 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi everyone,
Long time lurker so go easy on me. 
We're looking at going to Austria for the last week in March. Looking at Ischgl vs Lech vs St Anton.
St Anton is *much* cheaper than Ischgl and Lech, but on the other hand we don't mind paying more for a better value skiing holiday, ie better snow. I know that Lech is now attached to St Anton, but it's a bit of a schlep over there, and if we're going to have to do it every day, we'd probably rather be staying over there. My memory of St Anton is that it can be heavy going on the lower slopes even at the best of times.
Ischgl is also a similar price to Lech, so we're also thinking about going there too.
Is the snow at Lech better than St Anton towards the end of the season? And how does Ischgl compare?
Which would you recommend?
Thanks in advance.
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@Kramer, Who's we? If it is family you might want to factor in which resort does "Free Kids" after mid-march. The Ski Amade does so maybe Bad Gastein could be considered too.
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| RedandWhiteFlachau wrote: |
| @Kramer, Who's we? If it is family you might want to factor in which resort does "Free Kids" after mid-march. The Ski Amade does so maybe Bad Gastein could be considered too. |
3 grumpy middle aged doctors.
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| Kramer wrote: |
| RedandWhiteFlachau wrote: |
| @Kramer, Who's we? If it is family you might want to factor in which resort does "Free Kids" after mid-march. The Ski Amade does so maybe Bad Gastein could be considered too. |
3 grumpy middle aged doctors. |
In which case I'd still consider Gastein. It has some great Bars in the sunshine.
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@Kramer, not sure why you think St Anton is much cheaper than Lech or Ischgl? Yes there are some silly expensive "luxury" hotels in Lech but St Anton now has (unfortunately) more than its fair share of such top end places. I would choose the Arlberg over Ischgl, Ischgl has a better choice of piste skiing but I loathe the village and the whole set up, too brash, too much "bling" and some frankly seedy apres. The people who run the place (largely a small group of families) are pretty grasping seemingly wanting to extract the last Euros from visitors. From what little you have said Lech might be a better option than St Anton. You dont have to stay in 5 star hotels and there is more choice of pistes. In terms of snow not much different, yes the home run slopes at St Anton are well known for being a slush fest on sunny spring afternoons but that's true of Lech too. It really is no big deal to go between St Anton and Zürs (Lech & Zürs are not that well linked with skis) the Flexenbahn is very efficient. No issue to ski the best of St Anton staying in Lech if that suits you best.
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@munich_irish, because we can get a much cheaper deal to St Anton.
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@Kramer, hello stranger! What kind of accom/nightlife do you want? We stay at a very nice hotel in Stuben, but it's very quiet in the evenings.
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@Kramer, In which case stay in St Anton. You can ski the same area. I am off to St Anton tomorrow for a couple of days and intend to spend Saturday in Zürs & Lech. I can recommend Skiing Budha for a decent curry of the Thai variety which you wont find in Lech 
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Stay at the Alpenhotel Tyrol in Galtur, 15 minutes on the bus to Ischgl.
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