 Poster: A snowHead
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Has anyone been to Saalbach, Austria? Any good? What is the skiing like? Lift system? Skibus service? Nightlife? Restaurants?
We are a mixed group of intermediates and advanced.
Thanks in advance.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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It's a great intermediate resort with very lively apres ski and 200km of linked piste. Do a search, there's lots of information on Saalbach here.
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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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Whitegold, For confident 2nd weekers to advanced intermediates who believe in having as much fun off the piste as they have on it, Saalbach is probably as good a resort as any. There's a lack of variety for nervous beginners, and some could argue there's a lack of expert terrain. However, in terms of the latter, the North Face of the Zwolferkogel is pretty difficult piste, and if the snow's good, there's plenty of off piste to expore. Nightlife and lift-system is as good as anywhere (although some other Austrian resorts like Iscghl and Soelden prob match it). There's a regular free bus service up and down the valley. Wide range of reasonably priced restaurants. Unlike somewhere like the 3V where you can pay €8 for a beer, expect to pay no more than UK pub prices (even on the mountain). Went there 2 years ago, and going back this year.
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Don't go at Easter and expect to find anywhere to eat!! Even the pizzeria said "sorry, but we only do ice cream"!!
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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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Thanks for the replies.
I just booked a week in Saalbach for early Jan. £230 for half-board hotel + flight + tranfer. Monster bargain 
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Whitegold, that is a bargain as Saalbach hotel costs can be quite steep. It's a great resort, it has pretty much everything an intermediate skier with an appetite for apres ski could ask for!
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Whitegold, that is a good deal! What hotel are you staying in? It's a great place to stay and ski in
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Would second that, a great deal & a great resort - I've been 3 times in the last 6 years , really enjoyed it each time & prefer it to a number of other resorts I've been to. A number of good runs - the run over to Leogang is particularly nice. For apres -ski, a number of places, but don't miss the 'goatsstall' just above the reiterkogelbahn gondola station near the bottom of pistes 32a/27a/33a - real dancing- on- the- table- in- your- ski boots atmosphere ( inside & out) & well worth keeping an eye on those decending the last 50 metres after a few to many - great entertainment !
enjoy !!
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| nickH wrote: |
... but don't miss the 'goatsstall' just above the reiterkogelbahn gondola station near the bottom of pistes 32a/27a/33a - real dancing- on- the- table- in- your- ski boots atmosphere ( inside & out) & well worth keeping an eye on those decending the last 50 metres after a few to many - great entertainment !
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check out the 'i bin da toni vid' on here ... http://www.goasstall.com/winter_video.php
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| cathy wrote: |
| Whitegold, that is a good deal! What hotel are you staying in? It's a great place to stay and ski in |
Cathy -- Staying at the Austria Hotel. It is not in a perfect location. It is some way outside the main towns and it looks like there might be some waiting for skibuses. But at £230 HB, we're willing to put up with that.
I gather Saalbach is good to ski, stay and party in, so defo looking forward to it.
As an aside, the experience of booking the vacation was not pleasant. Online tour-operator websites are rubbish. Very user-unfriendly. Their offline phone operations are even worse. Staffed by couldn't-care-less morons. Of 20+ tour operators, resellers and aggregators, Panorama and Thomson were the only brands I would recommend.
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