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Axsman, Why am I not surprised? 
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| Ischgl is well-known (and sometimes criticized) for its lively après-ski parties and roistering nightlife. |
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I used to do some ski bum jobs in Hotel Madlein back in 1985 . Looking at the website http://www.ischglmadlein.com/ I would say it has changed quite a bit if not completely knocked down & rebuilt ! Still, back then it was the night club to go to. Tips were even good then 
BTW. This is The Arlberg thread not Silvretta thread !
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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snow down to resort - tough the grass is showing. Lots of snow up top. Fog throughout quite a lot of the area today - though Rendl was clear. Freezing level seemed to be above the mountain tops.
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Snowing to resort level possible sleet rain mixed in. This will continue next three days it will become clear at the weekend. Next week will see another cold Front & more snow Tuesday onwards
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Snowed from resort level from early morning (was rain before that). Soft snow from KK downwards. Was dumping quite heavily when I last looked out the window. Have not met stanton yet.
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| achilles wrote: |
| Snowed from resort level from early morning (was rain before that). Soft snow from KK downwards. Was dumping quite heavily when I last looked out the window. Have not met stanton yet. |
You will not meet me. I am invisible.
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Just got back from a few days in St.A. It was dumping big time when we left this morning. Almost all the lifts were closed due to avvie danger. I think they opened up Galzig, but nothing else. I think St.Christoph is cut off.
Yesterday most of the lifts were closed except over at Rendl. Galzig and Gampen were open, but almost nothing else including all of the chairs up on Galzig. It was blowing such a gale that I could hardly stay upright, visibility exactly zero, with patches of ice and soft snow all over the Zammermoos run. Fun 
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Snow most of the day. Went across to Rendl - lovely powder. In the afternoon played around with ski touring. Grabbed the Missions back and went to the top of Galzig, blue sky opened and then took the black down with a mate. Most amazing mogul field - nicely formed moguls, but all soft snow. Great fun. Snowing again this evening.
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Woo - hoo: Don't let it melt!!! I'm off to Lech on Sunday 
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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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Lots and lots of snow in Lech/Zuers at the moment - never seen so much snow in places - should be enough to last to the end of the season
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You know it makes sense.
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We had a fantastic dump of Late season snow on Sunday night. Its been Pow ski all the way since then
Its like Jan/Feb
Rumour is more lifts will stay open longer i.e not just St Christoph T Bar Lift until April 27th I suspect the Galzigbahn will run.
This summer the re-develpment of Rendl starts. They start with the construction of the new Rendlbahn which will rise out of the Taxi Rank (West End of town) where the rope pulley is. It is NOt expected to be complete for next
season. The Kappl link will start in 2010 but there is still some goverment issues with the construction.
More snow expected here this week.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Galzigbahn,,Schindlerbahn,Christophbahn, Arlenmähderbahn,Osthangbahn,Valfagehrbahn,Albonabahn I & II going to be open unitl 27th !!
All bars on slopes will close this coming weekend so its just skiing after that folks
This summer a new Sports Centre will be built replacing the Raiffeisen Tennishallen Center. It will be State of the Art . Climbing Wall etc.
Record Season !
http://derstandard.at/?url=/?id=3293817
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Poster: A snowHead
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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?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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stanton, I still fancy doing DER WEISSE RAUSCH sometime, this year a stag weekend prevented me, maybe next year...
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| moffatross wrote: |
My second ever Austrian excursion (first was Bad Hofgastein a few years back) was at St Anton 4 weeks ago (week of Sunday 23rd March). We (a mixed group of the relatively seasoned in age and experience) all went for fun on the snow, not the apres and I found myself away from the pisted in no small part due to the hectic nature of the groomers. Is the overcrowding actually the reason why St A. has developed this marketing spiel for 'off piste' paradise ?
The itineries (marked dotted) and the unmarked bits everywhere else were really nice, I loved the bumps under Galzig, the Rendl stuff beyond the avalanche barriers and the Schindlerkar, Mattun and Kapall areas but did I miss a trick ? The 'pistetopowder' groups were fully booked from the off (and had been well in advance of our arrival apparently), the pisted areas back down the hills were heaving with dangerous and overconfident incompetents and occasional p1ssheads but the saving grace was the eateries beside the slopes. Genuinely good food and very reasonable prices - I can forgive Scotland but why can't France, Italy or the USA pull good mountain restaurants off ?
