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If I'm staying in Kaprun town, I can now easily get to the Kitzsteinhorn via the Maiskogelbahn and new(ish) 3K.
However, is it just quicker to catch the bus to Gletscherjet instead?
(10 min walk from hotel in ski boots to Maiskogelbahn, vs bus stop right outside the chalet!)
I'm guessing not much in it? But really have no clue!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Depending on how close you're staying to the Maiskogelbahn, there can be very little in it!
I'd be inclined to get the bus to the Gletscherjet in the morning, then ski back down the Maiskogel via the 3K in the evening (if there is any snow left on it). That makes the most sense for maximising ski time.
Enjoy 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Roughly the same amount of time each way we found a few years ago.
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"(10 min walk from hotel in ski boots to Maiskogelbahn, vs bus stop right outside the chalet!)"
Bus to Gletscherjet in the morning, back via the 3K for the view/ last run(s) and a post ski beer.
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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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If you want to be on the piste early (I sure do, that first hour before everyone else arrives is bliss) then the bus is your option in the morning, you can be up at the Gletscherjet at 8am and skiing by 20 past or so, vs Maiskogelbahn only starting at 8.30.
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I always found the bus to be a quite pleasant journey.
On the way back home, we would get the lift by the power station back up and then and back down the Maiskogel and a drink at the apres bar at the bottom. Is that power station lift still there ?
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@sev112, The cable car by the power station was demolished about 15 years ago.
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| sev112 wrote: |
I always found the bus to be a quite pleasant journey.
On the way back home, we would get the lift by the power station back up and then and back down the Maiskogel and a drink at the apres bar at the bottom. Is that power station lift still there ? |
If you mean the old wee Maiskogelbahn cable car that started right beside the road a short distance out of Kaprun, then nope it’s gone.
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| teapea wrote: |
If I'm staying in Kaprun town, I can now easily get to the Kitzsteinhorn via the Maiskogelbahn and new(ish) 3K.
However, is it just quicker to catch the bus to Gletscherjet instead?
(10 min walk from hotel in ski boots to Maiskogelbahn, vs bus stop right outside the chalet!)
I'm guessing not much in it? But really have no clue! |
First thing in the morning the queues at the 3K base station can be pretty big and this is when to jump on the bus to the Gletscherjet as this should be less busy, at any othe time its probably simpler to take the 3K, you should use it at least once as the views are pretty spectacular.
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| sev112 wrote: |
I always found the bus to be a quite pleasant journey.
On the way back home, we would get the lift by the power station back up and then and back down the Maiskogel and a drink at the apres bar at the bottom. Is that power station lift still there ? |
The cable car at the power station was condemend and closed in 2014, it was a lovely rickety old thing, my young kids loved it in the summer as you walked out of the mountain station pretty much into a farmyard attached to the Maiskogel Alm.
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