 Poster: A snowHead
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I'm looking to get away for a week in March next year. Can someone reccommend a good resort in Austria. I am looking for a high town centre with higher skiing area.
Cheers.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Obergurgl, or maybe Solden (which is not so high at village level, but plenty of high altitude skiing on two glaciers).
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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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Thanks Rob, I should have mentioned that I have been to Obergurgl & Ischgl in recent years so am looking for somewhere different.
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Try Serfaus - Fiss - Ladis, three resorts in one, only an hour from Innsbruck with plenty of skiing over a big area. Not on the radar as much as Ischgl or St Anton but much better for it! No tour operators go there as far as I know so it's a DIY job via the website. We've been there twice, really enjoyed the area and hardly any Brits... 
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My original thinking was to go high because of the time of year. So basically any area will be fine mid march? How about Kaprun/Zell am See?
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All, thanks for the tips. I think I'll plump for Kaprun area. It seems to be one of the cheaper options. 
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Battlezone, Wagrain, Schladming, Zauchensee and many places in the Ski Amade knock spots off Zell/Kaprun for skiing and value.
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Battlezone, wait for the MSB!
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maggi, the thought of dragging all that luggage between various modes of transport is putting me off 
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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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Frosty the Snowman, which operator serves those areas mentioned? I'm after a package for this one.
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You know it makes sense.
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Battlezone, it is the easiest place to diy. A few TOs do Schladders.
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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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Although fairly low, Kitzbuhel last year still had pretty decent snow in March. I was there last week of the season and we had a couple of dumps whilst there. Only place where the snow wasn't great was at the bottom of the Hahnenkamm going back into town.
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Poster: A snowHead
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oldsnowy, I once went to Serfaus - Fiss - Ladis about 14 years ago on a school trip and I've been trying to remember the name for ages as I'd forgotten it. You've just jogged my memory, 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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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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Thanks Guys...I plumped for Schladming in the end. The Thomson Group do packages there
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Battlezone, some great terrain for you and some cheap beeya 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I can offer some silly deals for March...
Had a great snow record for the last coupl eof years with silly dumps and awesome powder!
PM me if you are interested or have a browse on my link below.
I should have a bar in the house by then (sorry FTSM you have missed out this season!)
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| Battlezone wrote: |
| Thanks Guys...I plumped for Schladming in the end. The Thomson Group do packages there |
You missed out the words "even though" in the middle there
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flangesax, thanks, but I have already booked and paid. Another time...
Frosty, Woo! Hoo!
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Frosty the Snowman, had a fantastic time in Schladming!! For the first three days it snowed but surprisingly the visibility was still good. Skiing through 12-18inches of fresh soft powder on top of the piste underneath was unbelievable! Three days later the snowing stopped and the sun came out. Even better!! Thanks for the heads up!
We were in a Gast Haus about 200 yards from the new gondola. Couldn't ski in/out but the next best thing! Found some really nice drinkeries in the town. People very freindly.
It is definitely a place we will consider going back to again.
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Good stuff.. another convert... OP searching for altitude in March... ended up staying in a Hotel at about 800m!
had a pow day 2 days ago... and hopefully some more at the back end of this weekend!
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| flangesax wrote: |
| Good stuff.. another convert... OP searching for altitude in March... ended up staying in a Hotel at about 800m! |
I know...I was a bit apprehensive when booking it, but it worked out well in the end. We were meant to be going the following week (20 Mar) which would have been a disaster. The temperatures were hitting 20C on Friday 19th. The bottom half was becoming very slushy. Up top was still fine though.
Just looking forward to the EoSB now!! Bring it on!!
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Battlezone, it would have been far from a disaster!
Mid station up was in good shape along with Haus and Hochwurzen and reiteralm... bit heavy on your legs by the afternoon... then you would have had a mini-powder day on Friday as there was snow Thursday night...
I had some first-timers out here last week who had a great time all over the area... 3 days in ski-school and then out and about accross Amadé with a mate.
They loved it - all went home looking like racoons!
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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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Just curious that Hintertux isn't mentioned. It is a glacier at the end of Zillertal Valley.
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You know it makes sense.
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saikee, I stil lhaven't managed to get up there yet... I think it is on my Salzburger Super pass... if so i am going to try and get there before May 2nd!
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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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I'm going to Austria again next March. Kitzbuhel again so very low and last time I went there was no snow at resort level but loads further up. Would be nice to have snow at the bottom too, but you never know with these things.
The upside is a bit of Austrian atmosphere, although I do wish they would stop smoking in bars.
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Poster: A snowHead
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queen bodecia, we went to Kitzbuhel in Jan 2007. Again, like you, there was no snow in the resort but high up was OK. Still a bit slushy though. However earler this season it looked OK on the webcams and weather reports.
I think its down to luck when going to lower resorts to get good snow.
We much prefer Austria to France. Apart from the people being friendlier the prices in the bars and restaurants are much better on the pocket.
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