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What are the best places to ski in Austria for beginners? With good apres ski / nightlife, nice views, good green / blue pistes, etc?
Is Tirol area the best?
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@majkkali, Tirol is an entire State with around 80 different ski areas.
I can only really talk about the Zillertal, because that's what I know and where we live.
Best area here to learn i'd say is Hochfügen, but, it's probably not the best place to stay. For lively nightlife, your best bet is Mayrhofen.
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For lively apres, maybe Saalbach/Hinterglemm, Solden or Ischgl, not necessarily the best places to learn, though I'm sure you could.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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@luigi, Thank you so much! 
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@majkkali, which week/month you plan to go?
And any favourite airport that will be easier for you to reach? You'll be renting a car or will use public transportation?
As mentioned above me, Austria is a heaven for beginners, your answers will help us give better options.
BTW, if budget is not an issue and you don't aim for the first week of March (Fasching) then Lech is an excellent option. But eye watering costs
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@majkkali, Here in the Ski Amade area, I'd say Filzmoos or Radstadt. Both lovely places to stay and very gentle slopes for beginners. Radstadt has the advantage that if you're quick learners just hop on the ski bus to Flachau or Zauchensee for more terrain. You don't need a massive area for your first trip. Plus either of those options is only a 60 min transfer from Salzburg.
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@drporat, Beginning of January (wanted to go beginning of February but prices are significantly higher). No car, we'll use public transport. Would you say Lech is just as expensive as Zermatt?
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@majkkali, Drei Konigs Tag (Epiphany) in Austria is a public holiday. Aim for the second week. Yes, Lech is almost as expensive as Zermatt and the size of the area means you'll be paying for lots of terrain you won't ski. If you're relying on Public transport, Id really look for somewhere with a short transfer time.
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@majkkali, it's an excellent time.
Compare by checking skipass prices and of course the cost of accommodation here
https://www.lechzuers.com/en/booking/accommodations
Definitely a better choice than Zermatt IMO
Flights to Zurich then direct shared bus or an easy train with one simple change.
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I haven't skied there, but from what i've heard and looking at the piste map, isn't Seefeld a good bet?
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@luigi, wrote: “For lively apres, maybe Saalbach/Hinterglemm, Solden or Ischgl, not necessarily the best places to learn, though I'm sure you could.”
I can only speak for my own home resort of Saalbach, which is excellent for beginners. Good ski schools offering group and private lessons (with quite a few British instructors of my acquaintance).
Excellent facilities for beginners, with good, gentle nursery slopes, including one large, wide, uncrowded plateau up the mountain. Importantly these areas are served by modern, beginner-friendly chair lifts with heated seats and bubble covers. No drag lifts in Saalbach.
Good mountain restaurants near at hand, with deck chairs and lovely views.
And 140 km of assorted blue runs to progress onto.
And a nice village, with a lively atmosphere and lots to do.
I have compiled a 20 page, comprehensive guide to the resort, which I’m happy to email to anyone who may be interested (in which case send me a private message).
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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| tatmanstours wrote: |
@luigi, wrote: “For lively apres, maybe Saalbach/Hinterglemm, Solden or Ischgl, not necessarily the best places to learn, though I'm sure you could.”
I can only speak for my own home resort of Saalbach, which is excellent for beginners. Good ski schools offering group and private lessons (with quite a few British instructors of my acquaintance).
Excellent facilities for beginners, with good, gentle nursery slopes, including one large, wide, uncrowded plateau up the mountain. Importantly these areas are served by modern, beginner-friendly chair lifts with heated seats and bubble covers. No drag lifts in Saalbach.
Good mountain restaurants near at hand, with deck chairs and lovely views.
And 140 km of assorted blue runs to progress onto.
And a nice village, with a lively atmosphere and lots to do.
I have compiled a 20 page, comprehensive guide to the resort, which I’m happy to email to anyone who may be interested (in which case send me a private message). |
Good to hear that! I went to Hinterglemm a couple of days with some near beginners and the valley seemed quite steep sided and there didn't seem that much to progress to beyond the flat nursery slopes on the valley floor. Maybe I wasn't looking hard enough. It was puking it down with snow!  
It's a moot point anyway, as the OP has decided on Zermatt, according to his other thread...
| majkkali wrote: |
| @Pasigal, yeah I’ve decide I will go with my original idea - Zermatt. |
Another case closed!!
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Poster: A snowHead
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@luigi, yes, Hinterglemm is a different kettle of fish (north-facing, valley-bottom nursery slopes, with drag lifts, and less convenient blue slopes for progressing) - although still not bad for beginners.
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The skiing in Seefeld is pretty good for beginners, for me it had the advantage of so little difficult skiing that there were far fewer dangerous intermediates flying about out of control. Very easy bus/train transfer from Innsbruck.
I'd usually suggest staying at the Rosshutte end of town for the skiing but seeing as you mention apres then the centre closer to the rail station might be better. The apres is not close to as busy as Ischgl or Solden though.
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If we're talking an all adult group then I can recommend Ischgl. Most people tend to say "It's not very good for beginners" but it's where I first strapped on a pair of skis and had agreed to return the following year before the return transfer bus had made it to Innsbruck!
Sure, it doesn't have miles of green runs but does have a great green/blue run that's right next to the main bowl but not a rat run to anywhere so nice and quiet and perfect for starting and progressing in week 1. After that/out-of-school skiing there are a good number of linked, motorway-wide blues all over the resort. Certainly at the start of the week you shouldn't even think about skiing home (it's a red and not an easy red and trust me you really won't enjoy it) - plus you'll likely be so shattered after a day spent in the snowplow sitting down in a gondola will feel like bliss And one advantage of being "Not very good for beginners" is that ski school groups are small/there aren't hundreads of groups, all fighting over the same beginner slopes.
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@Henwc, @Mjit, the OP has told us he has now booked for Zermatt on one of the other threads he started...
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| @Pasigal, yeah I’ve decide I will go with my original idea - Zermatt. |
...so is no longer needing advice on Austrian resorts, just to save you from wasting your time contributing!
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