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Only a week to go before our first visit to Mayrhofen  Conditions look fantastic on today's webcams. Anyone been there in recent weeks?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Yep, it's all good 
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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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Was there frfom the 12 to 19 and it was an epic week ,Lots of powder so both on and off piste was pretty good.The one piece of advice id give is to explore the valley.We founfd the worst of the skiing was on penken but it wasnt terrible or anything just very busy,Also the lifts up and down to penken are not as bad as some make out.Youve definetly got to head to Zell am ziller(best and most varied skiing we found)Kaltenbach and hintertux but only on a clear day.Mayrhofen is a beautifull town with lots of bars and restauraunts.Best apres bar is the brucknstadl followed by harakiri and ice bar.Nice place for a chillout beer after a day on the mountain is the happy end just across from penken lift or moes.You wont go wrong with the hoff ,top place to ski.Enjoy!!Suffering withdrawl symptoms already and looking at Kitzbuhel for jan 2014 but thats 12 months away!!!
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I came back on Wednesday afternoon, there had been a few inches of snow on the previous days and it was a bluebird on Wednesday. Conditions overall were excellent. My advice would be not to rush off to other areas up and down the valley too quickly, wait till you have skied/boarded out all of the linked Penken, Finkenberg, Eggalm, Horeberg areas.
I was at Kaltenbach last Sunday, it was mobbed with and had hordes of beginners.
As for Zell, I would say that its better to go directly to Gerlos for the day as it a boring treck to get there and back from Zell.
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4 weeks and counting. Looking forward to the trip 
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Thanks everyone for the advice. Getting really excited now. Tim- we're flying @ 1.30 so could be arriving similar time 
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probably on the same bus then . what T/O are you with . we are with crystal.
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tim000, We're also with Crystal - flying from Birmingham to Innsbruck . See you on the bus
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It looks like alot of snowheads on the crystal transfer this Saturday. We leave Newcastle on the 14.30 to Innsbruck too!!
Joe
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Scarletgirl, joe1978, where are you staying . we are in the garni eder .
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tim000, we're (OH & me) in the Villa Strass - Strass Sport Hotel but a bit down the road, next to the Penken. Use of hotel facilities for meals etc
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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halfhand, did that sound posher than it meant to 
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Poster: A snowHead
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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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More snow forecast tomorrow and so you should all have a good week
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Off back to the hoff on 16th march. Can't wait, luvs the place. Snow looks good out there at the min. Fingers xx that it will hold.
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Scarletgirl, Thanks for the feedback, looking forward to my trip
With regard to the queues how long would you estimate you queued for to get up Penken?
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Just booked a week to Mayrhofen for the 16th of March. Very excited!
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Just heard about the tragic news about a 10year old girl who died this morning following an accident on the slops in Mayrhofen on Sunday. Puts my moans about queuing into perspective. To everyone going skiing - keep safe.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Scarletgirl, depthjunkie,
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| A bit variable but being out by 9.30 - 10, about 30mins in the queue with quite a bit of pushing & shoving!! |
To avoid queues: why not jump on the train to Kaltenbach (~20mins, free with the Zillertal pass) & ski the Hochfugen area, which also has some of the best o/p in the valley
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You know it makes sense.
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There really is no need to queue in Mayrhofen. Either get to the Penken before 08:45 or use one of the ofther lifts. You're just wasting your time and the money you spent on your lift pass by standing in a queue for 30 minutes and getting your first run in at 11:30. I guess it's different if you have kids to wash/dress/feed in the morning. If not, no excuse to lay in bed and then complain at the queue!!
Mayrhofen is a really fun resort with something for everyone. The queues are avoidable.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Poster: A snowHead
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| Off back to the hoff on 16th march. Can't wait, luvs the place. Snow looks good out there at the min. Fingers xx that it will hold. |
I'm also going on the 16th. Hopefully the snow should be great. 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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What side do you guys think would be the best place to bring a complete beginner? I hear the slopes on the Penken may be a bit challenging.... And on that I'm considering recommending they do ski-school for the first couple of mornings and then join up with them later in the afternoon. Save me the time teaching them! Any recommendations for ski schools?
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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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djb85, Didn't do ski school ourselves but saw lots of groups on the Penken.theres a couple of blues there 1 of which seemed to be used solely by the schools - the one with a T bar behind the lift. The others On Penken are steepish reds so absolute beginners likely to struggle with initially. There's a blue track that can take you to Horberg & a great blue there to practice on. We spent our 1st morning there on the Ahorn - getting our ski legs back on a few blues. There's also a long blue in Rastkogel - use the 150 Tux to get there (and back!). I'd definitely recommend booking them into ski school for first few days at least. Plenty of cosy huts for well earned refreshments Enjoy
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djb85, I think the ski schools in Mayrhofen are more set up for a full day (10-12 and 1-3 ) and prefer kids to take full days rather than some taking half a day and dropping behind.
We used SMT the last couple of years and my daughter (now 8 ) loved it (they'll do lunch as well - if you want more ski time to yourself  ).
There's a beginner area to the right of the Penkenbahn they use to start off, and there's a blue track back down from the top of the Kombi lift when they progress. After that's there's plenty of scope for choosing an appropriate route down according to how well they've picked things up.
Ahorn is probably better bet for teaching yourself (but why would you? best to let the pro's do it)
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I was in Mayrhofen the same week as Scarletgirl but the wife and I got an allocated on arrival crystal job and were put in Finkenberg.....Result!!
We are early birds but never saw a que at the Finkenberger Almbahn once and downlift was easy too! It really made up for the quiter town. Plus dead easy to get to Eggalm (heated seats on the lifts!!!!) and the tux was a breeze to get to too.
There was alot of snow and visibility was ropey quite a few times but what a great week. Our transfer pick-up wasn't until 15.00 on the Saturday and you do get a warm smug feeling knowing that you're blagging an extra half day on the mountain instead of trudging back to Innsbruck airport!!
Joe
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Also going on the 16th and can't wait!
djb85 - I recommend Mayrhofen 3000 for ski lessons. And definitely the Ahorn for beginners.
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FAQ
and you subtly ensuring that there was no chance by alerting that your better half would be with you.
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Weather wasn't great & dare I say it , too much snow for me 
it snowed lots & a few days with poor visibility. Red runs were more challenging than I expected - especially because they were so bumpy & chopped up. Having said that I managed most of them though not elegantly or with much pace !!! The runs on Penken- red 1, 11 & 6, the red 5 to Horberg & red 3 to the 150 Tux were good & we had a great couple of days on the slopes around Rastkogel. Lovely blue 6 to practice on as well as the 3 & red 2. Plenty of places for lunch - Heidi's in Finkenberg, Hilde's in Horberg & Penkenalm in Penken were our favourites. Après ski didn't impress us - too old TBH 
The only time we didn't queue at all was on Thursday when there was virtually zero visibility up there - can only imagine that sensible people had a spa day then 
