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Have any Snowheads been to either Niederau or Oberau please?
The reason I ask is that a friend of mine wants to go to Niederau (hotel haferwirt) with her 9 year old grandson second week of March. The tour company she is going with makes a big thing of sleigh rides, tobogganing etc. Neither of them are going to ski really (strange I know) - they just want an alpine experience But, on checking and seeing that both resorts are only about 850m high, I just wonder whether there will be any snow around in the valley for such as sleigh rides? Of course they can always go up the cable cars etc
This friend has never seen the Alps in the snow and is really keen to see the prettiness of Austria etc.
Any views would be greatly appreciated!
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Hi Villz,
Been to Niederau plenty and know hafernwirt too, it seems fine, has mixed reviews like most places. I can think of other better resorts if they don't want to ski. Niederau is lovely, we return regularly but the tobogganing is usually at night there and its okay. They bus you out to Oberau for this and you sit on the toboggan whilst a drag lift does the hard work and takes you up. Coming down very fast is good fun but a little scary as no way of stopping. Dig in your heels and hope for the best.
Done the sleigh ride with my daughter of this age and she was bored. The snow isn't too good at Easter unless a freak snow storm comes in. I know I sound a bit negative, and I don't want to put a downer on your friends plans, niederau has a first class ski school and is fab for beginners. You would need a little more if skiing isn't your bag.
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, thanks that's pretty much as i expected! Guess anyone other than beginners and early intermediates wouldn't find it that good for skiiing . Thanks for your insights!
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Villz
, THere are quite a few
have been to Neiderau. Quite a lot of them comne back several times.
I was there in late January last year, and we had virtually no snow
Most (not ALL) Austrian resorts are fairly low at resort level, so snow in the valleys can rarely be guaranteed, even in places where the skiing is much higher, and Neiderau is certainly no exception to this.
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have been to Neiderau. Quite a lot of them comne back several times.