Sorry, it's not a snow report I know but more a comment on the marketing hype. I know it was one of the busiest weeks but IMHO, St A. has been bigged up so much as being some superior expert's ski centre to the point that it's oversubscribed. We all enjoyed it for sure and the 'vice ringpiece' (Lech-Zurs circuit) was pretty pretty  but all in all, no more than say I did in the Three Valleys the same week lasy year.
Maybe it's all relative and felt a little jaded in comparison to the quality of skiing elsewhere this season. |
St Anton policy is not to go like Ischgl.
The groomers have always been the same except when they started grooming Schindlerkar about 10 yrs ago. Folk seem to not realise that the groomers are there for everyone but for the advanced >>> it just to get to the next off-piste
Pistetopowder , LOL there just another bizzness that will be drowned out in St Anton.
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| Steilhang wrote: |
Agree with moffatross, about overcrowding on the pistes. The problem is that while StA has invested a lot ( I mean really a lot ) in upgrading their lift system, they have not increased the number of pistes to cope with all the extra people on the mountain. When I was in Anton few weeks ago I was really in fear of my life on the run down to Alpe Rauz... It being one of the few occasions that the off piste was so crap that I ended up doing pistes 
To add to the problem I was told by one of the hoteliers that they have plans to add a few thousand more beds to the resort, so things are scheduled to get worse. There are obviously still bits and pieces that are OK, like on the Albona or on Rendl, but all in all StA is not place that I would feel good about skiing with my kids. I believe that the peace and quiet on Rendl will soon have an end as well cos they intend to upgrde the ancient bubbles up to Rendl soon |
Agree - St Anton really does need more pistes. We normally do our early runs there and then move to Stuben, Lech, or Zurs later in the day. I know what you mean about Alpe Rauz, especially the last pitch before it flattens into the run into lift area. Gets very chopped up and filled with high speed skiers (punters?) who ski way beyond their ability.
FYI, though, there were some new pistes cut in Lech this year.
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| ulmerhutte wrote: |
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Agree with moffatross, about overcrowding on the pistes. The problem is that while StA has invested a lot ( I mean really a lot ) in upgrading their lift system, they have not increased the number of pistes to cope with all the extra people on the mountain. When I was in Anton few weeks ago I was really in fear of my life on the run down to Alpe Rauz... It being one of the few occasions that the off piste was so crap that I ended up doing pistes
To add to the problem I was told by one of the hoteliers that they have plans to add a few thousand more beds to the resort, so things are scheduled to get worse. There are obviously still bits and pieces that are OK, like on the Albona or on Rendl, but all in all StA is not place that I would feel good about skiing with my kids. I believe that the peace and quiet on Rendl will soon have an end as well cos they intend to upgrde the ancient bubbles up to Rendl soon |
Agree - St Anton really does need more pistes. We normally do our early runs there and then move to Stuben, Lech, or Zurs later in the day. I know what you mean about Alpe Rauz, especially the last pitch before it flattens into the run into lift area. Gets very chopped up and filled with high speed skiers (punters?) who ski way beyond their ability.
FYI, though, there were some new pistes cut in Lech this year. |
NO MORE PISTES.
They already destroyed the Schindlerkar, Arlenmähder & there about to destroy Malfontal (Back Of Rendl to Kappl) with even more pistes 
If you want pistes go elsewhere like France!
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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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moffatross, I've heard that the runs get really crowded in St. Anton (I've never been) which is a real shame, because I'm sure the pistes are fantastic. I don't mind it when the pistes arent groomed, but i do mind having to dodge skiers/boarders constantly.
