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We have just bagged ourselves a bargain new year ski trip (mon - sat) 2 adults and 2 kids (11 & 9). Can anyone recommend somewhere to go for New Year’s Eve. I am also a little apprehensive about finding our way around the slopes - is it worth having an instructor/guide for the first day or am I worrying about nothing? We are beginner/intermediate but used to skiing in Borovets where you can’t really go wrong as it’s so small and we know our way around!
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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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@Alastair Pink, or book now. I have my table booked in Flachau and the restaurant will be full well before new year week
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@holidayloverxx, good point!
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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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no need for a guide either - pretty easy to find your way around
pretty funky lift joining the zell am ziller sector with the gerlos sector (which I prefer), especially on the way back to the zell side, with a strange mid station where you have to stay on and other people join
I've never stayed there, only skied there for single days, so no idea about the accommodation or restaurants
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Thanks all !
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@Hicksviv, good skiers can cover the whole of the Zillertal Arena out and back in a day from Zell, and the navigation is really very easy and well sign-posted. The only thing to be careful of is that the link over the top from Zell down into Gerlos is dependent on a single lift to the highest point in the area, and sometimes closes when it gets windy. You can get a ski bus back along the valley, so this isn't a €150 taxi type of disaster but it can be inconvenient. Check the weather forecast if you are planning a trip over - the run down from the top of Zell into Gerlos is one of my favourites, as you have about 10 minutes of complete wilderness to ski through and you may wonder how you'll ever get out of there as there's no sign of a lift until you are almost on top of it. In poor weather it is a navigational challenge. On a good day, it is heavenly.
The lift in Zell is out of town, so a little disconnected from the centre, and the slopes above the town are a little limited and almost all red. If that's a problem for you, you may be better to take the bus to Gerlos at first to access some gentler slopes via either gondola - see https://winter.intermaps.com/zillertalarena for an interactive map.
Competent red run skiers will love the whole area, but if you do want to experience something else then take the narrow gauge train (free with a ski pass) to Mayrhofen for a day and try that area as well. In particular the long red/blue run down from Gerent is a classic and has great views on a clear day, and there are many other attractions to the area.
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Apparently that single lift joining Zell am Ziller to/from Gerlos (the one with a bottom station at each end, and 2 mid stations, one for getting on and the other for getting off in both directions) is due for replacement with a 10er heated gondola next year.
It's never been closed when I've been, but there's always a first time, and I've always made sure to recce the Gerlos-Zell bus. I'd be tempted to either park at Gerlos or intentionally use the bus next time to have more time to spend at the Gerlos/Königleiten end of the area next time (because the Zillertal Arena bit is kind of strung out end to end - hence why I said no need for a guide - you just keep taking the next lift and eventually turn round and make your way back). The plateau bit at the top of Gerlos is brilliant for beginners - nice easy and wide piste that's always sunny when I've been. Nice run down thru the trees too.
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