 Poster: A snowHead
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Does anyone have any recommendations or tips at all please? Particularly for ski areas, nearby resorts you can do in a day, good runs, and restaurants/bars! Likely to do a few days downhill and maybe one cross-country.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@PrimroseAndBlue, there is skiing on the Zugspitze (Germany's highest mountain which shares a border with Austria) and also the Garmisch Classic ski area.
Sadly the ski lifts are no longer in operation on the interestingly named Mount Wank (the Wankbahn 4 person gondola still operates apparently for walkers, snowshoers and tobogganists only)
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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, thank you very much indeed. Looking at the map I see it is mainly blues and reds, any views on the difficulty?
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@PrimroseAndBlue, sorry, I've only ever visited Garmisch-Partenkirchen to watch the ski jumping in the Four Hills Tournament (interestingly the buildings there in the spectator area date from the 1936 Olympics!) and go up to the summit of the Zugspitze for the views, I've not yet had the chance to ski there. 
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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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@PrimroseAndBlue,
Zugspitze us worth visiting if only for the cable car ride, a bit like where eagles dare, or the clog railway through the mountain. The views are spectacular.
If I remember correctly the sking was OK with lots off blues and a few challenging runs back to the bottom of the mountain if there is sufficient snow.
We stayed in a place that had solid silver cutlery with swastika markings!
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@PrimroseAndBlue, the main area in Garmisch is called Garmisch Classic. Must do the Kandahar from the top down to the valley at Kreuzeck, which has some quite steep stretches and is just generally one of my favourite high speed hooning runs in the Alps. If you are into off piste then there are a few possibilities off the top of the Alpspitz gondola (from Kreuzeck) where there is a set of steep couloirs leading down to Hochalm, but Garmisch is not generally known for it's off piste. The other area in Garmisch itself is up on the glacier at the Zugspitze. As has been said, the gondola ride up there is spectacular, and the views from the top are stunning. The pistes are a bit boring, the off piste is great, but only if they have more than 4m of snow... less and you are likely to destroy your skis! I usually go up there end of March or beginning of April.
Based in Garmisch with a car you can take a 20 minute drive over to Austria and do Ehrwald, Lermoos and Biberwier. I personally usually end up in Lermoos, but the Ehrwald is definitely worth a visit.
For off piste you can take a look at the Dammkar in Mittenwald. This is a free ride area (no pistes) reached via the Karwendelbahn from Mittenwald. Once you get to the top there is a 500m walk through a tunnel which pops you out at the top of the Dammkar valley. Follows about 5Km of powder followed by a track which brings you back down to the gondola. You have to check whether the track is skiable all the way, otherwise you end up with a long walk!
Further along that way in Austria you can ski in Seefeld, which is also a major cross country center, or you can carry on down to the Inn valley and across to Axams. Definitely worth a visit.
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@stewart woodward,
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| If I remember correctly the sking was OK with lots off blues and a few challenging runs back to the bottom of the mountain if there is sufficient snow. |
There are no runs from Zugspitze to the valley. There is a route that can be taken from the top down to Ehrwald, but need to abseil about 60m in the middle! Not standard stuff.
If you take the train down then shortly after the tunnel exit there is a stop at Riffelriss, which takes you to an un-pisted route down to the gondola base. Well worth doing, but not always open. Certainly won't be open yet this year.
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Fabulous, thank you all very much for the tips.
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The garmish Classic area has a lot of reds some blue, and two great blacks , the Kandahar is a really good black run if you like a fast challange. The other black is not quite as much of a challange but is good fun. The Zugspitz area has mostly reds , and they are easy reds. If you want some pretty and fairly easy skiing then Ehrwald is a great spot to go.
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Going to Zugspitze on Friday the 24th of Jan now!
Booked as a good last minute deal I found online and a bit uncertain now whether it was good choice.
I'm a boarder and usually things I look for are trees, off piste, black runs, good powder too. (any tips on those? definitely checking out those places mentioned above, thanks for those!)
Don't think it's a good place for any of those but hey, kicking off the season!
By the way my first post ever here at snowheads 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Welcome.
Garmisch is for intermediates.
Not much snow in the valley today, but plenty uptop.
Very pretty area, but spreadout.
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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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@trindadebruno, welcome to snowHeads!  Hope you enjoy your trip to Garmisch Partenkirchen!
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@trindadebruno, welcome, and do a trip report - booked for a trip to garmisch early March so would love to hear what you think and any tips!
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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lermoos on the zugspitze pass is a nice little place. some good terrain
if you going to the glacier time it for the cable car
garmisch town itself has loads of cheap places to eat
try mezzo mix drink....its a weird mix of coke & fanta that the locals love.
the hospital there is top notch. my mate who refused to get lessons can vouch for that. three days of fresh snow wasted 
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Poster: A snowHead
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The town itself has lots of lovely places to eat, but I can recommend the Gasthof Fraundorfer for an evening meal, it is so typically Bavarian, with accordians, wenches serving beer, and back bottom slapping dancers, lot's of fun and the food is good.
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