 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi, need a bit of help, I have been given a free pass for a 2nd week away by my better half as a birthday treat, but I may have to go on my own. To keep cost down I am planning to go 1st or 2nd week in Jan, looking at an independant deal the transfers seem to be proportionaly high so I was interested in using trains for the transfer. I have been to Kaprun via Salzburg and Zell am See before and found it good value and easy so happy to look at this option again. Of course if anyone can come up with a package that is good value I,ll look at it. If anyone is in a similar situation happy to talk about getting a group together, if you want to spend a week with a soon to be 50yr old male, red and blue piste skier who likes a couple of beers but not all nighters.
Thanks in advance
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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St Moritz.
Definitely good for "soon to be 50yr old male, red and blue piste skier who likes a couple of beers but not all nighters".
Not sure about what deals you can find or how it compares with other resorts.
Or yes, reachable by train from Zurich.
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geoffknight,
If it were me looking at early Jan I would be thinking that conditions can vary quite a lot accross the alps at this time of year. I would try and avoid commiting to one place when you have a great opportunity to be flexible.
Cheapest way is probably wait untill a few days before you fly when you can pick up a cheap package usually very easily and very cheaply at that time.
If a package does not appeal a flight to Geneva or Zurich allows you to go to any resort in Switzerland by train occasionally with a post bus final step for the price of a swiss transfer ticket. Loads of great resorts in Switzerland.
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Zurich also gives you the option of some Austrian resorts too.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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If it were me looking at early Jan I would be thinking that conditions can vary quite a lot accross the alps at this time of year. I would try and avoid commiting to one place when you have a great opportunity to be flexible.
Cheapest way is probably wait untill a few days before you fly when you can pick up a cheap package usually very easily and very cheaply at that time.
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Agreed. No need to tie yourself down now. The Alps will be your oyster. 
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Zurich = 2 1/2 hours into St Anton/ Innsbruck: a little over an hour.
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Salz/Inns/Zurich/Geneva all have good rail links to the Swiss and Austrian resorts with 'in resort' stations.
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Mayrhofen from Innsbruck is a doddle. Bus F from INN airport to Innsbruck train station, change at Jenbach for Mayrhofen. From memory took about an hour and a half. Two hours tops.
Meets your requirements for skiing and apres, and also has the nearby Hintertux glacier as an insurance policy against any unfavourable early-season lack of snow (which is well worth the 20 minutes bus ride for a day out in any case).
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Geoffknight
I wouldn't obsess to much about the transfer costs - provided you choose the right place/method then it can be done cost-effectively. Clearly private transfer to Tignes from GVA will be expensive as is hiring a car but there are good solutions with the right airport/resort/transfer combo e.g.
1) Friedrichshafen (fly ryainair) and get a transfer bus to Lech / St. Anton with these guys - http://www.mytransfer.at - meet the ryanair plane times and it's about 65 euro round trip. If you get 1st flight out of stansted, you can be skis on just after lunch in resort...
2) Fly to GVA and get a transfer to morzine with morzexpress.com (also serve chamonix if you have to)
but i would also look at late package deals - there might be some options around those...
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Inns to St Anton - taxi to train station about 4 minutes, train to St Anton (station right in center of the resort) maybe 1 hour 15 mins 
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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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Innsbruck would give you easy access to lots great ski areas, but it's not easy to find reasonably priced flights. Alternatively, look into flying to Munich.
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Altenmarkt/Radstadt about an hour from Salzburg. Station right in the middle of town at Radstad. Am sure Flangesax would pick you up from the Bahnhof
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You know it makes sense.
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geoffknight, St Anton very doable by train from Innsbruck and Zurich direct. Also doable from Friedrichshafen but does require 2 changes - but literally change platform and a doddle.
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SaraJ, cheap from Bristol and have two booked already
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Poster: A snowHead
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geoffknight, I know you said 'train' but Satobus from Lyon to BSM may be an alternative - PM me if you want any more info, have done this on my own many times.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Thanks everyone for the responses, lots of options to look in to in more detail, I do plan to wait until nearer the time for booking anything, to make sure I choose somewhere that has good conditions, on that note will TO charge for single supplement at that time of year? MAN and LPL are my nearest airports so have a good range of options.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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More public transport transfers: Lyon/Grenoble to Alpe d'Huez/2Alpes by bus.
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Tour operators usually have very cheap last minute deals for those weeks eg filling unsold chalet rooms. If you're booking late they may wave single supplements.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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