 Poster: A snowHead
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Looking forward to this season. Thinking of an early week skiing in kaprun/Zell am see in November. Historically, seems possible. Anybody done this? and what was your experience?
Did a trip in November about 7 years ago to Italy. Cervinia, but all the skiing was in Zermatt. Lost 2 days as the gondola didn't run cause of high winds. All the same, I had a great time. So I'm looking for a repeat. Planning to get there thru Munich which is unbelievably cheap at the moment. Solo trip. Any experience or advice ??
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Ancient history
Did my first season, with Crystal, back in 1993
Training was in Kaprun the last week of November, including skiing on the glacier
I was a newbie but I remember the conditions being great
Returners were having a ball
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I used to ski on the Kitzsteinhorn glacier most years late Oct / early Nov. It can be hit and miss. A few times snow conditions were great, other times the pistes were in less than top condition and it was cloudy or foggy.
If the pistes are bad you might want to save your owns skis and rent. Low vis googles/glasses can also come in handy. Best of luck with the conditions. 
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I'm looking at around the 18th till 27th. Haven't pitched it to "Head of domestic human resources" yet.....but I'm gonna pitch it to her as an advance fact-finding trip 
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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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I’d consider other areas. Zell has been opening the upper slopes from the end of November recently. There’s a reasonable possibility of it not being open at all for your visit.
In all likelihood the Kitzsteinhorn glaciers will be open and will have great snow. Some lifts and slopes will not open until December, due to staffing numbers. Most available slopes on the Kitzsteinhorn will either be roped off for slalom runs for teams training or will be used for instructor training. They’ll be limited skiing for the public. Sorry to paint a bleak picture, but that’s how it is now on the Kitzsteinhorn in November.
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@Screensurfer, I'm guessing you're skiing later in the season too. So the key driver might be lift pass costs. As soon as you hit 13 days it is probably cheaper to get a season pass, or one of the big Austrian Ski anywhere ones. So Salzburgerland Superpass which includes Kaprun, or maybe the Tirol equivalent assuming you're skiing Austria on our other trips.
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| Austrian Seagull wrote: |
I’d consider other areas. Zell has been opening the upper slopes from the end of November recently. There’s a reasonable possibility of it not being open at all for your visit.
In all likelihood the Kitzsteinhorn glaciers will be open and will have great snow. Some lifts and slopes will not open until December, due to staffing numbers. Most available slopes on the Kitzsteinhorn will either be roped off for slalom runs for teams training or will be used for instructor training. They’ll be limited skiing for the public. Sorry to paint a bleak picture, but that’s how it is now on the Kitzsteinhorn in November. |
Thanks. That advice is welcome
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| RedandWhiteFlachau wrote: |
| @Screensurfer, I'm guessing you're skiing later in the season too. So the key driver might be lift pass costs. As soon as you hit 13 days it is probably cheaper to get a season pass, or one of the big Austrian Ski anywhere ones. So Salzburgerland Superpass which includes Kaprun, or maybe the Tirol equivalent assuming you're skiing Austria on our other trips. |
Well not really.....a key driver is affordable flights from Dublin and reasonable transfer and accomodation options I'll definitely ski a couple more times in the season. I often do independent fly/drive and sometimes grab last minute bargains with Crystalski. In that regard Munich has been a good gateway....as has Bergamo. At some stage in the future I do hope to spend a season in either Bavaria, Austria or Italy to experience the flexibility of picking an choosing areas and days without it being bookended by flights.
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