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I'm taking the family skiing at Zell Am See the 2nd week of April as part of our spring break trip, but I'm concerned about there being little/no snow since Schmitten is closing April 13th. We're going to be traveling by train, so it would be a pain to make backup hotel reservations in a bunch of other towns as insurance. So my question is are there other resorts/pistes that we could get to by bus, etc. that are close enough to Zell Am See that we could get there easily if Schmitten and the others right next to town have crappy snow? It's my first time in that area, and first time skiing Europe with the fam, so I'm a noob at this place. Thanks.
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@thafool, I suspect you might be right to be concerned about the amount of skiing in Zell mid April however just down the road is the glacier at Kaprun, https://www.kitzsteinhorn.at/en. There are buses from Zell to the glacier area. That should sort your backup plan 
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As above, you will probably need to hop on a skibus from Zell am See to Kaprun and hit up their glacier (what's left of it).
You're looking at ~1hr of total travel there and back.
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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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Excellent! Thanks all for your input. I had seen that Kaprun had glacier skiing, but I've always had a car when skiing so I wasn't sure how big of pain it was to get around without one. And if the snow is crappy I guess we'll just have to find the bar at one of the bazillion ski huts. Either way Daddy wins. 
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@thafool, Welcome to Snowheads
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Welcome @thafool to the forum,
You never know with snow .. we could still have an almighty dump and freeze,
Full marks for going by train, I just came back by train last Saturday.
Which route are you going?
We came in on the EC163 from Worgl and booked seat in the panorama car, brilliant.
The 660 bus runs from Zell to Kaprun every half hour.
If the snow is good on the Maiskogel make sure you come back from the glacier on the 3km long lift, I didn't do it but my daughter says its brill.
Then visit the "Ranch Alm" up in the Maiskogel the family will love it.
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