 Poster: A snowHead
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Trying to decide between the Montafon (probably staying in Schruns) or the Bregenzerwald (probably staying in Damüls) areas for a one week holiday in March. Has anyone been to both who can advise?
Our group:
3 snowboarders, looking for cheap accommodation, lots of snow, challenging off-piste, and some decent evening entertainment if possible.
Last edited by Poster: A snowHead on Thu 2-02-12 18:38; edited 2 times in total
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Sorry I have not been to Bregenzerwald but the Montafon is lovely. We stayed in Gaschurn and in St Gallenkirch and enjoyed traditional Austrian hospitality but you may struggle if you want lively clubs..it's all very quiet. We have also spent the evening at a hotel/bar in Partenen at the head of the valley, catching the last bus up and then walking back- about 4 miles on a lovely evening is very pleasant. The skiing is varied and there is deeper and untracked for the taking if you are adventurous.
If you are young and want a more lively social scene but still cheap then try Italy?
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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2 really nice and off the beaten track-to the UK crowd and TO's anyhow-what attracted you to these two areas? Bregenzwald has some very interesting villages. My information is about 8 years old now but both require buses to make use of what is otehrwise a collection of smaller resorts bus linked to make pretty big areas. Damuls is the biggest area and has the most easily accessed off piste-the apres is great too.
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| Grizwald wrote: |
| what attracted you to these two areas? |
1) easy access from Zürich
2) their snow records
3) cheap
4) less well known so less competition for first tracks (hopefully)
5) lots of ski areas to explore on one lift pass
Interesting to read your comment about good nightlife in Damüls. I presumed it would be pretty dead as soon as the lifts closed?
We will have a car so travelling between areas won't be a problem.
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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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Montafon probably be my choice..bit more to offer ski wise..Mellau would be closer then Damuls though for breganzerwald.. or go a bit further and I really like Warth and plenty of great off piste, for a tiny resort..but i'm biased as i spend a lot of time there winter and summer! not cheap though. night life no idea..anywhere that serves booze is good for me so not to bothered how lively it is.
depends if you're going to hire a car.
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I've not been to Bregenzerwald so can't comment on that.
Montafon isn't the liveliest place I've ever been to, and having your own transport is a big advantage. I like the area - it tends not to get massively crowded due to the separate areas not being lift linked. It's not an area that gets many British visitors and many of the locals assumed that I was Dutch or Scandinavian when I spoke English!!
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If we go to Montafon, in which village is it best to stay?
Most reviews seem to recommend Schruns however does it now make sense to stay in St Gallenkirch, within walking distance of the lift to the Nova and the new lift to the Hochjoch ski areas, for easy access to the slopes? Now that the new Hochjoch lift has been built does it make St G a better option for a base?
St G not meant to be as "nice" as Schruns however if there's not much in the way of bars/apres in either then we're not too bothered where we stay.
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Indeed but AFAIK snow is good across all of that part of Austria this winter so I'm guessing Montafon is doing alright too.
Montafon looks like it has more extensive and varied skiing.
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Can't help regarding accommodation as I've always stayed in Feldkirch when I've been there. Schruns looks nice but is quite small.
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Found an apartment for about 40 euros pppn very close to lifts in St Gallenkirch so will probably book that unless I hear otherwise that St G is a sh*thole!
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so this year it should be something special 
