 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi All
Visiting the skiwelt soon and we're thinking about visiting Kitzbuhel. My question is are mere mortals allowed to ski The Streif or is it only for skiing jedi warriors?
If its open to all just how good do you have to be??
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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It's a piste, ski it!
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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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Pretty ordinary red gradient piste.
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Rickster, the crucial difference being it won't be water injected and you won't be hitting it at race speed...
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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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I skied it last week just after the downhill race. Its not that steep but in its race prepared state it was devilishly slippery with lots of quite good skiers skittering around me on the glass like finish left after the big race. By now it will be just another piste, if you are a reasonable intermediate skier I don't think it'll give you much of a problem. Feel free to look up the course time record though and marvel at how quick that time is.
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Thanks for the replies folks, streif here we come 
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Most of it is a red piste but certain bits of the actual race course (mausefalle, steilhang, etc.) are designated as extreme 'ski routes'. You can do the whole thing if the snow cover is sufficient but I think the hausberg part has no snow cover at present.
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Actually, when I was in Kitzbühel (town) yesterday, the cover on the Hausberg traverse looked fine (from afar) although it was adjudged insufficient for the race.
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The actual race route is (laughably) graded as an 'extreme ski route,' however when it's not race-prepped it's pretty straightforward. Nice big moguls last time I skied it.
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I skied it in my 3rd week on skis. Bit steep at the top, but generally skiable rather than survivable.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Apart from the big moguls clarky999 mentioned and a few other un-groomed sections most of it is a standard red. I suspect they allow the huge moguls to build up to slow down the inevitable boy racers who would be a danger to themselves and others on the steeper bits.
However, you and I have the luxury of turning where we want and not going around gates... Try straight lining the first pitch from the start hut and then see if you think it's so straightforward
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