 Poster: A snowHead
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In 1976 we want to st anton as a 9 yr old
Somewhere up on Gampen or Galzig, in the middle of a forest we found an outdoor lido / swimming pool. - it was definitely halfway up the mountain and within the tree line
It is highly possible that we got a chair lift up and walked down to it
We spent 2 idyllic days there
This week, back for the first time since then, I could find no evidence anywhere , including the bookshops, the walking maps or google earth
Anyone have any vague memories of where this might have been ?
Apologies for the non-standard post. 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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sev112, I remember that outdoor swimming pool as well from a family summer trip to St Anton in 1969, so you're definitely not imaging it! 
Unfortunately I've no idea where it was, or whether it still exists.
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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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sev112, Alastair Pink, I'll ask a good hotelier friend by email, was born there so will know. Before I do, just a thought, was it possibly the Maiensee, a natural lake below Galzig on way down to St Christoph......people still swim in there and it has duck-boards and diving areas, or was it a man made pool as you suggest? I think you mean the latter but thought I'd check first. Will get you a definitive answer.
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Why are you looking for an outdoor swimming pool in Winter? Very difficult to identify under a bank of snow.
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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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snowball, bloody easy on a map though.
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sev112, You sure your not thinking of the old outdoor pool in Stuben?
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sev112, Alastair Pink, got you the answer from the local person.....
It was/ is near the hospital parking area of Dr Knierzinger in upper Moos area. If you cut across from Galzig where the piste basher station is just above Sennhutte towards Mooserkreutz hotel it's down there. They re not sure if it is still there but it was brilliant, I will go and suss it out in summer on my MTB and report back.
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Markymark29, sev112, If you know where it was, if it still there you should be able to spot it on Google Earth - the photography on there should easily show up an outdoor pool.
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RobinS, good shout.......looks like its gone though, no sign of any pools in that area on Google Earth 
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It was definitely a man made swimming pool with lanes and diving boards. Big black/ brown building on one side with some changing rooms in it, and never anyone there !
Off to google earth, back soon
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