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We are looking to bring our children (13 and 15) skiing for February midterm in 2025. They have no skiing experience. We will be with others who are intermediate (possibly advanced) skiiers (and one intermediate snowboarder) so we are looking for a resort to suit everyone. We would like a resort with a reasonable choice of restaurants. I like sunny slopes but would compromise on that to suit others  At the moment we are looking at Zell am See or Saalbach but open to other options. We are flying from Ireland with very limited (expensive) direct flights to Salzburg so will probably fly to Munich but we don't mind a 2.5 - 3hour transfer time although would be interested in suggestions of suitable resorts with shorter transfer time from Munich. Thank you in advance for any suggestions.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Skiwelt probably the best option from Munich (Soll or Ellmau but not Brixen!). Saalbach and Hinterglemm are good at half term and cope well with the crowds - Hinterglemm is cheaper than Saalbach for accomodation. Zell is not a great option for beginners as it has very limited skiing for beginners especially.
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@kemmy, I would suggest Skiwelt too from Munich but would suggest Brixen as it has easy access to the beginners area at the top of the gondola but also allows easy access to the Kitzbühel skiing for the more experienced skiers. The village is a bit quiet though which wont suit some. Kirchberg (part of the Kitzbühel area also in the Brixental) is also an option. Another relatively easy area from Munich is the Zillertal (Mayrhofen etc). If you do go to Salzburg then the Ski Amade area is ideal (its the first place I went long time ago). Saalbach Hinterglemm is doable from Munich though it wont be the cheapest transfer
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Forget Zell. It will be rammed with Brits and Dutch and is pretty poor for beginners. The others mentioned are all good.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Thank you all for the kind welcome and the great replies. We’ll forget about Zell am See. I looked up some of the other places mentioned and keep coming back to Saalbach. I spoke to my friends who are travelling with us said they are happy with intermediate slopes so there is no need for anything too advanced. We’ll probably rent a car for the week which is cheaper than a transfer and gives us flexibility.
I forgot to mention that one of my daughters is coeliac so we’re looking for somewhere with a nice self catering apartment and decent grocery shops and Saalbach seems to have both. Maybe Im wrong but the other places suggested seem smaller than Saalbach?
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| kemmy wrote: |
Thank you all for the kind welcome and the great replies. We’ll forget about Zell am See. I looked up some of the other places mentioned and keep coming back to Saalbach. I spoke to my friends who are travelling with us said they are happy with intermediate slopes so there is no need for anything too advanced. We’ll probably rent a car for the week which is cheaper than a transfer and gives us flexibility.
I forgot to mention that one of my daughters is coeliac so we’re looking for somewhere with a nice self catering apartment and decent grocery shops and Saalbach seems to have both. Maybe Im wrong but the other places suggested seem smaller than Saalbach? |
Dont discount the train, quite relaxing from Munich airport and Ski- welt area is very accessible e.g. Brixen / St Johann, you or your more advanced friends can also pootle up the line to other resorts for variety e.g. Kitzbuhel. There are passes that cover multi resorts
We did that one year all the way to Zell am See (although for reasons above not great for beginners so wouldnt recommend you going there). We flew into Mun on the Friday night, got a cheap airport hotel, first train to resort, drop luggage off at hotel, change and up the mountain. with a late-ish flight back the following Saturday we had 7.5 days skiing instead of your usual 6. I preferred the Munich & train route to flying into Salzburg and transfers we did the previous year.
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