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Are there any resorts that are either close by to innsbruk or with easy transport links between the two? Preferably with lots of nice blues. And good snow in January. Apres ski provisions not needed. Not much to ask is it 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@bambionskiis, How easy do the transport links need to be? Train or car?
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Khutai or such similar spelling - love it
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Ah sorry yes I meant public transport; shuttle bus maybe or taxi if necessary. we wouldn’t be driving.
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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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I think Khutai was on The Jump wasn’t it. I’ll have a look Ta.
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@bambionskiis, You might want to look at Seefeld, not so much skiing but relatively easy on the train from Innsbruck. Nearer to Innsbruck is either Schlick 2000 or Axamer Lizum (I think there are shuttles from Innsbruck to both). None of these places are huge but good for a day trip. Further afield the Zillertal is easy to get to on the train, Kaltenbach best for a day trip.
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Thanks Munich. I realise I haven’t given enough detail, in that I wasn’t planning on staying in innsbruk but flying into there. I was just thinking of easy access to resort from airport. Sorry.
I’ve heard of seefeld so will have a look at that though.
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| bambionskiis wrote: |
| I think Khutai was on The Jump wasn’t it. I’ll have a look Ta. |
no idea, but I used to do regular long weekends from Bristol and would book a transfer that was typically a VW Transporter for our group from the airport that took 30 mins to get up to the resort.
Did the small resorts like Schlick but they are really half day type slopes, Stubai is at the end of a long road and a bit like a day trip to get to it on the bus ... Khutai is a lovely small resort at 2000m that is as good as it gets imho, loved it
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Kaltenbach, just over an hour by train (main Innsbruck station) , including one change onto the smaller valley railway. Train station is then about 300m walk to the gondola.
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St Anton is a pleasant train ride from Innsbruck with the train station in the middle of town
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@rayscoops, not so good for blue slopes though
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Another vote for Seefeld. Nice town generally.
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Really great suggestions thanks. I hadn’t heard of kaltenbach before.
In a perfect world when would be the best month to visit, do you guys think? We can go when we want (not tied to half term now). We had thought January originally but we could do later.
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You know it makes sense.
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@bambionskiis, outside of the local or nearby country holidays - some weeks in Khutai are booked up a year in advance
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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kirchberg?
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Poster: A snowHead
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@bambionskiis, 3rd week of January will be nice and quiet I would think.
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Rayscoop crikey that’s worth knowing then!
Mr egg - will take a look thanks
Bennyboy - That’s Actually my preferred week. Wasn’t sure whether early March for example would be a bit more pleasant but I’m guessing things will be more expensive. Hmm.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| rayscoops wrote: |
| bambionskiis wrote: |
| I think Khutai was on The Jump wasn’t it. I’ll have a look Ta. |
no idea, but I used to do regular long weekends from Bristol and would book a transfer that was typically a VW Transporter for our group from the airport that took 30 mins to get up to the resort.
Did the small resorts like Schlick but they are really half day type slopes, Stubai is at the end of a long road and a bit like a day trip to get to it on the bus ... Khutai is a lovely small resort at 2000m that is as good as it gets imho, loved it |
It's Kühtai (and Innsbruck with a c), but yes it was where The Jump was filmed - and the drive from Innsbruck is only 5 mins or so shorter than to Stubai (bus to Stubai can be a schlepp though; I've never taken to bus to Kühtai).
However if bambionskiis just wants somewhere with an easy transfer from Innsbruck, s/he will need to give some more info as that includes several hundred resorts! Arlberg, Kitzbühel, Serfaus, Zillertal... etc.
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Zell am Ziller is worth considering, as are the other villages along the valley towards Gerlos. Wide open slopes and lots of nice blue runs as well as some easy reds, plus lots more options. Zell is on the Zillertalbahn, so an easy train journey from Innsbruck, and you also have the option of trying the other Zillertal areas such as Hochfugen, Mayrhofen and of course Hintertux. Conditions in mid-late January should be good, and most places will be fairly quiet.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Obergurgl will fit the bill. The resort sounds perfect for your skiing requirements and there are many threads on here stating that it is quite easily accessed by public transport. It’s a bit pricey though!
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@Eggfried, Obergurgl is great but it was bit of a slog to get there under public transport when I did it ages ago
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Seefeld is a very easy transfer on the train or not expensive in a taxi (60 euro rings a bell). Good for beginners and non skiers but not great if you ski well. Also excellent for cross country, good swimming pool etc etc.
Speaking of filming, Eddie the Eagle was being shot the last time I was there, so if you fancy a jump...
If you can get a bus from Innsbruck to Kühtai shirley it would take hours 
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Surprised nobody's mentioned Axamer Lizum. 19km on a free ski bus from Innsbruck and a great little area for beginners.
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| rayscoops wrote: |
| @Eggfried, Obergurgl is great but it was bit of a slog to get there under public transport when I did it ages ago |
It's a slog even in a car tbh, a good 1.5 hours.
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| musher wrote: |
| If you can get a bus from Innsbruck to Kühtai shirley it would take hours |
45min IIRC. That one's pretty straightforward – direct from the Hauptbahnhof.
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| RedandWhiteFlachau wrote: |
| Surprised nobody's mentioned Axamer Lizum. 19km on a free ski bus from Innsbruck and a great little area for beginners. |
Think Schlik would be more suitable for blues?
There are tons of options within an hour or so, with good public transport links.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Thanks very much all for your suggestions - really helpful. Just got to keep an eye on what’s happening quarentine-wise now.
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| RedandWhiteFlachau wrote: |
| Surprised nobody's mentioned Axamer Lizum. 19km on a free ski bus from Innsbruck and a great little area for beginners. |
Im sure munich_irish did earlier!!
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You know it makes sense.
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@jafa,
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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buses daily from Innsbruck to Schlick, Axamer, Kuhati, Stubai & 1 or 2 others.
Otherwise you can a train West or East
West - Landek in less than an hour & then onto Serfaus - or St Anton in just over an hour.
Go East & from Landek you can head down Ziller or keep going East to Kitzbuhel which is also just over an hour, with Brixen & Westendorf on the way.
Guess a lot depends on if you are basing yourself in Innsbruck, or plan to stay in a resort & how long for.
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Poster: A snowHead
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+1 for Kuhtai. Went there with the kids for a 4-day trip a few years back. High (2000m?), reasonably large area. Kids enjoyed the night skiing. Good touring options if you want them.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| bambionskiis wrote: |
| Are there any resorts that are either close by to innsbruk or with easy transport links between the two? Preferably with lots of nice blues. And good snow in January. Apres ski provisions not needed. Not much to ask is it |
Quite a handy map here showing resorts you can reach by train. www.2thealps.com/skiing-by-train-maps_copy.htm
My favourites close to IBK are probably Schlick, Axamer and Steinach.
Some great ones just across the Italian border, too, including several on the train line between Fortezza and Lienz (Versciaco is a beauty).
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Serfaus and alpbach would be my recommendations. Both close to Innsbruck.
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You can get a train to Kitzbuehel, with one change. You might be able to do some of the Ski Welt resorts too.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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There are reports that Axamer Lizum are requesting an exemption for having to open this winter. Anyone heard anything on this or other resorts not opening
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@PORTMAN, There's a bit of info on the Austrian travel thread, but TBH nobody knows what's going to happen, and the next meeting about it is on Friday.
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