 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi,
I'm solo skiing in Austria next weekend and will be staying in Innsbruck from Friday to Monday. I should be in the hotel from 12 noon on Friday and I'd love some ideas of how to spend the 2.5 days. I'm staying in the Marriott so I'm pretty close to the station. I'm thinking a day in St Anton by train, but how is it best to spend the other days? Any help and advice is really appreciated as I'm a bit nervous as it's my first post covid solo trip!
Cheers 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Morning mrlossyman
Mrs MA and I are in Innsbruck now, after just completing a week's group ski tour with a guide.
Before that, we skied five days using public transport from the city. Easy peasy 
Bus line J is very frequent and free if you have ski equipment, so we used it to ski at:
- Mutterbergalm - Regarded as a bit of a 'kids' area' by the locals and not very extensive but has 2 fast gondolas, a very decent vertical and nice cruising runs. It could be a good shout for your arrival day.
Patscherköfel - Big vertical and fast cruising runs. Home of a past Innsbruck Olympic downhill. More extensive than Mutterbergalm without being massive. We really love it there.
- Nordkette - Very small, steep area, directly above Innsbruck. Amazing views of the city - worth a visit for that reason alone. No snow on the bottom run so need to access the skiing by cable car at the moment.
Nordkette cable car is closest to the city centre and is 15 mins by bus. The other two areas were 20-30 mins by bus. There are five or six other areas around Innsbruck (including Stubai Glacier) that can be reached by bus within an hour.
I'm not sure I'd want to trail to St Anton on such a short trip. An alternative could be Seefeld, which we skied for a day by train. The journey is only 35 mins but is very scenic. About €10 return, with trains every hour. There's a free bus to the ski area at Seefeld from straight outside the train station, or it's a 15 min walk. We really enjoyed Seefeld's skiing. Not a big area but OK for a day and the scenery is spectacular. On a cautionary note, we found it a lot busier than other areas on a midweek visit, but still really enjoyed it.
Snow conditions were pretty decent up to our last resort ski day on 5th March. However, I'd imagine the runs may be very hard and worn in places by now, given the lack of fresh snow.
The covid rules were relaxed in Austria on 5th March, the day before we started our ski tour. That day, the situation changed from FP2 masks being needed on ski lifts to masks not being required. However, we skied at Patscherköfel that day and found most people were still wearing masks in the gondola.
Having come straight down from the ski tour to a hotel last night, we haven't been out in Innsbruck yet. However, in five nights in busy mountain refuges, no one was wearing a mask and it was as though covid is over 
We'll be out and about in Innsbruck this morning and are planning on skiing somewhere today. Will be interesting to see what the position is re mask wearing.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Fabulous! Thanks for the information and pictures, they are stunning! Looks like you had a great time. I didn't think of Seefeld so I'll check out the trains. I'm a couple of mins from the station and that seems to be where all the buses go. I've skied St Anton before and the Stubai Glacier, love Innsbruck too, very special... Again thanks for the info, really appreciate you taking time to reply!!
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You're welcome mrlossyman
Update from today - 12/3/22: We skied at Nordkette this afternoon - final fling before our flight home tomorrow morning. After our week away from the ski areas (due to our ski touring), conditions were better than we expected - soft snow in the sun but quite nice overall. Not really any slick bits, so pretty decent.
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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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mountainaddict,
Will you be posting a report and pics of your ski tour? 
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| Will you be posting a report and pics of your ski tour? |
By popular request??  Yes, may do.
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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Excellent, wish I’d brought my go pro with me, have taken loads of stills but it’s not the same.
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Cracking video!
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Glad to assist with the info. Great video 
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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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Thanks for the nice comments! Yes 3 days was perfect and can easily be done in Innsbruck.. I used to do Chamonix weekends, but Innsbruck is equally easy. Much prefer Austrian food too !
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And some great camera angles. Thanks for posting. 