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Hi, any advice out there for where we go next year.
We're a family of 4 and have skied most main resorts in France so proposing to book flights to Munich and try Austria.
We seem to prefer the bigger resorts that have more terrain. All comfortable on all piste.
I've skied a long weekend in St Anton and loved it, so may go there, but interested in any other possible options.
Thanks in advance
Brian
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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brianr,
Ischgl is another obvious biggy
The ski Amade region gives you loads of possibilities.
Saalbach has lots of fans.
Maybe an idea to wait and see where has the best snow or what the forecast is.
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brianr, Depending on where you decide to go, look at booking flights to Salzburg or Innsbruck. Saves time and hassle getting to and from the resorts. Munich airport is a big international one, but it is the wrong side of Munich for the hills and the roads can get pretty clogged up on transfer days.
Plenty of choice of resorts with huge amounts of skiing, France does not have a monopoly on them 
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brianr, assuming it's not too much more expensive from your part of the world, I'd echo Samerberg Sue's, advice on airport.
You could look at Mayrhofen. Back-up of a fairly near glacier, large ski area, nice town for family stuff plus the Zillertal ski pass means as a family you could all jump on the train and go off to explore one or two of the other resorts in the area. Again, good family fun.
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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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How old are your kids? Serfaus is one of Austria's top family resorts and is doable from Munich and even more so from Innsbruck. Older teens would enjoy Solden.
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What Samerberg Sue said.
I would only go to St Anton if you want offpiste - if you stick to the pistes, Ischgl is better IMO. Saalbach would also be great, cheaper for sure, though the skiing can be a little more cruisy - there's more more challenging stuff in Ischgl. Saying that, the long black run down the Schattberg in Saalbach is pretty fun.
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clarky999, or stay in Lech, Zurs and ski some well looked after pistes??? The Arlbeg aint all about the off piste!
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| clarky999, or stay in Lech, Zurs and ski some well looked after pistes??? St Anton aint all about the off piste! |
Maybe, but I do think Ischgl has more variety and goods of the pisted kind. The piste down from Schindler in Anton is great, but if you're not skiing offpiste, it'd be hard (for me, anyway) to justify the extra cost of St Anton over Saalbach/Ski Welt/etc, as I don't find most of the pistes in Anton all that 'special'.
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Actually thinking about it, Westendorf is my favourite place in the world for piste skiing. It's only a blue, but the 111 is a fantastic run. I presume it's busier now they cut it shorter and built a gondola back (used to be a bus ride at the end of it) though.
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Another vote for Serfaus, went there for the first time last year and its great. Fantastic for kids but also a really good domain for all types of skiers. Just over 200k pistes and lots of opportunity for off piste though I didn't try any. Other topics on here about Serfaus if you search.
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