Resort Report Kaprun Zell am See

A snowHead

Kaprun – Zell am Zee

What started off as a lads weekend away with my Dad and two brothers grew to my mum, my sister her boyfriend and my brother’s girlfriend. Now there was 8 of us departing Friday 27th Feb at lunchtime and getting home late Tuesday 3rd March.

We flew from Stansted with Ryanair and had no dramas we paid £32 each return for our flights. We then nominated 2 people to have airport check in and they also carried the skis and the two pieces of hold luggage we had. I would say all in with the four sets of skis and luggage each person’s flights came to around £55 return.

We had intended on getting the train from airport to resort but on arrival at Salzburg decided that as there were 8 of us it would work out cheaper to get a cab. A bit of haggling saw us get the driver down to €130. We booked the same guy for the return.

4 of us stayed here http://www.holiday-rentals.co.uk/p405883 it was a great little place, good value and Ben the owner was very helpful as were the folks that manage the apartment for him Trish and Steve form www.hauspatricia.co.uk.

The other 4 stayed at house Dora which was a basic pension house but everyone agreed they would be more than happy to return there.

Weather wise 3 out of the 4 days were great and first day was pretty much perfect as we were knee high in powder and had clear skies, but there was an avalanche and unfortunately some poor chap got caught up in it. I saw the rescue in operation and presumed that the guy was brown bread but was relieved to hear later on from the taxi driver (we missed the last ski bus back from Kitzstienhorn) that they found the chap alive.

Not sure how many times people get caught in avalanches and then get rescued safely, we only seem to hear about the deaths on snowheads?

On Mountain Costs

I believe the ski pass was €140 for 4 days but can’t remember

Spag Bol at the top of Zell am See was just over €10, I also paid €3.90 for a coke which came as a bit of a shock, but we also found other places where the prices were a bit more reasonable.

Beers in the village at Pavillon which seemed to be the only decent apres bar in Kaprun were a perfectly reasonable €3.50 for .5l which is cheaper than what I pay in town so no complaints there.

A snowHead

Trish and Steve at House Patricia are very helpful , I know them and they really offer a good value B/B , plus Steve is able to instruct as well. Its really nice Razz

Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?

i stayed in one of the apartments managed by trish and steve. charming couple. was in kaprun last week and had a great time. got engaged on the slopes in zell too

Help!!

Resort Report Kaprun Zell am See

snowHeads Forum Index >>> Resort Reviews and Trip Reports