 Poster: A snowHead
|
I am thinking of organising a lads trip to Innsbruck. The tourist board seem to offerring a reasonable deal.
From the centre of town I understand you can get buses to the local resorts. Our plan would be to visit differant areas over our 4 day stay ( Stubaai, Schlick, Axamer, Kuhtai etc )
Anyone got any experience of that area?
cheers all
Rich
|
|
|
|
|
|
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
|
|
yes, you can do it easily, free ski bus which stops at trains station and major hotels (e.g. Hilton, Sailor) and one ski pass for the area. Innsbruck is a nice town too. On the basis that you are on a lads city trip there are also closer but smaller resorts than Stubai (bus 60 minutes +) and Kuhtai (bus +/- 60 mins) that are perhaps more appropriate for a day. Alternatively you can stay up the Stubai Valley or Kuhtai
|
|
|
|
|
|
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?
|
|
Rich - I've had a couple of trips based in Innsbruck . The city itself is pleasant - good bars etc although it doesn't feel at all like a ski resort. Stubai is great but about 90 mins on the bus from memory. Taxi is much quicker. Axamer litzum is fine for a day. We also went to Ischgl for the day - minibus taxi. Great place with mental après ski
|
|
|
|
|
|
You need to Login to know who's really who.
You need to Login to know who's really who.
|
Oi Oi Savaloy, I've never done Innsbruck, but have skied in Stubai lots and also in Steinach. Stubaier Gletscher is quite big in winter time, but a long way up the hill from Innsbruck - might be better to stay one night there if going, the hotel at the bottom of the glacier is very nice indeed (yummy food). Fulpmes is small and closer to Innsbruck, just inside the Stubaital and there are little bits of skiing more or less all the way up the valley. Steinach is small but I liked it a lot. Whether it would be good for a lads' trip I don't know though. 
|
|
|
|
|
|
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
|
Yep, free buses from the city centre to all those resorts. It takes around an hour to get to Stubai, but it's a pretty scenic journey. Axamer is worth a day at least, Igls/Patscherkoffel is another nice smaller area, and the pistes seem to be generally fairly steep - around 20 minutes or so on the bus. If you like offpiste don't forget Nordkette either. Lifts straight from the city centre give you access to some awesome terrain, with big faces to steep couloirs and everything in between. Gets snow when other places don't as well - if you look up from the city and the clouds are trapped against the (mountain) wall, you're in for a treat. All these resorts are on the same lift pass too.
It's easily possible to do daytrips to some of the bigger resorts in the area too, St Anton is a 1 hour direct (and regular) train journey away, Kitzbuhel similar, and I think Mayrhofen is around 40 minutes (that might be by bus though, can't remember off the top of my head).
|
|
|
|
|
|
You'll need to Register first of course.
You'll need to Register first of course.
|
clarky999, I did Zell am Ziller from there in about 35-40mins by car. That's handy, cos there's huge carpark by the lift station, plus rental shops if you need them. Fügen is similar, but a bit closer. Mayrhofen a bit further, but not sure if there's carpark near lift? In that valley, by train, I think Fügen would be best as there's a station near the lift station. No idea about buses.
I would have done Nordkette & Igls/Patcherkoffel before, but since I had my car and didn't want hassle of sorting ski rental twice, I copped out and went to Zell am Ziller. Zero traffic heading up the valley on a Saturday am. It's all heading out of the valley back to the airport 
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
FAQ