Poster: A snowHead
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Hi everyone
Would anyone have any feedback on Ischgl for beginner boarders? I went to Les Deux Alpes last year and there was really only one suitable green for beginners, and that had an evil chairlift with a steep drop off. (There was plenty of good runs for beginner skiiers though). I guess I'd be hoping there are a few accessible wide green runs with nice chairlifts.
thanks
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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littlemisssunshine,
There are no steep drop offs from the chairs from memory, in fact most chair lift exists are easy - the chairs are mainly the detachable type.
Not sure about the runs - I find it hard to remember what would be hard when I learnt.
I seem to remember one of my group finding it difficult to learn on the terrain there - he wasn't a complete novice either.
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littlemisssunshine, I'd have thought the whole of the glacier and the Jandri run would have been OK for beginners at LDA. You'll struggle to find anything much easier than that in Ischgl. There are a couple of easy runs in the Idalp sector and the Alp Trida sector is quite benign. But beyond that you'll be looking at reds. Admittedly some of them would probably be blue in other places.
The lift system is the sort of lift system a boarder would design.
As Ste says, one of our group struggled a bit and was on his own some of the time. However if you have more than one beginner in the group it would probably be OK, especially if they enjoy numbing the pain with a few alcoholic painkillers. If you have lots of beginners though I'd go somewhere else.
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littlemisssunshine, have not been to ischgl so can not help, but of all the resorts I have been to I would say Alpe d'Huez has been the best for beginners - wide greens at resort level served by gondola - so no chair lifts to worry about (if you want to avoid them) and you finish the runs at the bar
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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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stephen bleakley, ischgl would be a great destination for beginneers with a fantastic lift system , easy greens and blues with a fair amount of nice soft snow to the sides of the pistes to play in, and some of the best apres anywhere
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Neilski, do you really think there are loads of easy runs in Ischgl?
I'm not convinced.
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littlemisssunshine, I was there last year and would agree with the positive comments above on the lift system and nightlife. Slopes wise I think there's enough to learn on and if you pick it up reasonably quickly there are enough options for novices. One thing that struck me was that the standard of tuition seemed quite poor... there were a number of beginners in our group both skiers and boarders and none really progressed quickly in their classes. I had 1 private lesson and wasn't too inclined to go back for more. Possibly something to consider.
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