 Poster: A snowHead
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Thinking about going to Kitzbuhel with a mixed group, skiers and boarders but the boarders not very keen on T bars
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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think there's only 1, tiny and if you can ride already you won't be using it!
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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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Robert Hardy, yes. As I remember there is an unavoidable one on the way back from Resterhohe. Boarders tend to spend more time on the Horn side, I can't tell you if there are any T bars there as I haven't skied over that side.
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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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Robert Hardy, Kitz has gone through a series of major upgrades over the last few years as far as lifts are concerned. I was over there for the first time in about five years last week, and discovered that almost all T-Bars had been replaced by chairs. I only came across one remaining T which is a short connecting lift to get you back from the Aschau area to the Pengelstein area. The area has grown so much over the last few years with the addition of the lift that connects Pengelstein to Pass Thurn that I didn't get a chance to ski the whole resort, so I'm not sure what the situation is like over at Pass Thurn.
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You'll need to Register first of course.
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The lift back up to the Barenbadkogel coming from the Zweitausender is a T-bar (F8 Gauxjoch) and unavoidable if you want to ski back from Pass Thurn towards Kitz. It's not that steep but is longish IIRC. The run down goes along beside it so you can have a look at the lift when going down. Looking at the piste map there is also one T-bar at the top of Jochberg.
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Haven't they sold all their T bars and drag lifts to Scotland yet?
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Buttons would be better in Scotland. Ever tried using a t-bar in a force 9 with another human...
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There are the odd one around. I think the A10/Walde one is hard to avoid if coming from the hahnenkamm lift.
I'd never used T-bars before as a boarder and was dreading it, but in the end they weren't too bad and I find T-bars a lot less awkward than buttons..
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t-bars much nicer than buttons IMV - especialy if you can get onto them with your back foot strapped in 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Thanks for all the imformation, have booked Kitzbuhel for ten people week 19th of March skiers and boarders thanks again everyone.
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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 back from Kitz yesterday. There are two T-bars that I encountered, both quite long, both unavoidable if you're in that area. If you're getting onto the mountain from Jochberg you need to take one from about halfway up to get to the top, and more significantly (as said earlier), you need to catch one if you want to head back to Kitz from Pass Thurn. Re the second, consider not coming back at all and just ski down the mountain from that side at the end of the day, then catch the free bus back to town. It was a piece of cake, and meant we didn't have to allow a couple of hours slugging it back across the hill (including the S3 cable) just to meet up with rush hour with burning thighs down the Hahnenkamm!
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