 Poster: A snowHead
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i presume a lot have been, have just booked for 9/1/2010 and have never been. reviews and tips would be much appreciated. have searched on here but cant find much real info
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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What sort of real info do you want? There's been STACKS posted on here about Kitzbuhel. What are you after?
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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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wether i have made correct choice.....lol.
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graeme, not for the w/c 9 Jan next year?? You are kidding, right?
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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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w/c starts 19th jan, 
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1993/4 New Year. First ever ski trip. Phenomenal. Cried when I had to come home. 
Party town then. Ski-ing was...well beginnery. Lots of walking to lifts and scrumming on ski busses. Might be different now. I would go back.
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Kitz sucks.
Rubbish slopes. Rubbish lifts. Rubbish skibuses.
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I get the feeling that Whitegold didn't like Kitzbuhel 
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I went in March 2008 and loved it. It's low so you might not always get snow at resort level (I didn't) but there's plenty of skiing further up. It's generally fairly easy. I'm a piste only bimbler and it suited me fine. In fact I only remember one black run that I really didn't like (I don't go anywhere near blacks in France). The town itself is a proper town; bustling and picturesque with friendly people and not over-priced. Accommodation near the Hahnenkamm bubble lift is best otherwise you'll be walking or bussing about but you can leave your equipment in the lockers at the base station (there's a charge for this of course). I'd definitely go back there, that's a good recommendation for a resort.
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| Whitegold wrote: |
Kitz sucks.
Rubbish slopes. Rubbish lifts. Rubbish skibuses. |
Now thats rubbish went last season and had a blast, good piste, good lifts cant comment on the buses didnt need to catch any, nice town with plenty of apres..............
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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graeme, whatever you do, ignore Whitegold 
The people who tell you that there's no decent skiing in Kitz don't know what they are talking about. Sorry! There's a ton of pistes for all levels, and also a ton of really nice off piste as well. That especially applies now that they have connected up the Pass Thurn area with the main area in Kitz/Kirchberg.
I might not recommend it if getting adrenalin rushes in 'one bad move and you're dead' couloirs is what you are looking for. For everyone, else it has all you need. Next to the Arlberg, and possibly Serfaus, it's my favourite area in Austria.
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You know it makes sense.
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I actually agree is way overrated. It's not bad, but it's definitely not all that great, and it's way too expensive for this what you get. But I agree apres ski is good. But that's not something what is really important for me when going skiing 
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Poster: A snowHead
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Even if it's 10days before first WC training, quite few courses are closed due this. I don't remember exact dates when courses around Streif closes, but normally it's at least week before racing week(end) starts.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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If latter did you realise that is the race week?
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If so, a great time to go.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| beequin wrote: |
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If latter did you realise that is the race week?
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If so, a great time to go somewhere else. |
Indeed!
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bertie bassett,
Why? I have been there twice at that time and found no real issues - with the bonus of seeing the racing first hand..
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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beequin, agree. Race week is really good. We've go that time every other year or so.
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Snow record isn't great.
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2007 wasn't good and the street party was a wash out. Needs surprisingly little snow to get the pistes open though.
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e.g.,
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| Needs surprisingly little snow to get the pistes open though |
It' mostly grassland, so few rocks, so it doesn't take much to make it skiable. You quite often get little snow down in the valley but plenty of skiable stuff up on top. 2007 was a disaster just about everywhere, not just in Kitz. Forget 2007!
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Must have been to Kitz half a dozen times & although the snow isn't always the best '07 was the only year we struggled to find anything to ski. Ended up in Westendorf for a couple of days thanks to the KiWest lift.
It didn't take much of a dump to get stuff open.
If there is no snow in Kitz its likely to be as bad in many places but Austria has a surprisingly good snow record if you consider the relatively low altitude of many resorts.
My worst experience of no snow (actually it was more like brown ice & high winds too) was in Morzine, which isn't the prettiest of places & has practically no night life. There are worse places than Kitz to get caught out!
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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IIRC, the snow depths at the time of that photo were 9 cms on the upper slopes. But with a bit of fresh snowfall towards the end of the week and depths of about 15cms, just about the whole area was opened up. It really doesn't take much coverage at all for it to be skiable
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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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graeme, race week seems to start on 20th. We were there the week before the race week. All runs open except the track itself. Pubs were very quiet though, because everyone was going the next week. When are you going? If 9th, might be quiet time. If 19th then hold on to hat, I guess.
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i am there from the 9th, i was aware of the world cup,
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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@Cathy: January 07 was a real bad winter not only in Kitzbuehel but in the whole Alps. Let's hope that the 07 weather pattern will not repeat anytime soon. Of course, Kitzbuehel is at a rather low elevation but it gets lot of precipitation so if it's cold enough than you will be fine snowwise even at the valley floor. Due to man made snow I am pretty sure that you will be able to ski down to the valley even there is lack of snow in the valley itself.
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Poster: A snowHead
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espri, ah - the picture above was on a particularly nasty week after a severe storm when the heavy rain washed away what little snow was there, unfortunately just before the race weekend. You can just see a helicoper in that picture where they were ferrying snow in from a glacier nearby in a desperate attempt to cover the course.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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cathy, you're right. It was a very bad year for snow. I remember them bringing in snow with trucks and helicopters for the race track. But it didn't help - the downhill and super-G were cancelled. However, we punters could still ski happily
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For 2007 we were lucky to be there over Christmas when although there wasn't a lot of snow, it was very cold, so what there was stayed. We skied back to resort every day. Mid-Jan was the worst bit of that season, but 2007 was a bit of a disaster in lots of places.
Kitz on the whole is fun, very sociable, good extent and variety of pistes, and with the Alpen ski pass you can also ski at Westendorf/Soll/Ellmau etc.
We skied from Mittersill in the Kitz range this Jan too, and really enjoyed the higher, more remote skiing up there.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I was there last week, not much snow, lots of posh shops, some good pubs
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I'm going on Friday! Will be at the downhill on Saturday, keep an eye out for an Irish flag on Ski Sunday! I heard a rumour you can ski the downhill the following day if you have GS skis - anyone know is that true? Also plan to stay in St Johann, does anyone know is it possible to ski off-piste around Kitzbuhler Horn from St Johann to access the Kitz side of the mountain?
Last edited by You'll need to Register first of course. on Mon 18-01-10 11:22; edited 1 time in total
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Peter Ross,
If you can report on snow conditions during yuour stay that would be great. I'm going there on the 27th for 4 days..
Ta
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Will do if I find free wifi over there, but looks like there's good cover looking at the webcams, there's currently 15cm in St Johann village so that's a good sign that they have good cover!
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I am going there ot 24-th for a week and will report about the snow also Prey for snow.
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Peter Ross, yep, skiied there for a couple of days over Christmas and then there was reported as being only 5cm at village level. Perfectly groomed though, no grass showing through, you'd never jhave known there was such little depth.
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does anyone know is it possible to ski off-piste around Kitzbuhler Horn from St Johann to access the Kitz side of the mountain?
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I'm sure it's possible but probably not practical.
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