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SnowGod, how long is the transfer from innsbruck in a mini-bus to ischgl,we get in at 9.25am and are hoping to get a half day pass for saturday
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Hi All,
Just back from Ischgl last Saturday - what a resort. I'll hopefully write a report when I get the time (to repay for all the info I got before going), but just a couple of items to mention for those going in the next week or so:
1. The conditions are great there - even before the fall of snow last Sunday to Tuesday the condtions would have been ok, but now - powder everywhere and a bit more due this week!!
2. Neilski - we were trying to find a place to watch the Ireland v England rugby match and the only place we could find was a hotel call Solarium - if you are walking down the main street you pass the silveretta gondola on the left, continue on past Burger King, again on the left - keep going and you pass Eurospar on the right (apologies for using BK and Eurospar as landmarks in such a lovely town - but they are ones that everyone will recognise easily) - keep going as if you are heading out of town and go down a hill and after about 200 yards the Solarium hotel is up on your right.
3. For ski rental - we used Adler Sport - right across from the Silveretta gondola and we got a 15% discout - everyone was happy with the boots/skis and we could store them there every night - very handy: ski down red 1 drop off the equipment head to the pub, pick it up again in the morning and a short walk to the silveretta gondola.
Hope this helps,
Any other Q's please let me know,
Killeagh
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Killeagh, thanks' hotel solarium it is then, if any other snowhead rugby fans are there on the 17th march we will be there to watch the eng v wales match
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Killeagh, thanks, we're off on Saturday and hope to catch the rugby on Sunday. A review of the resort would be great. It looks like there will be a load of snow at the weekend too. Any tips on quieter areas would be good. We'll ski pretty much anything pisted.
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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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Report done on Ischgl - some of it is taken from Deliaskis' report from January 2006
Hope this helps,
Killeagh
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does anyone know how long it takes to get upto idlap on either of the cable cars from the village, i have a bit of logistical planning to do regarding ski school and kids etc 
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does anyone know how long it takes to get upto idlap on either of the cable cars from the village, i have a bit of logistical planning to do regarding ski school and kids etc
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They're quite long rides.... bout 15 mins 'ish. If you get the lower of the two gondolas on the left of the village as you look at the map you then have to ski down a short blue to Idalp. The other one which leaves by the Hotel Elizabeth takes you straight there, as does the main one in town. Most ski school lessons meet at Idalp.
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SnowGod, how long is the transfer from innsbruck in a mini-bus to ischgl,we get in at 9.25am and are hoping to get a half day pass for saturday
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Minibus from Innsbruck should take about 1.5 hours to resort, weather and traffic permitting. May even do it a little quicker. I've only done it in the dark in mid winter. I usually fly into Freidrichschafen or Zurich and hire a car. You should be fine for an afternoon on the slopes, as most of the accommodation is quite convenient for the lifts and there won't be any queues at that time. I guess it depends on whether you need ski/boot hire as to how quickly you can actually be up on the mountain. Careful coming down to the village first day if you have kids. The snow can be ice or sugar with plenty of bare patches and half the skiers / boarders are 15 stone Germans who've necked about 12 litres of beer somewhere on the mountain during the course of the day. They don't have a great deal of respect for personal safety for either themselves or others and they do like to show off a bit on the "home straight" of the descent where everyone is watching for the next faller from the outdoor bar of the Hotel Elizabeth right at the bottom of the piste... just where the ambulances wait for their next fare!
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| Killeagh wrote: |
Hi All,
Just back from Ischgl last Saturday - what a resort. I'll hopefully write a report when I get the time (to repay for all the info I got before going), but just a couple of items to mention for those going in the next week or so:
1. The conditions are great there - even before the fall of snow last Sunday to Tuesday the condtions would have been ok, but now - powder everywhere and a bit more due this week!!
