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Sleipnir, try this link for weather and snow reports www.bergfex obertauern.at it may help! Yes there is tonnes and tonnes of the white stuff but the Austrians really are amazing at clearing the roads, and they are out all hours bashing the pistes, after the mega dump we had on Monday night the pistes were as smooth as a babys bottom on Tuesday morning when we skied and Maria Alm! Dont worry it´ll be fantastc 
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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?
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As far as I know all around ski amade has been open for skiing. Obertauern is above the tree line and quite exposed so probably more wind, higher avalanche exposure (to the runs not the town) and def bad vis when it's not sunny. Get a salzburg superpass and it covers ski amade, plenty of resorts within 30mins of obertauern.
Just arrived in schladming. Snowing quite heavy, made for an interesting drive from Salzburg! Ploughs were out but plenty of snow on roads still, worse problem was lack of vis, a few times I had no idea where the lanes were or where I was for that matter. And the VW Polo felt pretty slippy, give me my heavy vw transporter any day for these conditions.
I'm expecting a rather good days skiing tomorrow 
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Skied at Flachau Winkl (ski amade) today. Pow-tastic! Between 20-30cms of dry powder, snowing moderate all day, set to snow hard again tonight. Up to 100cm forecast at higher altitudes between now and Tuesaday. Get a few pics uploaded later.
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Skied today on the Steinplatte/Waidring but started out from the German side, Reit im Winkl/Seegatterl. This was basically a nostalgia trip, for I thought it could be one of the last chances I might have of taking the bus up from Seegatterl to the Winklmoosalm - a gondola is planned to replace the bus by next winter.
Conditions were great, loads of new snow. It is the first time for a while that I can remember skiing on soft snow, even soft moguls. Most challenging runs on the Schwarzlofer and Nordhang. Weather was pretty dull all day and it snowed lightly later on. Maybe the weather forecast had frightened people away, for there were no queues on what I had expected to be one of the busiest weekends of the season.
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Weather was pretty dull all day and it snowed lightly later on. Maybe the weather forecast had frightened people away,
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I just love it when that happens (and it does a lot round these parts!) Ski Amade seems to attract fine weather skiers leaving empty pistes and clear lifts.... oh and loads of pow!
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Just back from Soll - fantastic week - dumped on arrival, all day and night Tuesday and was globbing down again on Sat morning. Cold and sunny when not snowing. Very impressed with Soll (and Austria) after last 5 years hols high in France - did not suffer from half termitis at all. Would love to go back soon.
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Very excited about Schladming on Saturday, looks like we've timed it about right!
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I've just come back from Ski Amade, and the weather scared most people away for the whole week, except 2 days when the sun was shining.
The snow was excelent, and the pistes are prepared day and night by the employees of ski amade.
The last 2 days the powder was waist high when venturing beside the piste, which was pretty fun.
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Thanks to all that have reassured me that sking in the Salzburg region (Obertauern) next week will be fine. I've been keeping one eye on the weather forecast for the region and it looks like there will be a break in the heavy snow and high(er) recent winds towards the end of this week, even some sunshine is on the horizon
As Deliaskis, says, we have have timed it just about right......fingers crossed!! 
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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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You know it makes sense.
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Sleipnir,
If you are here for a bit then I would paying a bit extra for the Salzburger super card....
If this snow stays (I have to frighteningly say that I am sick of the puking now!) then visibility will be poor in obertauern so it may be to your advantage to get the bigger card and go 'down' to Ski Amade.
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I am heading to Saalbach on Saturday, any one with some first hand info on conditions? ........ like do I need to take my Ride Yukon 164 wide board ?
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Poster: A snowHead
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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?
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Bah, why bother posting pics from Alpinforum.com when we have our own resident snowheads taking such awesome pictures 
waynos, Thanks very much! Conditions look truly epic right now, I seriously envy all those southern Germans and Austrians that can just go skiing at the weekend when they please...
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waynos, cracking shots. See you in a couple of weeks!
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waynos, Great pics!
rayscoops, have a good time
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Been snowing hard & non-stop all night and still is! Got to be 20-30cms on my car. Going to be a deeeeep day.
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waynos, hey fab photos again!
My state of giddiness about my forthcoming trip has reached epic proportions. I am almost incapable of sitting still now.
Have a great day out there.
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Hills/resorts local to Vienna have been pounded in the last few days Hochkar is posting a snow depth of almost 5m.
http://www.hochkar.com/index.php?id=129&L=1
Tauplitz and Loser saw another 60cm fresh. Kaprun has over 4m so spring skiing should be fantastic (when my knee is better).
It is forecast to become a little warmer just hope the low resorts don't suffer any rain.
Fill yur boots up!
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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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W00T
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Off to Scheffau on Saturday. Looking very very good. I just hope we can get there from the airport!
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You know it makes sense.
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Hayls,
Off to Ellamu saturday.............hoping for no rain
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Hayls, Mitchell, Make sure you put up trip reports when you get back. I'm off to Ellmau three weeks after you
Don't use up all the snow
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Poster: A snowHead
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DAVID SNELL, thanks for the info. We will probably stay closer to home as my daughter will be in the creche for half days. Any idea how long it would take to ski from Scheffau to Brixen and back? We can shift fairly quickly if necessary. It's been a few years since I skied this area and we were based in Soll.
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| Hayls wrote: |
| Off to Scheffau on Saturday. Looking very very good. I just hope we can get there from the airport! |
No trouble on the Salzburg autobahn today - the main problem is likely to be the traffic.
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| Hayls wrote: |
| Any idea how long it would take to ski from Scheffau to Brixen and back? We can shift fairly quickly if necessary. |
Moving fairly quickly, Scheffau to Brixen shouldn't take too long, for they are adjacent to each other.
From Scheffau take the Brandstadl gondola (61+62), then the Eiberg chairlift (67 or 68 ), followed by either the Muldenbahn (70) or Aualm lift (71) to get you onto the Auberg. From there you can ski down to Brixen (the piste plan is confusing here, for the piste down alongside the Jochbahn lift (6) does link to the piste -Nieding Abfahrt- from the bottom of the Jochbahn right down to the gondola in Brixen).
Coming back you take the Hochbrixen gondola (1). From Hochbrixen there are various options, the quickest way is probably the Zinsberg lift (3), followed by the Jochbahn (6), then down the track to the Osthang lift (64), which brings you back up to the Brandstadl, from where you can ski back into Scheffau. Hope I got that all right 
I think it should be possible to do that in two hours (presuming no great queues), maybe better allow three first time. If you try, let us know how it goes
EDIT: The Muldenbahn and Aualm lifts do not go up the Zinsberg, as I had wrongly written (it's one hill further on). I think the hill is probably called the Auberg but I haven't been able to confirm that.
Last edited by Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do. on Sun 1-03-09 22:36; edited 1 time in total
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espri, many thanks. 3 hours is perfect timing - drop my daughter off, ski to Brixen and back just in time to pick her up!
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The sun is out!!
Blue sky + very deep powder... if only I could get out today rather than chage loads of beds!
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DB, According to AccuWeather.com it's getting colder from the 9th March and more snow!
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