 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi - does anybody have a report to share? Making our first visit to there (Soll) on 23/1.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I would just look at the reports re the Kitzbuheler Alps, as its geographically in the same vicinity.
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Am heading out on Saturday. Conditions look great. Let's hope so
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Anyone going out on the 30th I'm with a party of 8 on the second flight out of Manchester
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Thanks all. Seems to be slowly improving out there. It would be nice if the resort runs open - I imagine it's a right pain queuing for the gondala down at the end of day.
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According to the website it is open
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Most valley runs are open
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heading to Brixen on the 23rd, looking good
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Ill be in Kirchberg from Sunday the 24th to Friday if anyone fancies a ski round the Kitzbuhel area just PM me. There will probably be a few other SH around and about.
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I'm up for skiing with SHs in Kitzbuhel on Monday 25th. I'm busy with guests later in the week.
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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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Ellmau had 40cm overnight in the village
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was in soll last week icy until wednesday it snowed that night and had a blue skies left on Sat and it had loads of snow falling.
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You know it makes sense.
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For those of you heading to Ellmau - here's a link to the nursery slope webcam at the sporthotel end - ellmau.panomax.com - it looks terrific there now - I've only 62 days to wait for my trip - I hope you all have a great time 
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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| Tangerine Snow Balls wrote: |
| Anyone going out on the 30th I'm with a party of 8 on the second flight out of Manchester |
yeah we are going on the 30th flying 4 of us from manchester on the lufthansa early morning flight staying in soll getting train from munich...
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Poster: A snowHead
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anyone update on conditions in soll looks very warm at the moment with no snow forcast... not filled with confidence for the weekend!!!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@ryan110398, in ellmau currently. Warm temps today reaching 10C up on hartkaiserbahn at 1520m. Slushy snow but still good fun. I just don't know if it can handle the warm temps for another week.
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@Tangerine Snow Balls, @ryan110398, yep I'm also going out on 30th but staying in Kitzbuhel.
@Don87, must admit my heart sank slightly when I saw the weather forecast earlier on as yesterday it was showing snow. It can change so quickly though
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@Don87, bet its great skiing conditions albeit slushy... it is showing that it could cool slightly and have a bit of snow friday night hopefully thats the case for when we arrive saturday...
@VolklAttivaS5, we will be travelling to kitz on maybe the monday or tuesday for the day not been there for over 20 years so i imagine its a completely different place now!
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| ryan110398 wrote: |
@Don87, bet its great skiing conditions albeit slushy... it is showing that it could cool slightly and have a bit of snow friday night hopefully thats the case for when we arrive saturday...
@VolklAttivaS5, we will be travelling to kitz on maybe the monday or tuesday for the day not been there for over 20 years so i imagine its a completely different place now! |
Yes, snow making almost everywhere. Mostly fast lifts. You can get to Pass Thurn properly not via ski route and bus. The main cable car is a gondola so the alternative way up via chair and t-bar no longer exists. Some new pistes...
My previous trip until recently was 1990...
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@ryan110398, yeah I've never been to Kitzbuhel myself so looking forward to it
The only place I've been to in Ski Welt is Going and that was 9 years ago so can barely remember
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Going to Soll shortly. Is anybody "on the ground" for a piste update? Not clear how the runs to the valley are holding up in the warmer weather?
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I am on Soll this week, currently sat outside the holzalm enjoying a morning weissbier!
Spring conditions is the best way to describe, pistes freezing overnight so hard first thing, softening quickly once the sun is on it.
Valley runs holding up well generally but a few brown patches in some of the more used home runs.
Off piste unfortunately not holding up well, not enough base to stick the high temps.
But it is great to be sat sunbathing with a beer in January!
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@VolklAttivaS5, its a great place from what i remember looking forward to a day there on this trip!
@ciderchap, very jealous sat in work i must admit! looking like the weekend is going to bring some gale force winds with it but saying snow if forcast with it if its cold enough though!
fingers crossed for some lower temps even so the snow cannons can get to work...
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Today I led a group round the Kitzbuhel and Ski Welt ski areas - from Kitzbuhel to Going via Kirchberg, Westendorf, Brixen, Hopfgarten, Itter, Soll, Scheffau and Ellmau. I worried that the snow wouldn't last, but it was great. It was firm in the morning, but as soon as we arrived on pistes that the sun had reached it was fine, and even late in the day the north facing slopes of the Ski Welt were lovely to ski on. Stats for the day: 11,012 vertical metres, 28 lifts, 10 villages visited, 100 km (ski + lifts), first lift 8:45, last lift 15:59 - phew!
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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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@johnbarr, How long did you stop for lunch doing that trip?
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| VolklAttivaS5 wrote: |
| @johnbarr, How long did you stop for lunch doing that trip? |
We had a quick stop at a self service restaurant for spag bol and a quick beer - probably 20 minutes or so.
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You know it makes sense.
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@johnbarr, so my pub idea of Going > Brixen > Westendorf > Pengelstein > Pass Thurm and back in a day looks like a non-starter then?
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| HutToHut wrote: |
| @johnbarr, so my pub idea of Going > Brixen > Westendorf > Pengelstein > Pass Thurm and back in a day looks like a non-starter then? |
Interesting idea, and I must say I do like a challenge! Not promising I can do it, but if I'm in the right place I'll try to time Going to KiWest, and Ski Rast (Pengelstein) to Pass Thurn, and let you know what I find. Are you aiming to do that this season?
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Poster: A snowHead
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@johnbarr, don't know if I'm going at all this season yet. It's an idea that started in the pub a few years ago. We've had weeks in Westendorf and Kitz before, so sounded like a challenge after a few pints.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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TBH I'm a hard core piste basher so not particularly fussed with off piste. I had a very interesting Spring ski in Soll in the 1980's more mud than snow!! But since then I have had 2 fantastic weeks there 2012 and 2013. 2013 was great, almost too much snow......
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looking at the weather forcast the weekend looks like it could be floods of rain as temps not cold enough! hoping the temps drop and its all snow!!!
@johnbarr, thats a lot of mileage in one day! we skied from soll to ellmau and back took us all afternoon getting lost with the useless maps ha
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When I looked at the forecast this morning it seemed to suggest snow a few days next week
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@johnbarr, great stuff, cheers
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Off to Soll on the 13th Feb, which are the recommended, reliable weather forecast sites?
Thanks
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Thanks John, I have a black cat and a lucky rabbit's foot at the ready.... !
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