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Hello and apologies in advance for what is possibly very lazy of me….. I find it really hard to make a decision about resorts so hopefully some of you can help me cut to the chase….. I fancy Austria this year - an easy going resort for me and my family of 4. Two boys 17 good /reckless skiers who want variety/fun in a resort they can get around on their own - oldest has some special needs. Me - 2nd time after a big injury a few years ago so still nervous & want wide, cruisey blues/reds & scenery & poor old hubby who is decent skier but ends up lumbered with me or policing the kids. We want as budget friendly as we can get, flexible with dates though probably March, ideally cute with a few facilities /bars etc but not especially bothered about apres-ski. We used to live in Munich and have been to Schiki places like Kitzbuhel (when his boss was paying and which is not really our thing these days) as well as some small resorts, but we only really went for the day/weekend so not sure they’d be suitable for a week and tbh they’ve all merged into one in my mind…… Oh and easy transfer to Salzburg if poss. Thank you for any and all suggestions. 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Ski Amade - Salzburgerland, kids get free lift passes from mid March when an adult buys a week pass. Loads of places to pick from. hth Ange 
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| Ski Amade - Salzburgerland, kids up to 15 get free lift passes from mid March when an adult buys a week pass. Loads of places to pick from. hth Ange |
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@flangesax, but would you know a good place to stay? 
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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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@Goslowski, If you want to fly into Salzburg then obvious spots are either (as above) Ski Amade or Saalbach. I know there will be objections from the usual quarters to this view but if you leave it later in March then a large part of the Saalbach area can be affected by sun (a lot of the easier skiing is low and south facing), in other ways though it is good some harder stuff especially over towards Fieberbrunn and easier stuff for you. If budget less of an issue then either Ischgl or Arlberg (you might prefer Lech your boys St Anton) but a long way from Salzburg (Zürich probably easier than Munich)
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Serfaus?
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Its all great till you mention the word Budget 
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@DrLawn, Not sure any of the larger Austrian areas now fall into the "budget" category. Last season I paid more for a day ticket in SkiWelt than I would have done in St Anton! Costs have gone up significantly in the past few years. The cheaper Austrian & Bavarian spots tend to be marginal for snow.
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The key here is pistes to build your confidence. St Anton and Ischgl definitely entail tricky packed blues and reds. I was with two less confident skiers in St Anton who hated the slopes.
By contrast, they loved Zurs or Rohrmoos Untertal (a hamlet above Schladming). Ski to door, wide gentle blues. Schladming itself has the steeper Planai, churned up home runs by lunchtime. For the adventurous teens there’s loads for them too.
I haven’t skied the other Amade resorts, the experts on that will advise.
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Obertauer may suit well. Easy enough area to navigate (everything leads down to the village) so your sons can do their own thing.
There is a good variety of pistes from the easy to a couple of blacks (but nothing with NFZ), a bit of good off-piste is available too. Ski schools are always good too if you are using them. The lift pass used to permit a day's skiing in the neighboring area of Spieleck (free bus between the two areas).
So a great little area, more than enough for a week, 17-year-olds can be cut loose to do their own thing in relative safety, OH can find so good and varied runs and terrain. There are a good number of confidence-building runs to help you get back into your groove. There is no massif vertical so you always feel secure that you can reach the security of the village easily at any time. The circuit design means that it is easy for everyone to meet for lunch. or Apres.
Apres is good without being ridiculously rowdy, locations on mountain or in and around the village.
Its easily reachable from SZG, we normally book a taxi or drive journey time is just over an hour. lots of accommodation options, depends what you are looking for.
Obertauern is one of the most snow sure resorts that I've come across in 40 years.
And my daughter and I are going back again this season, I can'y wait.
Superb area
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Ski Amade and look at Zauchensee/Altenmarkt. Zauch is well-linked and just that bit higher. Plenty of skiing opportunities that should suit the family requirements and enable a decent degree of being able to ski together.
Saalbach Hinterglemm as has been suggested already.
Rohrmoos is also a good shout with Planai, Hauser Kaibling and Hochwurzen providing some decent altitude if things get a bit warm (or wet) lower down.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Another shout for Ski Amade, we're off to Flachau in January
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I'll be in Flachau next January as well, but this year I've been there mid March for a day from Obertauern and the local slopes were terribly mushy and slushy, only boarders were enjoying it.
Obertauern, OTH, was still white and wintery.
Nice local apres ski options for the afternoons.
Budget friendly it's not, unfortunately.
But you can buy the Super Skipass and ski both domains if the weather wil require it, it's a short and easy drive in the valley.
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You know it makes sense.
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Love Zauchensee.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Poster: A snowHead
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1. Schladming
2. Bad Gastein
3. Val Gardena
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Of the Schladming "group", I agree Rohrmoos is a good shout for cruisy blues. However, of the four mountains there my favourite is Reiteralm. I love taking the old 2-seater lift up from Talstation Pichl. It's such a relaxing way to start the day, and parking is always better than at the main Talstation Gleiming. The Crosspark is a bit of fun for your teenagers. There's also a permanent parallelslalom track and a speedcheck run. Maybe it's just my perception, but I also find the pistes a little less choppy in the afternoon than at Planai or Hauser Kaibling. Accommodation is likely a short drive away in either Schladming or Radstadt perhaps.
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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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Thank you all!
Btw when I used the word ‘budget’ I obviously used it in the ‘First World Problems’ sense of the word…..
I had always dismissed Austria as too expensive now - but last year I booked really cheap flights to Geneva thinking we’d get a cheap ski in France…… Even our 2 bags cost more to take to Geneva than all four of our plane tickets! I realise there is no such thing as a cheap ski trip when you’re also paying for 2 entitled teenagers on top
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