 Poster: A snowHead
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Love a bit of tobogganing! The run in Lech is lethal.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@Tiefschneetaucher, all the main ski areas have big car parks right next to the gondolas, so it’s pretty painless getting to different areas if you’re using a car. Your travel plans of early Saturday arrival in resort are good. It is just one main road into the valley so on a Saturday evening it can be very slow moving. If you’re keen to get skiing quickly that’s another reason to choose Kaltenbach over Mayrhofen.
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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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@Tiefschneetaucher,
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We're hopefully off to Saalbach in February - that's one I haven't been to before so will be interesting to see how we like it!
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I’d be interested in your impressions. For me it represented a considerable step up from Mayrhofen, mainly because of the skiing convenience (ski-in ski-out) and the size of the fully interlinked area, and I never felt any desire to return to the Zillertal (although I confess that, having an aversion to taking buses and trains to get to the slopes, I never explored all its possibilities).
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| RedandWhiteFlachau wrote: |
| @Tiefschneetaucher, It's Ski Route 11A, pretty much a ski down a track. |
I've stayed in Mayrhofen 4 times now and never spotted a route down to Finkenberg! There's the one from the top of the Penken lift down to Hippach but it's normally closed when we go at New Year.
Anyway, one of my favourite places to go though, especially since the Penken gondola was upgraded and cut out much of the morning/evening queues. Keep saying that we'll do the Ahorn side, but generally there's enough for a week between Penken, Horberg, Rastkogel and Eggalm. Plus the Strass hotel by the lift is very acceptable for this old bloke that likes his home comforts 
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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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The ski route down to Finkenberg was from the bottom for the Katzenmoos chair. However in to greater than 20 years I've been going to the Hof, I've never seen it open. Also the signage for the route was removed about ~5 years ago when the chair was updated.
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@JimboS, hmm, interesting as that does trigger a vague memory of an old diamond sign at the bottom of that lift. But certainly not seen it on more recent trips, which ties in with what you said. One just for the brave these days I guess!
Was the old lift one of those 2 person jobs that didn't slow down? I definitely remember one of those being replaced elsewhere, think it was from the start of that ski route that connected you to Eggalm and had a very rustic 'Waldhutte' half way along...
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Yes it was an old "fast" two man, just to the right of the main Finkenberg gandola middle station.
Must have gone down close to my yellow line below.
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The Kristall Hütte is a great place up the mountain at Kaltenbach, and in more normal times the Postalm is a brilliant apres bar. Although a session in there can make catching the train back to Mayrhofen a bit tricky.
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@ratechaser, @JimboS, I mostly use the route for going uphill in training. If you look on google maps it is still shown as Ski Route Penken 11A. I can assure you it was there in 2019 which was the last time I went up (and down it). Just becuase it isn't marked on the Piste Map doesn't mean it isn't there. There's another route down to the Gasthoff Astegg I use quite often too.
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I've definitely done it although it was about ten years ago.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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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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| andy'n'netty wrote: |
| nip down to Worgl for the waterpark one day as well. |
You maybe disappointed if you try this, it closed last year.
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Another +1 for Kaltenbach for easy access up to slopes and across to Hochfugen and for the marvellous Kristalhutte. There is not the nightlife that there is in Mayrhofen but if that's not a problem, then this would be my recommendation.
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You know it makes sense.
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Thanks. My days of dancing on the bar are sadly over!
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