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Hi
Apologies if this has been asked (I did try a search first)
My husband and son are going snowboarding at the end of January and are looking at Austria Mayrhofen or Italy Livigno as these seem recommended for beginner snowboarding.
They have had a couple of lessons here and will start the week with a lesson but want a resort that is beginner and snowboard friendly as well as reasonably budget friendly - not bothered about trendy resorts.
Son is 17 so also want a resort where they can have a day possibly doing something else - walking/fun stuff.
Apres Ski to a degree but they are not party/drinkers so something more family friendly/tame i guess (but not loads of kids)
Which would you all recommend or indeed any other suggestions for newbies?
TIA
Claire
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Welcome to Snowheads @clairebarr,
My first thought for snowboarding in Austria is Obertauern, They've had board tuition since the year dot.
Easily navigatable ski area, nothing massively hard/scary, all routes lead back to the village.
Not the Apes of St Anton, Zell, or Ischgl so no worries about their behaviour.
Hotels are all pretty good.
Been a while since we used any tuition, but they were bloody excellent.
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They might do well to have more than one lesson.
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The first holiday I went on was to Niederau in Austria, which was a small resort, but more than enough for a beginner, especially with a decent instructor who by the end of the week was happy to primarily guide us to / in neighbouring resorts.
One of the good things I found about package snowboard holidays when I was starting out was that tuition was generally as a group in the morning, leaving you free to practice / explore slightly in the afternoons.
I think any resort would do for beginners, but I'd concur with @pam w and suggest more than one lesson, especially if they're on a package deal.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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@clairebarr, Welcome to Snowheads. Definitely not Mayrhofen. Pick any small resort for a week's fun. Radstadt/Altenmarkt would be perfect for beginners and if it goes well then you can graduate to more slopes in Flachau or Zauchensee. Alternatively, Morzine, Alta Badia, or Alpbach all have good options for family fun.
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We went to Livigno for our 4th or 5th trip I think, and enjoyed it, nothing wrong there for beginners.
Every resort gets lots of money turnover through beginners and lessons, so it'll be rare to find anywhere that doesn't have a reasonable area for beginners and then those progressing through greens to blues etc. You can find some of the smaller resorts will have cheaper deals, cheaper lift passes and can be less crowded - and any of those can be worthwhile traits to look for.
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Um yeah. They may want a read of my magnum opus on learning to snowboard here. We were in Tignes (mega resort), but had the best time in Ste Foy (tiny 4-lift ski area down the Tarentaise valley).
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@Dyrlac, it's a great read that magnum opus.
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@clairebarr, we’re off to Hochzillertal Kaltenbach. Our family are skier but I’ve been learning snowboarding and I’ll give it a go. Looks like an ideal resort for what you are looking for. Based on my research it’s got wide runs, blues and reds. A few bars. One snowboarding school. So yes it is a thing that all resorts will have ski instructors but snowboarding instructors seem to be fewer in this Austria resort. From three ski schools only one does snowboarding.
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