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As per title. how much of a pain is it to get from Stuttgart to Obergurgl? Is it a total pain? Flights to munich, innsbruck and zurich from london are so expensive (forced to go in school holidays) so am considering flying to Stuttgart and either renting a car or trying the train - has anybody done this?
many thanks in advance
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I live near this airport.
With a rent-car you need aprox. 4 hours. Done it some times either till sölden or gurgl
A problem could be the fern pass bit if you will gp outside school holidays will be not so bad.
Otherwise you can avoid fernpass and use the alrberg Tunnel
Bit it is extra 10 Euro.
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@lalalalala73, Obergurgl is right at the end of a long valley, not the easiest place to get to. Innsbruck is most definitely the best option, the other airports involve considerable travelling . The only practical option from Stuttgart is driving, it is a long drive especially on a peak holiday weekend (look out for north German & Dutch holiday dates). I would not have thought there are many flights from the UK? It is not the biggest airport. It might be as easy to fly into Salzburg from where the train might work. There are direct trains to Ötztal Bahnhof from where there are connecting buses but it is a fair trek.
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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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Thank you for the replies. Flights to stuttgart are £1k compared to direct flights to innsbruck which are £3.5k and munich / salzberg / zurich around £2.5k for the 4 of us. Even indirect flights to innsbruck or charter flights ( which i worry will cancel) are over £2k. prices are crazy
so even with a night in stuttgart each way to break the journey and a rental car - it is still alot more affordable.
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Does o'Leary's lot still fly to Memmingen?
Probably a similar distance to Friedrichshafen, but much closer than Stuttgart.
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@lalalalala73, if you are willing to contemplate a long drive, and there are 4 of you, driving all the way would almost certainly be the cheapest option. And/or reconsider choice of resort?
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Where are you starting from? There are/will be new routes on the overnight train https://www.nightjet.com/en/ that will stop in Innsbruck. Maybe that could work for you – you would have to co-ordinate the Eurostar to Amsterdam(?), but it should then be straightforward.
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Assuming you are travelling 10th Feb, You can fly Lufthansa Gatwick to Innsbruck via Frankfurt for £1200 base, or with slightly better flight times for £100 more. If you've not been there, Frankfurt is quite a nice airport with decent food options.
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Just driven over the Fern Pass, everything looks closed in the way of cafes etc.
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In Obergurgl at the minute and if the temps don't drop soon I wouldn't bother. We have slush by midday even at Mid mountain levels. Only the top mountain pistes both here and in Hochgurgl are nice post noon.
We've been coming this week for a few years now and I think next year we'll probably aim for 1st week of March instead.
Getting plenty of time to perfect my soft bumps technique and get the tan started though 
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| ol_smokey wrote: |
In Obergurgl at the minute and if the temps don't drop soon I wouldn't bother. We have slush by midday even at Mid mountain levels. Only the top mountain pistes both here and in Hochgurgl are nice post noon.
We've been coming this week for a few years now and I think next year we'll probably aim for 1st week of March instead.
Getting plenty of time to perfect my soft bumps technique and get the tan started though |
Went to Obergurgl in April last year and was a lot luckier - even Solden was OK in the afternoon above mid mountain
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| lalalalala73 wrote: |
Thank you for the replies. Flights to stuttgart are £1k compared to direct flights to innsbruck which are £3.5k and munich / salzberg / zurich around £2.5k for the 4 of us. Even indirect flights to innsbruck or charter flights ( which i worry will cancel) are over £2k. prices are crazy
so even with a night in stuttgart each way to break the journey and a rental car - it is still a lot more affordable. |
If those are the sort of costs then it must be about the same to drive the entire way even taking into account a stop on the way, you would have to buy winter or suitable all season tyres but I cant believe that is much more than a hire car for the week. Driving from Stuttgart on a holiday Saturday is going to be slow.
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You know it makes sense.
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The airport is ca 15 km south from the City
You will not have to worry about the City traffic but for the Highway traffic . Which day time ar the flights
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Thank you everyone. options seem to be drive from the UK or change our plans/destination
We are now looking at going to Obergurgl over Xmas instead and forgetting about Feb half term.
We have never done a ski holiday in December before. so looks like some new research for me about skiing that time of year instead 
thank you for all the advice
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Poster: A snowHead
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| lalalalala73 wrote: |
Thank you everyone. options seem to be drive from the UK or change our plans/destination
We are now looking at going to Obergurgl over Xmas instead and forgetting about Feb half term.
We have never done a ski holiday in December before. so looks like some new research for me about skiing that time of year instead
thank you for all the advice |
Obergurgl would be one of the best places to go in December. I’ve been a couple of times in January. Can be cold… the shared lift pass with Solden gives you some slightly lower slopes.
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