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I'm wondering how snow sure is Zell Am See in December. I'm looking to spend Christmas skiing there with family. We would typically go to higher resorts such as Tignes or Val T for Christmas. Conscious Zell Am See is relatively low and average snowfall in December is around 75cm (though snow cannon coverage is 100%). I am wondering if anyone has any actual experience they could share?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Been once at Christmas and was unlucky, couldn't even ski the home run to the village. This was about 25 years ago, can't imagine climate change will have helped.
Who knows what's in store this year, I imagine it was ok last Christmas with the early dump everywhere got.
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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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You've a shared ticket with the Kitzsteinhorn glacier as a back up if early season is warm/dry. Busses run frequently from center of Zell. Everything will be busy mind, but that'll be everywhere that week.
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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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Your ski pass will cover the ski circus as well, we regularly ski Saalbach Hinterglemm before Christmas without any problems .
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Zell am See is too small if you're used to Tignes or Val T, even with the back-up of Kitzsteinhorn, which will be rammed if there are any issues with the snow at Zell.
If you want to ski that area of Austria, look at the Ski Circus instead and stay in Saalbach or Hinterglemm (or even in Leogang - at the base of one of the two gondolas rather than in Leogang village). Another option is Viehhofen, which has a gondola directly into the Zell am See area and also a 10 minute bus link to the Ski Circus at Schonleiten, Saalbach. If conditions are good it is possible to ski back to Viehhofen from the Saalbach side along one of the best blue runs (#168) you'll ever ski. Zell am See, Kitzsteinhorn and the entire Ski Circus are on the same lift ticket.
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Seems like with the ski circus it should be okay. Think we will risk it. Thanks everyone for your advice! 
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