2. Neilski - we were trying to find a place to watch the Ireland v England rugby match and the only place we could find was a hotel call Solarium - if you are walking down the main street you pass the silveretta gondola on the left, continue on past Burger King, again on the left - keep going and you pass Eurospar on the right (apologies for using BK and Eurospar as landmarks in such a lovely town - but they are ones that everyone will recognise easily) - keep going as if you are heading out of town and go down a hill and after about 200 yards the Solarium hotel is up on your right.
3. For ski rental - we used Adler Sport - right across from the Silveretta gondola and we got a 15% discout - everyone was happy with the boots/skis and we could store them there every night - very handy: ski down red 1 drop off the equipment head to the pub, pick it up again in the morning and a short walk to the silveretta gondola.
Hope this helps,
Any other Q's please let me know,
Killeagh |
Glad the rugby is on there as I am staying with thirty clients in the Solaria from Saturday!!! I have so many requests asking if the rugby will be on!! ....Welsh & English clients!!!! They all arrive late afternoon so going to be busy in there! I was in Ischgl last week for a recce mission as we had not skiied the area before and it seems fine and a party resort!! See you all in the Solaria.......with England stuffing Wales!
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summer, welcome to snowheads
i am out to ischgl on saturday and will definatly be watching england stuff wales, can't wait
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Hi, Im going to Ischgl the last week of March...does anyone know the name of the main lift right in the center of the town??
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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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it should be Fimbabahn
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You know it makes sense.
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No RachelQ, it's Silvrettabahn
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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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Fimbabahn is connected to village center with tunnel
and next to Jgerhof Hotel
Pardatschgratbahn begins from Elisabeth Hotel
Silvrettabahn is close to Silvretta Hotel form where above picture is
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Just back from Ischgl and had an amazing week of skiing. Glorious blue skies everyday and the snow held up well above mid station. The runs to resort were looking a bit sorry for themselves towards the end of the week and the run into Samnaun was also getting a bit soft and slushy on the flat part to the gondola. It's a great run though and well worth doing. A good schuss as it flattens out and very little poling is required.
I heeded the advice about not skiing the home runs with the exception of one day when the Fimbabahn was closed and we had no choice from mid station. It was a nightmare. I'm a competent 13 weeker and it was hard work consisting of either sheet ice or slush, narrow, lots of people and a few drunken skiers. If you really must ski it and are staying at the Jaegerhof there is a fork about 800m down the road that leads off from Fimbabahn mid station. The right hand turn will take you about 50 metres up from the hotel. Otherwise take the lift to the bottom and take the tunnel to the half way point and the lift up to the hotel. I think all resorts should have a tunnel! The walking in ski boots was minimal from this location.
The lift network is top notch and so is the grooming. After Idalpe the queues in busier areas move quickly even if they look like they take a while it only ends up being a few minutes. I saw 2 t-bars but didn't need to use them and only took a 2 seater chair at the bottom on run 7. The rest were 4, 6 or 8 seater modern comfy chairs.
It's the best piste skiing I've experienced, rated just above Saalbach, our next favourite. Alp Trida is a great area for warming up and practicing carving with some good reds to move onto. The views over the valley are also stunning. We also loved bombing it down run 7 on the Austrian side too. To be honest they're all great, wide and long.
The apres ski was excellent. We loved the Kitzloch near the Pardatcshgrat bahn for the cheese and ski boot dancing on tables. The Paznaun restaurant on the mountain has a DJ from 2pm onwards - hence the drunken skiers on the home runs. This place does fantastic pizzas and grilled chicken and has a lively atmosphere. We didn't get a chance to sample all the apres ski as there is a lot!
All in all, it's a smart resort, very efficient with civilised queuing and skiing - until the last runs of the day anyway! The general standard of skiing was very high and I saw very few falls and thus I had a lot of confidence in the skiers around me. We were very fortunate with the weather but as most of the skiing is above the tree line I imagine it can get a bit bleak in snowy weather.
