 Poster: A snowHead
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Likely celebrating my 39 + 1th birthday by skiing in December.
Whats Ischgl like for a couple of 3-4 weekers who like flattering blues?
Who is our resident Ischgl expert?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Peter Leuzzi, I spent two days there in April, so I can't tell you what the snow cover will be like in December. From what I recall of the pistes - or 'Funny track things' as Mrs Ski calls them, you'll be fine. Lot's of wide blue/red type stuff, and a suprisingly large ski area.
The only downside I can think of is that the runs taking you back into the resort are quite narrow, and shady - so may get quite icy, and will be very crowded. You can use either of two bubbles to get down anyway..
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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ski, so sufficient blues for 3-4 days without need to do the nasty runs into the resort?
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Peter Leuzzi, yep I'd say so....
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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've been to Ischgl a fair few times and it's recently replaced St Anton as my favourite resort.
I'd say it's fine for your level and if your celebrating something then the apres is something else although I'm not sure what' it's like in December ... i may well be there myself the weekend before Christmas as we've got flights to Freidrichshafen and are watiing till nearer the time to see which of the Arlberg and eastern Switzerland gets the best snow.
Anybody else know how if the apres is still lively before Christmas ??
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RichA, thanks for that. Interestingly I was looking at the piste map earlier. Is it possible to get around without having to take a deep breath on certain runs to get to where you really would rather be? IOW's - can you zip around from easy run to easy run whilst avoiding steepness?
Apparently season opens Dec 1.
Who is your flight with? Transfer to Ischgl?
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Peter Leuzzi,
'easy' is a relative thing so it's difficult for me to say .... 'Where to Ski & Snowboard' has it down as 4* for intermediates but only 2* for beginners so it depends on whether you consider yourself up to intermediate level yet
not sure about being able to stay on blues all day but then i don't know many (any even) resorts where you can
i consider Ischgl a relatively easy resort but that's compared to somewhere like St Anton and anyway the difficulty of slopes depends heavily on the snow conditions which are obviously dependent on the recent weather ... they have always been good to excellent when i've been there though i must say
we're flying Ryan Air and will hire a car ... you can get trains and/or buses to some resorts round there but they are slow and we arriving late'ish and with boards and skis so don't want to lug our bags around
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I'm going to Ischgl for the first time for the Christmas week, so I'll be a resident Ischgl expert after that 
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RachelQ, we're off in March for the first time, so a trip report would be good!
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Went to Ischgl last Jan/Feb, and it ticked all my boxes, and more particularly for yourself, ticked all Mrs Guvnors boxes for good intermediate skiing, although as echoed above this is obviously dependant on conditions.
Push the boat out for such an important birthday and stay in the Trofana Royale - spent my honeymoon there and it is the best place I've ever stayed in in any resort anywhere.....
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Went to Ischgl last Jan/Feb, and it ticked all my boxes, and more particularly for yourself, ticked all Mrs Guvnors boxes for good intermediate skiing, although as echoed above this is obviously dependant on conditions.
Push the boat out for such an important birthday and stay in the Trofana Royale - spent my honeymoon there and it is the best place I've ever stayed in in any resort anywhere.....
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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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Went to Ischgl last Jan/Feb, and it ticked all my boxes, and more particularly for yourself, ticked all Mrs Guvnors boxes for good intermediate skiing, although as echoed above this is obviously dependant on conditions.
Push the boat out for such an important birthday and stay in the Trofana Royale - spent my honeymoon there and it is the best place I've ever stayed in in any resort anywhere.....
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Was so good I posted it 3 times....
(....hangs head in shame, collects coat, leaves via the back door to avoid paparazzi)
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You know it makes sense.
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ski, RichA, RachelQ, hayley t, Thanks to all for your comments and to Guvnor, in particular for making his point well made!
Now you are getting me all nervous due to comments around what is easy skiing to some may not be to others. Can anyone parallel with these thoughts so I can understand it. Ill steer away from red runs for the minute.
Courchevel - the blues down into 1850 are a walk in the park for my wife and I
Obergurgl - blues were perfect as they were easy but also had a few little challenging bits
La Plagne - easy as pie
Does that make comparison eaier?
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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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Peter Leuzzi, It is quite a while since I have been to Ischgl but from memory if you have found the blues in La Plagne/ Courchevel straightforward those at Ischgl should be just as enjoyable. The only caveat I would add is that runs anywhere are dependant on snow conditions and the same runs can be a dream in good snow and a tough expetrience in icy conditions.
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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, T Bar, roger that!
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