Talk to me about Austria

Nice 1 Brooksy, I learnt to ski at 49 and board at 50. I will be 55 in July and still going strong. 48 is young, plenty of years left in them

Wasley
For a 5 day trip you will have to DIY so you have many options. Snow will be fine on over 1000mtr from late December to mid March at least.

I would look at the following:

- Saalbach - http://www.bergfex.com/saalbach-hinterglemm-leogang/
- Ischgl - http://www.bergfex.com/ischgl/
- Solden and Obergurgl - http://www.bergfex.com/soelden/
- Obertauern
- Mayfhofen and other places in Zillertal

Ski Amade is great. It is not all lift linked.
I would look at it as a few separate resorts, that have the same ski pass and are relatively close to each other. Choose one and go:
- Schladming - great and linked about 120km
- Flachau/Wagrain + 10min bus ride to excellent Zauchensee
- Gastein valley: Bad Gastein + bus ride to Dorfgastein
- Maria Alm

brooksy wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:

wasley wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:

wasley wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:Ok ... People that don't smile, Low resorts, fohn winds, poor food .... I caould go on ...... go to Italy 8)

I was orginally think cervinia but as we have already been to Sestriere/Milyway we thought we would try another country..As we are all 40-48 we dont know how many years we have got left in us

You have plenty of years left :thumbup:

My left knee would disagree..But if it comes to that i'll take my £9.99 sledge

I have dodgy knee's and I am trying very hard this summer to strengthen
them a bit of cycling and some exercise hopefully I will get a few more years out of them, as sixty is not too far away for me :oops:

40-48, I didn't start skiing till I was 49 & have done 19 trips & am now 66.I have 2 trips booked for next season & my left knee MCL was torn 3 yrs ago, but still able to ski on 11 months later.

From my experience you could have another 20 yrs :)

Yep agree with all that brooksy, I aim to ski as long as I can but 66 mate thats really old :wink:

Ian Wickham wrote:

brooksy wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:

wasley wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:

wasley wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:Ok ... People that don't smile, Low resorts, fohn winds, poor food .... I caould go on ...... go to Italy 8)

I was orginally think cervinia but as we have already been to Sestriere/Milyway we thought we would try another country..As we are all 40-48 we dont know how many years we have got left in us

You have plenty of years left :thumbup:

My left knee would disagree..But if it comes to that i'll take my £9.99 sledge

I have dodgy knee's and I am trying very hard this summer to strengthen
them a bit of cycling and some exercise hopefully I will get a few more years out of them, as sixty is not too far away for me :oops:

40-48, I didn't start skiing till I was 49 & have done 19 trips & am now 66.I have 2 trips booked for next season & my left knee MCL was torn 3 yrs ago, but still able to ski on 11 months later.

From my experience you could have another 20 yrs :)

Yep agree with all that brooksy, I aim to ski as long as I can but 66 mate thats really old :wink:

You're not wrong Wickers, I use walking sticks instead of poles now & they have to stop the lifts to get me on & off, but the incontinence pants cushion the impact when falling over, so mustn't grumble -)

brooksy wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:

brooksy wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:

wasley wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:

wasley wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:Ok ... People that don't smile, Low resorts, fohn winds, poor food .... I caould go on ...... go to Italy 8)

I was orginally think cervinia but as we have already been to Sestriere/Milyway we thought we would try another country..As we are all 40-48 we dont know how many years we have got left in us

You have plenty of years left :thumbup:

My left knee would disagree..But if it comes to that i'll take my £9.99 sledge

I have dodgy knee's and I am trying very hard this summer to strengthen
them a bit of cycling and some exercise hopefully I will get a few more years out of them, as sixty is not too far away for me :oops:

40-48, I didn't start skiing till I was 49 & have done 19 trips & am now 66.I have 2 trips booked for next season & my left knee MCL was torn 3 yrs ago, but still able to ski on 11 months later.

From my experience you could have another 20 yrs :)

Yep agree with all that brooksy, I aim to ski as long as I can but 66 mate thats really old :wink:

You're not wrong Wickers, I use walking sticks instead of poles now & they have to stop the lifts to get me on & off, but the incontinence pants cushion the impact when falling over, so mustn't grumble -)

I am not that too far behind you :thumbup:

I'm with you brooksy...I've a month set aside next year and hope to emulate
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7359508n

daved wrote:I'm with you brooksy...I've a month set aside next year and hope to emulate
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7359508n

True Daved you will be with me, for a week anyway :thumbup:

Perhaps we should start a 70 plus J2ski club :lol: