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About to fly out to Zell am See with my kids for our holdiay, only the second time we have skied so still novices. Could anyone let us know what the snow/ski runs are like at the moment? I've seen an entry on a forum which indicated that only the black/red runs are open - and these are icy, with no snow in the village. Yet the snow reports seem to indicate that there is snowfall in Zell am See. Could anyone give me a current or recent update? Are the lower slopes / blue runs are open?
Jo
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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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Jo UK, Welcome to snowheads. I don't think you need to worry too much about Austrian snow at the moment. It has been a bit warm lately, but there is plenty of snow about right now. An important point is that places like Zell have much of their pistes over grassland, so you only need 10-20cm of snow for good conditions. There is a bunch of snowHeads in Saalbach at the moment, and Zell is only just down the road from there. Have a look at the "splinter" thread in Events. I think you will be fine.
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Welcome to Snowheads Jo UK , Elizabeth B is right, there is usually very good piste maintenance at Zell, and whilst it is possible that some of the resort runs and the lower nursery slopes might be starting to suffer, there are still plenty of options for beginners and novices further up the mountain.
I'm not in Zell at the moment, but I wouldn't worry. If you are using ski school then the instructors will know exactly where to take you to find the bets conditions for teaching. I would imagine the nursey slopes up Schmittental will be fine, and the Kinderland at Hundkopf will be ideal once you're all happy skiing the blue to get to it.
In any case, if you look on www.schmitten.at you can see that all lifts and pistes are currently open. Click on winter, and then pistenstatus.
HtH and happy sliding!
D
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Jo -- All the lifts and all the trails are open today. Everywhere is mostly white. They had a small snowshower on Sat. It should be fine.
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This site under the resort name Schmittenhöhe/Zell am See confirms today the 27 lifts open out of 27 and 77km piste run open out of 77km available.
From the two weeks I spent in Zillertal and Silvretta Valleys this January I can confirm this site's information is top notch and most up to date, as I based on its information to go round visiting 13 resorts and skied 10 of them.
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Jo UK, I'm in Zell and I can tell you that all the runs are open and in great condition. The easier (blue) runs in Zell are mainly at the top of the mountain, where the snow is good. You don't need to panic! Today was perfect - sunny skies and new snow (it snowed yesterday). A little more snow is predicted this week. There is very little snow in the town itself, which means you can bring your high heels if you want, but all of the nursery slopes, even those at the very bottom have great coverage.
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nice,
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thank you for your responses - much appreciated
jo
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