 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi 
There is five of us lads who have a week off end of Feb but want to avoid France as half term madness is too much to take !
The only good value deals I can find is either Solden or Sestriere, quite keen on the 'ol apres but also we like a bit of a ski ! So will Solden for a week be too little ski or is Sestriere too quiet for beers etc !
Thanks for your replies
Al
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sestriere is any extremely ugly resort in my opinion. Next door Sauze definatly isnt quiet, but I dont know about Sestriere. The snow there is brilliant at the moment.
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No question for me Solden rocks! You won't do it all in a week, unless you're really first-up first down. Good park, good glacier. Crazy wacky races resort run at the end of the day (Fun and games) Can be a tiny bit icy on the home run (and dusky), but adds to the fun. It's got wide motorways, steep blacks, moguls, nice reds, cat tracks, in all very varied. In fact it's got the steepest piste I've ever been on (when I fell, not going very fast, I didn't stop until the bottom, because I couldn't generate enough friction on the slope.  Add to that an extremely modern and efficient lift system (needs to be as can get busy)
Also your lift pass covers Obergurgl, where I learnt to board. Great smallish resort, can get there on the bus in about 20mins and will keep you occupied for a day or two, excellent snow record for it's altitude. nice tree lined reds on the right side, glacer type on the left (Hochgurgl)
In addition, if you need any more incentives Austrian Apres is the best, and Solden is no exception with the usual post ski carnage of Austrians dancing on tables, as well as some cooler bars if you're that way inclined. The town isn't picturesque, but you can't have everything
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takoon, tough call.... the Milky way is a fun curcuit to explore - bit quirky, lots of ancient lifts but a real exciting and adventurous feel to battling your way around the links - if you dig that sort of thing... Town is indeed pig ugly, and lacks atmosphere, but once you've got the beer goggles on they all look OK right? 
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Sestriere/Milky Way area is fantastic skiing but moderate night life. Soelden is fantastic skiing plus brilliant apres ski. I'd go with Soelden too - definitely enough and sufficiently varied skiing for a week (plus Obergurgl - easily reached by bus - as another Snowhead has already said). Nice & high too, with 2 glaciers - though snow doesn't look like an issue this season.
I go for the skiing first & foremost - but Austrian apres ski can't be beaten. Soelden takes it to another level (anyone for a lap dance??).
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If you are going to Milky Way, try and find a place to stay in Sauze, Sestriere is way too quiet. Can't you DIY, tons of cheap flights to Turin, pick up an MPV and scoot up the autostrada. Try phoning the Assietta for somewhere central to stay.
Ryanair from Stansted 23 Feb return fare is £86 assuming you aren't carry skis.
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takoon, I would definitely recommend Solden. The skiing and apres are great and the snow is much more reliable (above resort) than Sestriere. I would recommend the day out to Obergurgl - make sure you buy the lift pass that enables you to do this, it is much more sedate and limited than Solden but has a cosy charm and a great red from top to bottom on the Hochgurgl side.
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takoon, I lost a pair of gloves in Solden in 1967 can you have a look for them please. They were black woolen ones that my mum knitted. Cheers.
My first skiing holiday. I had my birthday whilst I was there and the instructor bought me a drink at lunchtime. Now I didn't know what schnapps was and drinking it when you are only 14 and not used to alcohol and have to ski down a mountain afterwards is not to be recommended. 
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Solden. No contest.
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Yes, go for Solden
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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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thanks for your replies, would love to go to Solden but it is now sold en out  for 23rd Feb so any other resorts in Austria (apart from Arlberg as tooo expensive) that can match for snow sureness and apres giggles ?
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I think if there is a snow shortage Austria would be the last one to catch it.
I have seen the condition of Solden last week and would say that is not much different from Zillertal Valley (Hochzillertal, Mayrhofen and Zillertal Arena, each a resort in its own right with 150+km piste) or Silvretta Valley (Ischgl, with 235km piste) Ischgl may be expensive to book as there are a lot of 4 and 5 star hotels and the place is definitely up market but you are able to ski to Switzerland in 3 runs from there. We drove and was able to book accommodation 5km away at 50% the cost of staying in Ischgl.
Accommodation in Zillertal Valley should be affordable.
I didn't find Sestriere ugly. Being at 2035m level everthing should be white in Feb if you can stand the crowd. There is more scope to visit the rest of Milky Way there.
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You know it makes sense.
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Sestriere is desparately in need of more snow....went today and it way destinctly patchy here and there.
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