is not a usual state of affairs).
Having driven there, Radstadt is extremely easy to get to, as are the other Amade resorts. From there, I think the longest drive was 30/35 minutes.
No problem from the cake & beer perspective, either 
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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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Cacciatore, Just read your report. Ouch! (but self inflicted, no sympathy!)
Saalbach/Hinterglemm is on list as is Serfaus/Fiss (esp because no UK tour ops go there) but I will investigate Amade, as don't mind jumping in the car if needed.
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All I can say currently is not the Zillertal! Great place to ski (been my adopted home for the past 4ish years) but this season is sooooo warm 
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snowyowl, none expected 
I wasn't aware of many mainstream UK TOs going to the Amade resorts we visited (Radtstadt, Flachau, Flachau Winkel, Zauchensee. Didn't really need to investigate this in any depth, though, but that was the impression (correct or otherwise) that I had.
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Zillertal is excellent for both on and off-piste. Miles and miles of pistes. Lots of off-piste with very few people doing it. It also has the Hintertux glacier which is a snowsure as you can get. The snow should be excellent in early April. St Anton and the Arlberg for superb off-piste. It has been horribly warm but that is set to change, snow should be coming. One good storm and normal service will be resumed!
http://www.bergfex.com/mayrhofen/wetter/berg/
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snowyowl,
It's not everyone's cup of tea but I really enjoy Sölden. Its got 3 peaks over 3000m and about 150k of piste. It's about an hour and fifteen from Innsbruck and has night life that goes from pastoral to quite frankly bawdy, but the later is easily avoided. Also there area number of very comfortable hotels, and mountain huts are pretty good too. 
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Obergurgl is a great quiet resort and very high, so snow shouldn´t be a problem. If you find it´s not big enough for you, or the Apres Ski´s too tame, then jump on the bus or grab a taxi to Sölden. It´s only 10 minutes away
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St Anton
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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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whitedescents, enjoyed Obergurgl in ..um...1989 I think. Wonder if it has changed?
I subscribe to the view that if you have energy for Apres ski then you weren't skiing hard enough! All I need/am fit for is cake/swim/bath/dinner/beer/sleep... in any order!
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