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Can anyone tell me if there is a worthwhile Ski Circuit between the above villages. It looks like you get most of the way round but may run into a dead end in Ellmau. If so is it an easy taxi back to Kitzbuhel.Are there other circuits starting from Kitzbuhel that are worth a day.
Thanks in advance.
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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?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I would think a taxi would be expensive. Paid €50 for taxi from Scheffau to Brixen.
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This is really two circuits: the Kitzbühel/Kirchberg area on one side and the Brixen/Ellmau/Westendorf area (known as the SkiWelt) on the other side. You can ski both on the same day but need the Kitzbüheler Alpen AllStar Card (or the Salzburg Super Ski Card) rather than the passes for the individual local areas.
The two areas aren't directly linked (on ski). The shortest connection is the Skibus between the Pengelstein I gondola in the Kirchberg area and the KiWest gondola at Westendorf. This is free with the passes covering both areas. It is quite a way to ski from the KiWest over to Ellmau/Going, so it advisable to watch the time if you are relying on getting back from the one area to the other.
It is possible to ski circuits (i.e. back to your starting point) in both areas but, as I say, there's a lot of ground to cover. You can find details of routes in John Barr's Kitzbühel Alps Ski Guide (available as a download or a printed version which can be bought from John).
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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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@GarryC, if you go for it I think you could make Ellmau for lunch (must be ribs at Ruebezahl-Alm) and head back towards Hopfgarten - halfway down run 20 from the middle station is a great bar called Sunnseithutte - you can sit there watching the sun go down and ski the last bit into town in the gloom. Then simply catch train back to Kitzbuhel Hahnenkamm (cheap and about 25 minutes)
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It is quite possible to ski Kitzbuhel and Skiwelt in the one day. There are two easy bus links beside the train. A couple of years ago the train was free for Kitzalp pass holders. the bus links are
1. Pengelstein (Kitzbuhel) to KiWest (Westendorf)
2. Westendorf/Brixen (SkiWelt) to Kichberg/ Kitzbuhel
There are no bus links on the Sheffau/Ellmau/Soll side but there are between Westendorf/Brixen/Kirchberg/Kitz
You can't make a closed circuit but you could start by skiing over to Pengelstein, take the Kiwest into Westendorf, work over to Brixen (11 is a good run), up into skiwelt and work over to Sheffau or Ellmau. You have to go back to Brixen and get the bus back from there.
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| Col the Yeti wrote: |
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Actually, if you still have time, you can take the gondola from Brixen (the SkiWeltbahn 11) up the Westendorf side and ski back to the KiWest piste and from there by bus back to the Kitzbühel/Kirchberg area.
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GReat info.Thanks all.We're starting from kirchberg. Does it make more sense to head to Ellmau for lunch starting at the Ki West and loop back the same route in the one day. We are not concerned at what type of slopes we hit as all the group are speedy.Roll on the snow.
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GReat info.Thanks all.We're starting from kirchberg. Does it make more sense to head to Ellmau for lunch starting at the Ki West and loop back the same route in the one day. We are not concerned at what type of slopes we hit as all the group are speedy.Roll on the snow.
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Yes, sounds fine. By the KiWest (either all the way by bus to speed things up or via the Pengelstein on ski and then the shorter bus run) to Westendorf, on to Brixen and then over to Söll, Ellmau, Scheffau and/or Going.
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