 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi everyone!  So I recently moved to Vienna and I have a friend visiting me for a few days in 1st week of December. This presents an opportunity for a little 2-3 day ski break!
So where should we go? Requirements are;
1) SNOW!!!! Where's the best bet early December?
2) As close to Vienna as possible (flexible on this if I have to be)
3) Size - only 2-3 days so it doesn't need to be huge. 3 intermediate/advanced skiers so would need mainly reds/blacks.
4) Nightlife/restaurants not important.
5) Cheap accomodation.
So thoughts? I recall a snowhead living in a ski resort and having a guesthouse in Austria but can't remember who and where! Ski Amade looks great and I think it (or parts of it) are already open. Zillertal maybe?
Cheers NB
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Oh and i know it's asking alot but ski in ski out would be grand 
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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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Zillertal is about 5 hours drive from Vienna. There's sure to be somewhere closer to you if you're only wanting 2-3 days away.
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NomadicBoo, Whilst I'm a great fan of the Zillertal, given your location in Vienna the Ski Amade region south from Salzburg is closer and is also an excellent ski region. The Snowhead you were referring to living in the region is flangesax - I've never met him or stayed at his place, but several other Snowheads have with favourable comments. His website is:
http://www.austrian-adventures.com/
HTH
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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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Obertauern would probably be within reasonable distance - maybe 3 and 1/2 hours - and is opening already. You can ski in ski out there but I doubt it'd be cheap 
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Alastair Pink, Thanks!
*Katja*, Just had a look at Obertauern and it's now on the list of maybe's!
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*Katja*, Welcome to
NomadicBoo,
Actually if you are driving flangesax is based in Radstadt I believe which is not that far from Obertauern, we drove down to Radstadt to do the shopping when we stayed in Obertauern as the local groceries were not that exciting.
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NomadicBoo, Obertauern would be a good bet, and yes it's pretty close to flangesax's place in Radstadt. There is also loads of accommodation in Obertauern, but it is more expensive to stay up there, and they don't seem to do as many early season deals up there. Staying in Radstadt would give you a bit more flexibility, as assuming you are driving, you could spend a day in one of the other resorts like Zauchensee which is just up the road, and I am sure you would get excellent value for money.
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There's not many resorts really close to vienna, but if you want somewher close, and with reliable snow then you could do a lot worse than head tp the Ski Amade area, which includes Dachstein (glacier=snowsure) gastein, schladming etc. http://www.skiamade.com/en/winter/ apparently its 3 hours by road or there is a direct train to the area, though i don't know to which resort...check out the website it could be an option.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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| Whitegold wrote: |
| http://www.j2ski.com/ski_resorts/Airports/Vienna.html |
is not very comprehensive or very accurate...
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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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| flangesax wrote: |
| Whitegold wrote: |
| http://www.j2ski.com/ski_resorts/Airports/Vienna.html |
is not very comprehensive or very accurate... |
I have just had another look at it and will revise my above statement....
is not at all comprehensive and is totally inaccurate!
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My two tried and tested resorts in Austria,
Ischgl, hell of a long way from Vienna, bit glitzy nowadays. Obertauern, always snowy never fails to disappoint.
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You know it makes sense.
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Semmering is the nearest half decent skiing to Vienna - only about 40 mins from the airport. I've been there and it's fun for a couple of days. It's good enough for Ladies WC races, about 2000 vertical feet of skiing, hotels right by the lifts, might be OK in early December. Otherwise Schladming is probably neaest big area.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obertauern, always snowy never fails to disappoint
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Oh dear! I didn't think it was that bad... 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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For a proper resort I guess Salzburg area is going to be the closest to Vienna... Lofer/Saalbach/Zell am See? Couple of hours drive though I'd imagine.
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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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pam w, double negative 
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