I see this becoming a problem for lots of resorts. Skiing is becoming more accessible, more beds are are being added and with all the modern 8 seater chairlifts the pistes are going to get busier and busier
EDIT: Just been reading a trip report on a german forum, and the guy took this picture. click here
Never seen anything like that. Mind you, the rest of the pictures in the same report look so stunning that I'm sure its reputation as one of the best ski resorts in Europe is justified. report here
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| oasis13 wrote: |
moffatross, I've heard that the runs get really crowded in St. Anton (I've never been) which is a real shame, because I'm sure the pistes are fantastic. I don't mind it when the pistes arent groomed, but i do mind having to dodge skiers/boarders constantly.
I see this becoming a problem for lots of resorts. Skiing is becoming more accessible, more beds are are being added and with all the modern 8 seater chairlifts the pistes are going to get busier and busier
EDIT: Just been reading a trip report on a german forum, and the guy took this picture. click here
Never seen anything like that. Mind you, the rest of the pictures in the same report look so stunning that I'm sure its reputation as one of the best ski resorts in Europe is justified. report here |
That is the Steissbachtal or as the brits call it "Happy Valley" or better still "Crappy Valley" . Looks like the photo was taken earlier this month. As you look at the picture to the right of the blue markers a huge ravine (down to the river below) was dug & a 6metre high wall to protect the piste from the unpredictable avalanches that were coming down from the right hand side (Mattunjoch).
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You know it makes sense.
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stanton, yeah i've no doubt that that picture highlights the worst and that on average the pistes are much less busy(oh god, imagine if they weren't!). I just thought it looked like an interesting case of human slalom skiing!
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Poster: A snowHead
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moffatross, beautiful pictures?
When were they taken?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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oasis13... last week in March, can't remember what days exactly. Had a few snowy/cloudy days too though.
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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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| stanton wrote: |
| ulmerhutte wrote: |
| Steilhang wrote: |
Agree with moffatross, about overcrowding on the pistes. The problem is that while StA has invested a lot ( I mean really a lot ) in upgrading their lift system, they have not increased the number of pistes to cope with all the extra people on the mountain. When I was in Anton few weeks ago I was really in fear of my life on the run down to Alpe Rauz... It being one of the few occasions that the off piste was so crap that I ended up doing pistes
To add to the problem I was told by one of the hoteliers that they have plans to add a few thousand more beds to the resort, so things are scheduled to get worse. There are obviously still bits and pieces that are OK, like on the Albona or on Rendl, but all in all StA is not place that I would feel good about skiing with my kids. I believe that the peace and quiet on Rendl will soon have an end as well cos they intend to upgrde the ancient bubbles up to Rendl soon |
Agree - St Anton really does need more pistes. We normally do our early runs there and then move to Stuben, Lech, or Zurs later in the day. I know what you mean about Alpe Rauz, especially the last pitch before it flattens into the run into lift area. Gets very chopped up and filled with high speed skiers (punters?) who ski way beyond their ability.
FYI, though, there were some new pistes cut in Lech this year. |
NO MORE PISTES.
They already destroyed the Schindlerkar, Arlenmähder & there about to destroy Malfontal (Back Of Rendl to Kappl) with even more pistes
If you want pistes go elsewhere like France! |
As usual you seem to have missed the point. The point is not that I would like to see more pistes, but that I would like to see less people on the ones that are there. There are times when I have no choice but to use the pistes ( like with a six year old child in tow ) and I would prefer to be able to do that without being in fear of my own and my children's safety! Get it?
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No. there are enough routes to Rauz. Use Pfannenköpft Valfagehr instead.
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Stanton, if you are such a freerider, what the heck are you doing in St Anton anyway??? You should be hanging in La Grave or someplace similar. Some people enjoy skiing pistes, some enjoy off-piste, while others want to do both. Nobody wants to do either in crowded conditions. Unless you want St Anton to limit the number of lift tickets they sell on a given day, something has to give re: the pistes. Yes, I know Lech & Zurs has that policy, but I have not seen it enforced.
ps Pfannenkopf can be good, but I have also skied it when it has been tough - ungroomed and iced. It is not somewhere I would take an inexperienced skier, or a kid. Well, not before I checked it out myself first.
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ulmerhutte, stanton talks good skiing. But no one I know has met him.
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Last day of the season tomorrow. All the the tourists have gone so its great now
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