 Poster: A snowHead
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Booked 4 nights in St Wolfgang early Jan, 2 experienced, 1 skier converting to boarding and 1 novice boarder. Including food (FB), passes and hire it comes in well under £400 which for a short break i thought was ok.
I'm fully aware Postalm is 30mins away and another resort is just short of an hour away both by bus. I'm wondering if taxis are an option at a reasonable price or if the bus is the better/only option?
Any tips on the town or resorts?
First time with TO (looking forward to not cooking) and to Austria, usually diy to France (cant speak German)!
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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manicpb, Gosau is the resort about an hour away. I went there after about 4 weeks skiing and the area seemed unchallenging at the time. Postalm is very much easy blues and is very good for beginners.
Gosau has a bit more on offer for intermediates, but it's not an area for advanced. I don't know if there is anything challenging off piste, as I didn't do much of that back then.
When I was there it was a poor snow year and Postalm and Gosau were the only options, but the TO laid on buses for us every day, so it wasn't too much hassle, but not ideal.
The resorts are very low, but even in a poor snow year we had decent skiing in both Postalm and Gosau. One good reason for this is that the slopes are mostly on grass meadowland and this doesn't need as much snow cover as rocky terrain to provide decent skiing conditions.
St Wolfgang was very quiet, so don't expect a lively apres ski scene.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Thanks geepee, quality of the ski areas was not a major issue. It's just a short break after the xmas period with some of the family taking in a new country.
Do the buses have to be booked or is it a case of just waiting at a stop?
Were the buses free with your TO?
The bus website I found was saying around 3euro (2nd class) or 6.50euro (1st class), whats the difference, surely a bus is a bus?
Early plans are Postalm day 1, Gosau day 2, Katrinalm day 3 spening the afternoon in Bad Ischl.
Is the lift for Katrinalm in the centre of Bad Ischl or is it another bus out?
Struggling to find info on Katrinalm, I know its only a 2 lift hill but as I said we hope to spend the afternoon in Bad Ischl few beers, maybe a spa, bit of shopping. Any info would be greatfully received (mainly how close is it to Bad Ischl).
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manicpb, The buses were provided free by our TO, but this was due to them moving us to St Wolfgang and providing buses as part of their snow guarantee. I can't remember where we were originally going. I can't help with the cost of buses or any of the other stuff.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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So it does, and i've been on that website about 5 times!
Thanks alex_heney.
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