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Hi, am thinking of short break to Ski Amade from Mon 13 Feb to Fri 17 Feb. We would not be arriving at Salzburg airport until approx 8pm on the Monday evening, and need to be back at the airport at 8am on the Friday. Which resort has short easy transfer (am prepared to pay for a taxi) and would be good skiing for 3 of us - all intermediates, me a cautious 40 something, pllus 2 teenagers. Ideally looking for mix of blue and red runs.
All suggestions welcomed.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Try Hochkonig, interlinked pistes from Muhlbach-Maria alm, approx 1 hr from Salzburg, relatively cheap by alpine standards, Maria alm probably the liveliest area, very pretty and great for intermediates. Lots of blue and reds, 32km trip between maria alm and muhlbach with plenty of eateries on the way, will take you all day assuming you stop for coffee in the morning, 3/4 hour for lunch and another coffee in the afternoon. My group really enjoyed it and will be going back. Bit of an undiscovered gem.
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Thanks Lilywhite - any recommendations for accommodation and transfers?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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We did a cheap package with neilson but that's whole week, the guesthouse we stayed at was very very clean, the owners English was not great so we played charades over a very decent continental breakfast. The ski bus stop is at the bottom of the road and the centre of the village about 10 mins walk if bus not running. It's called haus aberger www.sbg.at/aberger.rosina I would go again happily, heated boot/ski room, clean, friendly, very good coffee! Sorry can't help with transfer enquiry but if you Google Maria alm tourism they have a very comprehensive site which may assist you. 
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gamekeeper, You might consider here. http://www.austrian-adventures.com/
They are great supporters of Snowheads and highly recommended. I stayed there with my son a few weeks ago and had a great time and I would go back there next week if I could. Ben and Angela will make you most welcome. 
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Geepee, thanks for that - did they provide transfers or did you make your own way there? Which areas on Ski Amada pass did you ski from there, and were they easy to get to via ski bus etc?
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gamekeeper, We had a hire car which was snowed in the first day, so we used the local ski bus to the Radstadt lifts. There are buses to other areas but we used the car to get around. It might be worth ringing Ben to see what he can do for you.
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Hi Gamekeeper. We are thinking of maria alm for next half term with our 3 children - ages 12 ( skis with us), 8 ( needs ski school) and 5 ( needs the Austrian equivalent of piou-piou). We normally ski in France ( 3 Vallees or Paradiski) but as we now restricted to school holidays we want to find sometihng which will be fairly quiet in the Feb half term and want a good ski school with supervised lunch for our younger two. I have heard that Maria Alm is normally quiet in comparison to the French resorts at Feb half term. Please let me know how your week goes and what the skiing is like. I would welcome any other info on Maria Alm from other snowheads too ! Many thanks
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gamekeeper, They generally do pick ups and drop offs at the airport if you ask them. I stayed there this season, great place.
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