 Poster: A snowHead
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As promised heres a round up of our 4 night stay in Lofer.
Flew out Saturday with Ryanair, no mess no fuss, all straightforward, Richard our B&B host was there to meet us and take us to our Accommodation, Haus Patricia. Return transfer 98 euros for 4 of us! Leaving home to arriving at the apartment 6 hours!  We had a 2 bed apartment which was lovely, spotlessly clean and well equipped, we also had breakfast provided! Cost £30pppn b&b.
They have an 'honesty' fridge/wine/beer/nuts etc supply where you help yourself and write in a book what you've had and its added to the bill, with prices the same as the supermarket, a nice idea I think!
Just 5 mins walk to the village centre and main lift, we used Herbst Sport 2000 who gave us 20% discount for being Haus Patricia guests! ski hire worked out at 32.80 euros each for 3 days hire, nice shop new good quality equipment!
Lift passes for 3 days was 80 euros.
We took both gondolas up and then onto a new 6 man heated chair!! the runs down are lovely, very pretty, no queues at all. Quite a few different diversions with nice wide easy blues to some narrower more challenging reds, also a couple of blacks which we didn't do so can't comment!
Plenty there to keep us entertained for 3 days, if we'd stayed a week I think we'd have taken the bus and tried a different town too, but unless you go for clocking miles and miles I reckon theres plenty to keep most beginners and intermediates happy!
Lunch was very reasonable 3.30euros for 500ml beer, approx 5-7 euros for spag bol, bratwurst and fries etc. 3.60 euros for apple strudel and custard! 
Its a lovely run down from the top back to village level, we had plenty of fresh snow on day 2 with glorious sunshine on day 3, it was perfect!
Evening meals were equally as good value around 15-20 eurospp for a meal and drinks! with a good selection of restaurants to choose from. Although the village is very quiet, the bars seemed to be fairly busy and the restaurants too! Everyone was very friendly, it was a nice place to be.
If you're looking for a quiet, good value place to stay with a decent ski area I'd definatley recommend Lofer and particularly Haus Patricia www.austrianbreaks.com 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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feefee, where did you fly from/to and when did you go?
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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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Glad to see it is still fine in Lofer. Great value if you can get a cheap flight
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Sounds great feefee, Lofer is such a pretty place and such an undiscovered gem for skiing. AFAIK Herbst Sport is the family of the Austrian slalom skier Reinfried Herbst who hails from the neighbouring village of Unken.
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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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Sounds great feefee, Lofer is such a pretty place and such an undiscovered gem for skiing. AFAIK Herbst Sport is the family of the Austrian slalom skier Reinfried Herbst who hails from the neighbouring village of Unken.
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Came home today! Went on Saturday flew from Stansted to Salzburg £150 per couple including luggage!! Flights actually got a bit cheaper after we booked! but hey ho 
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feefee, thanks - I can do Stansted
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Sounds lovely - how good is their late season snow?
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They open until Easter but it is low so I wouldn't book in advance for that late, shame really as I'd love to go back but our next planned time skiing is Easter this year, but certainly worth watching and doing a late booking. Went to Muhlbach (not too far from Lofer) end of March last year, all was open, lots of fresh snow, just a bit slushy down to village level, I'd imagine Lofer would be similar?
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feefee, sounds like a great trip.
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