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IM thinking of going to the youth hostel in bad gastein in austria for skiing in january, I know most people stay at a hotel or appartment when they go skiing but I wonder if some people stay at youth hostels in skiing resorts in europe, has anyone got any tips on skiing trips using youth hostels and wheres a good place to go skiing in europe and is it cheaper to buy ski/lift passes at the resort or buy online
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woody123, welcome to snowHeads 
If you click on this link you will see that David Goldsmith recommends the youth hostel in Zermatt.
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woody123,
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In Europe there is rarely any difference in price buying online or in resort. At busy times you may save significant time queuing by buying on line though.
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thankyou for your comments, ive only been skiing once before at borovets in bulgaria with thomson ski 2 years ago with family so everything was organised for me, and I stayed in youth hostels this summer in berlin and prague so I know a few things about travelling, can anyone give me some more tips on skiing using hostels in europe, ie is there buses or trains from airports to skiing resorts and do they run all day,maybe salzburg to bad gastein or geneva to zermatt and im thinking of hire skis but buy the boots so is it best to buy the boots at the resort wheres theres lots of ski shops or buy in the UK wheres theres not many ski shops, and what resorts are cheapest for lift passes
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Geneva to Zermatt can be done on the train...but beware, Zermatt isn't the cheapest resort in the world! It is however one of the best.
The cheapest for lift passes tend to be smaller resorts.
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woody123, Bad Gastein is in the Ski Amade network - you are best off buying the lift pass at the first lift you use - the price is the same. Its a digital pass and is valid all over Ski Amade. I cant give you any advice on Youth Hostels though. You will have loads of fun if you come to Ski Amade. 
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thankyou flangesax, do you know how much the ski pass might cost
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woody123, a week's ski pass in the Amade Area is 203 Euros in the High Season. When are you planning to go in January?
If you have any questions about Bad Gastein, PM me. I'm afraid I don't know much about the Youth Hostel in the town except that it's well located for the Stubnerkogel Bahn and their bar sells VERY VERY good beer! 
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I've been to the hostel there, nice bar and very close to lifts which is good as Bad Gastein has some steep hills
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IM thinking of going on the 12th or 19th of january, and fly southampton to salzburg, and then get the train or the coach to bad gastein whichever is the best from the airport, how much do you think ski boots will cost to buy in gastein, whats the best way from salzburg airport to gastein, train or coach,
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woody123, train by far. Take the tolley bus from the airport to the central station then it's 25 Euro return to Bad Gastein and it's normally direct. To check out the train times, visit www.oebb.at/en/
I'm not sure about how much ski boots will cost in Bad Gastein but from the youth hostel there are about 4 or 5 shops within 2 or 3 minutes walk. You shouldn't have any problems.
Cheers
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