 Poster: A snowHead
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Thanks to some brilliant advice on here I have booked for my family and I a weeks skiing for Half Term 2016 in Corvara.
I have been offered a really good deal on a holiday at the Sporthotel Strauss in Mayrhofen for a couple of weeks earlier.
The hotel looks really good (spa for the wifey) but I know nothing about the ski area.
My twin daughters and I are "Red Run" confident intermediates and my wife is a two week timid beginner.
What are your thoughts on the ski area in terms of my family and I.
I am not looking for any comparisons to Corvara just simply your thoughts on Mayrhofen.
Best regards,
DJ
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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watch out for Fasching week 4-10th Feb. That will be very rowdy
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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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23th Jan to the 30th so that should be OK.
Any thoughts on the ski area??
Kind regards.
DJ
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Good ski area and that's a great week to go.
Snap up the deal 
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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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My advice would be to go and to take full advantage of the other areas available on the Zillertal pass (buses and trains included in lift pass price). Lots of great skiing to be had.
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@Drunkenjoiner, firstly, the hotel is fab. We've stayed there twice and I'm very fussy!  It's also next to the main gondola so you can get there early and miss the queues. (Only at gondola first thing, not suggesting you'll find queues everywhere - you won't.)
As for the ski area, as swiftoid says, there is some great skiing to be had, it's an intermediates paradise. Presumably your wife will be in ski school but we didn't use one. I guess someone can recommend a good school if you need any information.
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@maggi, Thanks.
My brother has been to Mayrhofen for the last three years on summer holidays and though he has not stayed at this particular hotel he has been in and says it looks really good.
"Yes" my wife will be doing ski school. For her (apart from the spa) ski school is the best part of the holiday as she gets to meet loads of lovely people.
I like to meet loads of new people on holiday too, but I'm generally leant against the bar while doing this.
Anymore advice fellow Snow Heads?
Regards
DJ
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Definitely have a day out at Kaltenbach - it's a lovely area and great for intermediates. Zell is lovely too but the pistes are steeper and mostly reds, so might not suit your wife. Gerlos is a longer drive and not that exciting an area, although getting the bus to Zell then skiing over to Gerlos and getting the bus back from there would be a fun day out.
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I would agree with all of the above. Great hotel, good spot next to the Penkenbahn. The new one will be complete by then and so much better uplift capacity at peak times. If you are comfortable on reds then it is also worth a trip to Hintertux.
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