 Poster: A snowHead
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@ulmerhutte, the name Arlberg is very old, older than the Romantic period at least, when mountains (the real high ones) were given names. Before that time, mountains were nameless.
The Arlberg though is on an old important medieval road, and the "berg" in its name refers to the pass (being a 'berg' in the road) itself. So actually in our modern terms it should be "Arlpass"
The use of the adjective "am Arlberg" is a 20th century thing, and related to tourism. Like a brand.
Officially only St.Anton and St.Christoph use it, not Lech, Zürs and Stuben
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Re location...
First year we arrived from MUC by train and stayed in Pettneu. The cheap flights were quite late on the Saturday, so we slummed it in the MUC Hilton on the Saturday night and got the train on Sunday morning. Taxi to the hovvel and then the owner offered to drive us to the supermarket. Ski bus to and from the door pretty much every day. The ski bus is pretty unpleasant, but bearable. You have to be organised getting perishables in town before getting the bus back each evening.
Second year we drove from Nuremberg (Good old Ryainair) and stayed in Schhann. We still got the bus most days, but drove once or twice.
As above, the bus is not pleasant, especially with 2 small kids. But if it's bus served ski holiday or a wet half term in Manchester there was really no contest.
I think the apartments were around 700 euros for the week.
PS. That £2.5k included everything apart from insurance. Taxi to and from Manc airport, flights, Hilton hotel, trains, taxi, ski carriage, kids ski lessons, ski passes for 4, all food and drink, souvenirs.
The second year was a bit less, perhaps £2,200 all in as the kids didn't get ski lessons.
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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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Guess it must have been a while ago TheGeneralist? There is a MiniM supermarket in Pettneu selling all the basics, plus a bakery. Only time I've ever found the bus unpleasant has been during the peak Feb holiday weeks, and then mostly just in the mornings, evenings aren't so bad. Having said that, I stay close to bus stops on both the ski bus routes serving Pettneu which may make it a little easier...
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| Guess it must have been a while ago TheGeneralist? |
Last year and the year before.
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| There is a MiniM supermarket in Pettneu selling all the basics, plus a bakery. |
quite probably, but 700 euros won't get you the Pettneu town centre in February. We were pretty much in the middle of BF nowhere, on the outskirts back towards St Anton. Too far to be schlepping into town by foot.
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| Only time I've ever found the bus unpleasant has been during the peak Feb holiday weeks |
Yep, this thread is about St Anton at half term, which is what I'm describing.
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| , and then mostly just in the mornings, evenings aren't so bad. |
Strangely enough I found it the opposite. In the morning you sit at an empty bus stop by a road in a [hopefully] snow covered valley. In the evening you go to the industrial concrete jungle bus station thing and hang around with loads of drunken Scans before scrumming down onto the bus. It's the evening I found worse.
Anyway, let's not let this get out of proportion. The bus journey sucks, but it's a means to an end[/quote]
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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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@TheGeneralist, that concrete jungle thing is the Rendlbahn bus station under, awesome functional building. Never scrummed with peed up Skandis...don't know when you've been, strange. You clearly take some pleasing....
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Likewise. That said, I have only ever caught the Linie 2 & 4 buses. No real issues. Perhaps the Pettneu-bound passengers are different!
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anyone ever flown to zurich then driven to st anton ? flights to innsbruck are silly prices. Friedricshafen not convenient. zurich has good times and costs from Luton at the moment for jan / feb 2018
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| anyone ever flown to zurich then driven to st anton ? flights to innsbruck are silly prices. Friedricshafen not convenient. zurich has good times and costs from Luton at the moment for jan / feb 2018 |
Surely the train, train, train! One quick change at Zurich city station then off to St Anton plus a couple of beers. Splendid.
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@backhojo, Zurich - St Anton is very easy and a great way to travel. Grab a train buffet in the supermarket in Zurich airport on the way down to the train.
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i was thinking of driving not train. gives more flexability. accomdation likely to be outside of st anton. 2 adults, 2 kids, 4 cases, skis, self catering...not great on trains. plus getting to shops etc once in accomdation is easier.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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@backhojo, Friedrichshafen is very convenient and cheaper car hire that ZHR.
ZHR is good with trains but bad with hire cars in my experience. Its an easy train journey, 100% train from ZHR not car.....other way round from MUC btw. Done both many times.
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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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| i was thinking of driving not train. gives more flexability. accomdation likely to be outside of st anton. 2 adults, 2 kids, 4 cases, skis, self catering...not great on trains. plus getting to shops etc once in accomdation is easier. |
Fair enough.
Easy drive in that case (when I've done taxis from Ischgl, which is further, it didn't feel troublesome). Motorway all the way. Presume you'll need to pull over and get the Austrian motorway vignette before crossing the border?
Having said that. What would the cost of taxis be if you had to use them to and from resort or to ski buses plus train to and from Zurich, vs car hire for the week? Not sure myself but worth looking at?
I personally like minimising what I have to do.
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@backhojo, Trains cheaper too, if you buy early. Or Arlberg Express coach from ZHR/ St Anton?
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You know it makes sense.
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