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Hi - new to the board, hope this is not too general a question.
Organising weekend skiing in Europe seems to be a pain. Spent time in the States where it was all about the weekends.. ** sigh **
Anyway - we have been to Laax/Flims last year (good but a bit quiet in the evening), Lech/Zurs a couple of times (great skiing but very pricy accommodation), Neiderau (... just odd, though the Skiwelt was nice but a bit of a journey to get too)
I'm looking to get 7 of us away for a Thursday - Monday trip (Wednesday - Sunday at a push). Somewhere within 1 hour and 30 mins of Zurich, Innsbruck or Munich.
I'd really welcome any recommendations of hotels/chalet in a resort that has access to a reasonably sized ski area and a reasonable night life (bars and restaurants - too old for clubbing!!). We are a mixture of skiers and boarders and can get around most terrain pretty well.
Happy to talk to agencies too.
Any assistance greatly recieved
Peter
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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halfhand,
We are looking at a long weekend in Mayrhofen and I was just wondering if you could recommend any accommodation
Thanks
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pshear0, I'd guess that the ease of weekend skiing in the states is something to do with the relatively lower amount of holiday that people get from work out there (so I hear...). Weekend skiing is usually relatively expensive (flight costs defrayed over fewer days), so if they have the holiday most people will go for a week. Because of that it can be hard to find accommodation that is willing to put you up for less than a week.
Having said that, I probably do 2-3 weekends a year (though I've got 3 planned before Christmas so far...).
Accommodation depends quite a lot on time of year that you go and how busy the resort/town is at that point. March should be reasonable for most of the places you mention, but you'll want to aviod Easter like the plague (don't know when it is next year). You don't mention whether you're planning to drive, or use public transport - if you're driving then you really shouldn't have any problem finding accommodation in a village down the valley from your chosen resort. If the internet doesn't throw up likely options then try contacting the local tourist office.
A couple of random thoughts:
Innsbruck - Mayrhofen has been mentioned, but you could try staying in the city and heading to Neustift or Nordpark (and probably Axamer). I guess Innsbruck has some bars somewhere, and most of the resorts even have public transport that will take you up to them. When we did this we just stayed at the Ibis Hotel and drove up to the slopes in the morning. Solden might also be worth a look (can't remember how far it is).
Zurich - Andermatt and Engelberg are both pretty near and I think reasonably geared up to the weekend market. Never been to Eberg, but Amatt has a few bars (quiet when we were there, but so were the slopes). We've used the Gasthaus Skiclub in Andermatt, and it was ok, but nothing special.
Have 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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pshear0, My experience of ski weekending in Europe is that it's as easy as pie.
(I could not count how many weekends we've done)
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Lech.
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Elaborate.
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Andermatt and Engelberg are great but the attraction is particularly the off-piste. A bit limited on piste for a week but perhaps OK for a long weekend.
You haven't said the sort of skiing you like. Mellow or challenging, off piste or mainly on?
Whitegold, the OP has been to Lech.
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