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Started by Dave Mac in Austria - 53 Replies

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Ise
reply to 'Austrian location for beginners and good skiers'
posted Apr-2008

Tony_H wrote:[
I guess its all about opinoins though. And according to ISE, Ischgl is rubbish. Off piste for beginners as well, eh? I didnt go off piste until something like my 8th week on skis, but there you go. I guess when you live in the snow and ski it almost half your life, its a bit of a different concept.


obviously I meant people beginning to ski off-piste for whom it's actually totally ideal, safe, consistent gradient, longish runs, easy route finding etc.

Dave Mac
reply to 'Austrian location for beginners and good skiers'
posted Apr-2008

Ise, thanks for clarifying Ischgl, in this instance I took the info from the brochure.

Clarifying our needs, apart from the two beginners, there are some capable intermediates, willing to have a go at new things. I generally ski with the group, then take a couple of mornings by myself, or with my OH. My dodgy knee precludes 7 days of 100% all out, so this mix is a good balance for me.

Tony H is right Tino, there was a mention on another thread about the steepness at the top of the blues at Mahrhofen. These are probably no worse than most places.

So Saalbach/Hinterglemm and the Skiwelt both look the best of the suggestions.

I want to get this as right as possible, so guess I'm trying for a bit of Utopia.

Caron-a
reply to 'Austrian location for beginners and good skiers'
posted Apr-2008

if you want utopia and you're prepared to pay for it, I still stand by my suggestion of the wonderful obergurgl/hochgurgl...... :mrgreen:

Ise
reply to 'Austrian location for beginners and good skiers'
posted Apr-2008

caron-a wrote:if you want utopia and you're prepared to pay for it, I still stand by my suggestion of the wonderful obergurgl/hochgurgl...... :mrgreen:


good suggestion, nice place, good variation of terrain and a great snow record.

Zed
reply to 'Austrian location for beginners and good skiers'
posted Apr-2008

Just to echo the comments of previous posts - we stayed in Filzmoos this year - really pretty - great runs - good for beginners; went to Flachau on skibus (20 mins)

Flachau might be a good bet to stay in - - excellent lift systems - lots of lovely wide open runs - from Flachau (and Flauchauwinkl 5 mins on Ski bus) you can ski into other villages and then go up again - so no need to spend a lot of time on the bus.

Flauchau had some nice nursery/easy areas near the top.

Filzmoos was beautiful village with lots of character.



Caron-a
reply to 'Austrian location for beginners and good skiers'
posted Apr-2008

Dave Mac wrote:I generally ski with the group, then take a couple of mornings by myself, or with my OH.


I've just clicked! aaahhhh. wish mine was as interested..........

for the record, I've got a mahoosive garfield that was bought for me for my 18th birthday but I love odie more.

Tony_H
reply to 'Austrian location for beginners and good skiers'
posted Apr-2008

ise wrote:
caron-a wrote:if you want utopia and you're prepared to pay for it, I still stand by my suggestion of the wonderful obergurgl/hochgurgl...... :mrgreen:





good suggestion, nice place, good variation of terrain and a great snow record.


....and ****ing expensive too.
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Bandit
reply to 'Austrian location for beginners and good skiers'
posted Apr-2008


....and ****ing expensive too.

Oh good, it keeps out the riff-raff :D

Topic last updated on 29-September-2008 at 09:43