 Poster: A snowHead
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Who's going? Who's been? Recommendations?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Never been but going in march! I hear its got some good bars 
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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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Very tempted to go in March. Not been for a few years, so can't reliably recommend anything (new area has opened since my last), other than... don't leave your skis/board in the bundle outside the Penkenbahn / IceBar.
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thanks, I hear ice bar gets busy
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Looks like I'll be out there for a week on the 3rd March. Not been before but looking forward to it.
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im off to Zell am Ziller in February (just down the valley) and will be certainly be heading to Mayrhofen for some skiing!
Cant wait!
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Been a few years but kicking the night off at the scotland yard pub and finishing to the live entertainment at the sport hotel and maybe running downstairs to the nightclub there always used to be a superb night.
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yeah im a boarder
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Actually tempted to go on w/c 3rd or 10th March depending on (a) snow, and (b) whether I can get a passport renewal squeezed in between next weeks sliding about and then.
As it is probably more convenient to drive from here , does anyone know of any decent parking in Mayrhofen (or Zell an Ziller) ?
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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I'm going there the weekend after next.
Does anyone know a good spot for the clasical Austrian apres (a la Ischgl & Saalbach) .. I went there briefly last year and could only find the afore mentioned Ice bar which is not what I was after .. an old style wooden venue is always better than glass & steel for that sort of thing.
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RichA, Nikkis bar just over the bridge near the Ahorn was great. It was more of a tented dome rather than traditional cabin but the apres was awesome. Basincally we had to drag ourselves out of there at 8.30pm after several hours to go and eat, but the party looked like it would carry on throughout the night. It included the usual cheesy music, the odd strip show (a glimpse of a pair of Superman pants will live in my memory) and lots of dancing on tables!! It's up there with Bauers ski alm and the Whiskey Muhle IMV.
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You know it makes sense.
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More snow coming to mayrhofen!
Jan 22nd - 24th forecast some snow!
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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cool, thanks Hayls,
where are these other top apres spots you mention ?? ... i always like to choose my resorts with this sort of knowledge in hand !!
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Poster: A snowHead
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RichA, Decent apres is always second on my list, in fact make that joint first with the skiing!
The best for me was Bauers in Saalbach, closely followed by the Hinterhagalm (sp?) also in Saalbach, and the Whiskey Muhle in Soll and Nikkis in Mayrhofen. I never made it over to the Goatstall in Hinterglemm but I've heard it's brilliant for apres and traditional style too.
Off to Ischgl in March so hopefully that will meet our apres expectations!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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too true Hayls, a very important consideration
Definitely go to the Trofana Alm in Ischgl when you get there .. it shuts (briefly) at 7pm but you can move next door into the Romantica to chill out for a bit before dinner (if you bother with food !!). The Nikii Stradl (not sure about the spelling) at the other end of town is also good but a little bit weird. (One time I went there our whole group were in bed asleep before 9:30pm with very little recollection of what happened after coming off the slopes a few hours earlier).
I wanted to try out the Goasstall but we couldn't get accomodation in Saalbach over a weekend cos there are 14 of us so have had to settle for Mayrhofen ... Nikkis will be receiving a visit from us !!
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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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RichA, thanks for the apres info on Ischgl.
I hope Nikkis is still as good after I've bigged it up! A lot of ski instructors go there so that's always a good sign for me and it was always rammed from about 5pm onwards. I found the Ice bar was more teenage orientated and whilst I'm not old, I prefer the typical Austrian cheesy music and weissbeer!
I've just had a thought, but as I was always a bit drunk when I was there, I'm pretty sure it was called Nikki's but never really checked. The rest of the group called it that anyway so we can't all be wrong!
Have fun.
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Im flying there tommorrow for seven days will report daily on conditions
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Was gonna say maybe not EOSB, but then there is tuxer glacier. The place can get pretty chokka, and I've certainly given up looking for accomodation before now, and when I have been I got last available rooms in hotel twice. Packed full of Dutch too, which helps keep the Grolsch flowing.
Nice place. I liked it and wanna go back. I thought there were drag lifts on the Ahorn side, which I hear is now adorned with a new cable car, which might mean they stop calling the Penkenbahn "new" after a decade or so.
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some snow at last 
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Anybody out there now ???
I'm heading out there Friday night ... there's snow forecast pretty much all week but only a few centimetres (10-15) and I'm wondering whether to take my powder skis or my stiff carvers that love the ice !!
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A friend of mine returned Last Sat and conditions up top where ok.
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looks like ahorn and penken both had about 20cm today, making it around 40cm down the slopes, getting better
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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cheers Markus, nice site and good news all round ... looks like i'll be taking me powder skis (well, there actually my old carvers but there much softer !!)
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Scotland Yard is our favourite haunt, but maybe we're getting old. 9 of us arrive next Wednesday, anyone else going to be in town?
Bob the (slow, ageing) Bullet
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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I was considering doing this for my son's 18th present as a mate of mine has a DJ slot out there every year - I'm just not sure it's a little 'adolescent' for my taste??
Should I adopt the 'can't beat 'em join 'em' tactic or avoid like the plague??
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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anybody on there way to mayrhofen in the next few days?
Im not going out till early march now, but im off to have an hour at the snowdome tonight at tamworth for a quick blast. not great but better than nothing!
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anybody know where to find a good town map of mayrhofen? with pubs and hotels on it etc?
I've been looking but can only find crap 
cheers
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Am going there this Saturday for 1 week. Anyone been there recently or there now who can reassure me? My travel agent told me it was one of the safest bests snow-wise, as it was near a glacier, but i feel like crying when i look at snow reports on internet (not that i'm very good at deciphering them) as it seems to be doing badly compared to the rest of europe. why do i always pick the wrong horse? 
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Really? Thanks you've made me feel alot better!!
Btw, what exactly is... um... a glacier? I thought it was all flat ice, but i heard something about skiing down the glacier?
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Ridha, From Wiki:
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| A glacier is a large, long-lasting river of ice that is formed on land and moves in response to gravity |
They are found on the highest mountains in Europe, and normally have quite gentle slopes. Hintertux, being one of the best in the world, has steeper slopes than most and is viewed as quite challenging with mainly red runs and a couple of blacks. That is why it is a favourite with national ski teams who train there in the summer.
You can get a ski pass to cover Mayrhofen and Hintertux - the area is called Ski and Glacier World Zillertal 3000. Look at the Hintertux website here
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