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Has anybody been to Solden??
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Hi I'm a newbie here Very Happy

I've just booked a hol in Solden Austria in March and apart from knowing that I'll probably be the only brit there, there is a good nightlife and the snow should be ok, I dont know a lot really Puzzled

I'm an intermediate boarder so I'm after doing some nice blues n reds. I'm staying 300m from the Giggijoch station.

So what are the best runs for the day and bars for the night and any no no's

Any other info like nice resteraunts, things to do, night skiing etc

Any advice would be really helpfull. Thank you very much snowHead
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chuters, Welcome to snowHead
I've never been to Solden, I'm afraid... but the sensible ones that know what they're talking about are usually around in the mornings Little Angel
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Thanks Michelle Little Angel
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chuters, Went to Soelden in April of last year. Top resort. Will definitely return at some point.

* Very good lift infrastructure. Lots of modern gondolas (just watch out for helicopters and slabs of concrete), and fast detachable hooded chairlifts.
* Lively Austrian apres-ski. Good selection of bars/restaurants.
* Failry attractive village (certainly compared to French purpose built attrocities).
* 3 skiable peaks above 3000m and 2 glaciers makes it snow sure until late into the season.
* Mainly a germanic resort, but you certanily won't be the only English people.
* In terms of pistes, the tree lines runs into the village on the left of the piste map were quality. There was also a nice off-piste trail running down the middle of the ski-map (sorry don't have map to hand, just remember where they were). On the whole the runs were well maintained and pretty good throughout.
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Just back from a weekend in Solden with 9 guys. It is a great resort in terms of skiing. Do the high runs up towards the glacier area as soon as you get a good day, we were there for 3 days and didn't have one when there was any visability up to. However there are some great runs lower down, black 7 is a fantastic wide black (in my opion a red) down through the trees to the village. Also black 3 above the mid station is great fun. Typical Austrian resort in terms of night life, great apres (just follow the music) one in particular in the middle of the town, kind of open air bar under one of those umbrella tents really great fun. Good resturants if you look hard, village is also full of strip joints if that is your thing. If you are driving be careful at night the local cops are tough on drink driving. On the down side, the ski bus seems verry erratic and is jammed full when one finally arrives. The village is also very strung out...you certainly can't walk from one end to the other. Ful of germans and dutch, but in my opinion they are great fun people so I see that as good. Enjoy the trip, the skiing and boarding is really top notch.
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I'm a Solden fan - been there about 10 times over the last 20 years and was there in january. There's not much to add to what Kamikaze and Nigels say. It's a big, well developed ski area. I'm not a boarder but I can say that Solden looks to be a good boarding area - lots of nice wide runs and a 'boarder park' with half-pipe and so on. As a skier when staying on the giggijoch side of town, my big treat is to go up to Rotekogel Hutte in the late afternoon and wait till most people have gone down - then you can have a nice long run all the way down to Solden with the mountain going cool and quiet and you almost have it to yourself!

You should have a great time. Are you going with a tour operator? If so who? Which hotel?
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Hey guys thanks a bunch for all that information thats been a great help.

Kamikaze, wot do you mean Helicopters? Puzzled and that off piste bit sounds cool is it the bit in the dead centre to right of glaciers?? heres the map http://ext.soelden.com/skimap_popup/images/skimap.jpg Also tree lined stuff sounds cool i love boarding amongst trees

Nigels, I have heard quite a bit about the lap dancing and all my mates have had to pull out of hol so I'm going on my own so even tho I dont usually go to strip joints thats gonna be a major test of will power rolling eyes

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my big treat is to go up to Rotekogel Hutte in the late afternoon and wait till most people have gone down - then you can have a nice long run all the way down to Solden with the mountain going cool and quiet and you almost have it to yourself!


Was hoping i could do that as im not far from the Giggijoch station. I'm going with Neilson and I'm staying at the Pension Fiegl hotel Very Happy
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Chuters

Looks like Pension Fiegl is quite well situated. You're on the opposite side of the river to the main street so your house should be fairly quiet but a short walk to the action. If you haven't booked half board, you should find plenty of restaurants close by.
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Peter Wright wrote:
Chuters

Looks like Pension Fiegl is quite well situated. You're on the opposite side of the river to the main street so your house should be fairly quiet but a short walk to the action. If you haven't booked half board, you should find plenty of restaurants close by.


Thanks Peter how have you found info on the location Puzzled I've been looking everywhere but all i know is its 300m from the Giggijoch
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Chuters

I got that from an accommodation brochure I picked up in the tourist office on a previous trip. However, you may find something on the Solden website www.soelden.com. There's accommodation list, ski maps, etc plus webcams, weather, runs and lifts open.
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Hi Again Peter

Yeah been on the site and found some great info like town maps and weather reports n stuff but no info on pension fiegl. Look sorry to be a real pain in the ass but could you post the address name of the Pension Fiegl when you get 2 mins just so I can get an idea of where exactly it is and how far it is from places??

Thanks again mate

Paul
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