 Poster: A snowHead
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We cannot go away next year  and the only ski week available for us is the 2nd week in December.
We always go to Scheffau but not sure about going this early? Hotel needs to know soon about our rooms/flights etc
I know we need a crystal ball but is there any website that shows snow records for the last few years?
thanks
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I would choose a resort with a glacier as a backup when there is a lack of snow around in early Dec. Area around Scheffau peaks at 1650m and the whole of Ski Welt is no higher than 1829m or 1892m if you travel to Westerndorf.
Thus I would pick Zell am See peaks at 2000m with Kaprun (glacier) next to it and included in the same ski pass. It is a short bus trip from Zell am See but when you start to ski in Kaprun you will be from 2452m level upward and can go up to Kitzsteinhorn's Gipfelstation at 3029m too.
There could be enough snow in Ski Welt for the 2nd week in December but Zell am See//Kaprun should have more.
Tirol also have a few glacier-based resorts and the nearest to Ski Welt could be Hintertux but it is far away from the nearby resort in Zillertal Valley.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Yes,
Zell is a better bet
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PRM1, Ski welt is often open at that time but official resort openings have always been 3rd week of Dec. This far out, and without that crystal ball, I'd be heading for Kaprun, Hintertux or Solden. Obergurgl should be in full swing by then too.
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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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Between stubai, Kaprun, Hintertux or Solden. Obergurgl I think I would go for Obergurgl because the resort starts at almost 2000m above sea level. It is one of the whitest places I have been even I didn't manage to ski there last time. The ski map of Obergurgl indicates its low season commenced from 16 November in 2007. That is what I would call a safe bet.
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many thanks
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PRM1, welcome to Snowheads. You could also be reasonably confident of snow at one of the high French resorts such as Tignes, or Val Thorens. Very different feel, of course; not so gemutlich but heaps of runs and will be very quiet in early December.
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pam w,
Except for when we are there...ha ha.
PRM1, I am sure Scheffau has many things going for it with regard to your holiday, although early season snow promise wouldn't be very high on that list. Not impossible, of course, but equally not probable either. If you want the chance to ski, then either look at somewhere with a glacier nearby or book late when you might have a chance to follow the snow. Resort/lift opening times are just as pertinent.
As above, really.
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At christmas we always had the logic that you never get 2 bad years on the trot, so if France was poor one year we'd go there the following year. Whether that logic can be tried for 2 successive years of decent snow remains to be seen.
But the likelihood is that Scheffau will not be open at that time of year, the lifts will probably not open until mid December.
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We cannot go away next year and the only ski week available for us is the 2nd week in December.
We always go to Scheffau but not sure about going this early? Hotel needs to know soon about our rooms/flights etc
I know we need a crystal ball but is there any website that shows snow records for the last few years?
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Scheffau is 750 - 1650m i.e. too low for an early December booking.
I'd be inclined to book flights so that they are cheap but pick hotel nearer the time based on actual snowfall. In your position I'd probably book flights to Innsbruck with a view to visiting one of the following resorts
Serfaus - great family resort (hada great week there Dec 07 but people who went Dec 06 said it was green not white)
Obergurgl - nice resort with village charm.
Sölden Glacier - When snow is scarce.
Hintertux Glacier - When snow is really scarce.
If the snow is really good (as with Dec 07) a whole host of other possibe resorts will open up. Hotel places at that time of year aren't hard to come by so don't be pressured into making a decision on a hotel booking now.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Excellent, many thanks for all the advice really appreciated.
We have booked Obergurgl as it hs had excellent reviews.
Can't wait to try out somewhere different.
Fingers crossed for the snow! 
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