Ischgl is a must! The cost of the overall holiday was a bit more than normal but well worth it.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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It was better in 1985 
Uncrowded
Fewer Lifts (Still 3 Gondolas from town)
Unlimited Off Piste
Great Germanic Apres Ski
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SnowGod, enjoy! Very envious and with some fresh snow this week and plenty above mid station you should be in for a good week.
stanton, the last point most definitely still applies! And there seemed to be lots of off-piste, albeit fairly tracked out by the end of the week.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Each time I've been there the off piste has been great. If you get up the mountain early after a fresh snowfall you can ski til lunchtime without seeing a soul as they're all hung over and in bed until 12!!!!
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| SnowGod wrote: |
| Each time I've been there the off piste has been great. If you get up the mountain early after a fresh snowfall you can ski til lunchtime without seeing a soul as they're all hung over and in bed until 12!!!! |
I did not say that Off-Piste was not Great . I was saying that years ago it was unlimited.
A huge part of the ski area has now been serviced with lifts.
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Just back from Ischgl, absolutely amazing!!!!!!!!!
1 week nonstop skiing, all runs and lifts open, no waiting times for lifts (even1 minute), almost empty runs. Only one time I wait for a lift 15 min and it was last Sunday on Silvretabahn at 9.00AM. Since then I have used Fimbabahn and there was empty every time I’ve been there.
New fallen snow has improved conditions to runs down to the town as well as south sides runs
Shame had to live yesterday 
Will write more lately
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Snowgod, yes Ischgl is really good and smart made resort, We had good wetter with plenty new snow , at times visibility was rally poor in highest slopes and I used to skiing in runs 1, 4, 5, 7 and 3 in the forest to Fimbabahn middle station, runs were very good. Enjoyed a lot skiing in Austrian side and especially 4, 33,34,10,24, 40 and 12 who goes down to Hollenbahn and from Swiss side 70, 76. For a week I skied everywhere, beside some blue in Swiss side. We stayed in Hotel Piz Tasna with HB and did not eat outside in the evenings. Those who look for accommodation on highest level and excellent food I recommend this hotel. It's in calm location but very convenience- 50 m from the slopes and 150m from the dorftunel.
Food in Idalpe is expensive 1 beer +1 schnitzel + potato puree = 14.50 Euro.
I paid for 8 day ski pass, wanted to skiing a lot from Saturday afternoon when we arrived (for 2 hours) they charged as a day and Saturday Morning for 2 hours as well when we leaved. Small tip from me , you can buy a thicket for non skier - 16.50 euro per day go to Idalpe with gondolas and skiing in following lifts that do not need ski pass (Gratbahn B8, Nachtwidebahn C4, Holbodenbahn C1, Sassgalunbahn C3, Höllspitzbahn E2, Velilleckbahn F1, Bodenalpbahn E3, Palinkopfbahn D1, Zeblasbahn D2, may be I missed some and also there are in Swiss side, as well as in middle stations of the gondolas no one ask for ski pass)
Those are plenty of options for skiing for half day or even full day without buying an expensive ski pass  .
Bellow some pictures
View from Fimbabahn
Run 1
Run 1 VIEW FROM SILVRETTABAHN middlestation
VIEW TO PARDATSCHGRAT
HOLLENSPITZE
CROWDED LIFTS
PARDORAMA
VIEW TO IDALPE
Run 12
Run 1 IN 4 PM
APPRESKI
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VIEW FROM GREITSPITZ
PALINKOPF
SAMNAUN
Run 5
Run 3
ISCHGL
ON THE ROAD TO ISCHGL
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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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baba4ko,
Great pics and thankyou, a very different picture from my visit to Samnaun in Feb when the upper Ischgl runs were windswept and the southfacing side of the valley was green/ brown but the piste conditions were still good. 
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Good to see the valley looking white again!
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baba4ko, funny for me to see these pictures as they are the same we obviosly enjoyed the same runs.
if you go again the best way is to buy a half day (after 11.30am) or last thing(after 2.0pm) lift pass for the saturday, then get a seven day pass, and sell it on the monday at the lift station to some one looking for a half day pass when you are done.
on the first saturday i brought four passes of a local at 11.30am who had just finished his three day break for 15 euros each then got 5 euros deposit back aon each at the end of the day
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