Obergurgl March 2013

Was in Obergurgl for the first time two weeks ago, fantastic place, great pistes and now queues at all.


Would like to find other places like that in Austria so all tips are welcome.

Nice Vid ..... :thumbup:

Wow. Thats quiet. First thing in the morning by the look of the groomed pistes though.
Never quite thought there was enough there for a week for me but I'm to be convinced otherwise.

Decent speed on that red.....any idea what you clocked?

It was this quiet until about 10:30 every day :-)

Don't know how fast I was going on this run but according to Ski Tracks my fastest run on this red was 102,5 km/h

I was there just over 3 weeks ago & found it limited even including Hochgurgl.

OP asks for other places like that in Austria. No where quite like that among the resorts I know. Stubai glacier is nice when it is not windy and cold. Kuhtai is a high resort and not too small but not as good. Obergurgl is the rare combination (based on what I have seen in Austria) of a pretty big resort with well prepared pistes. Limited? Acres of powder between the pistes. If you like deep powder you can ski all day in a big range of steepness without repeating yourself. Above the tree line though so no skiing in woods. In terms of very difficult pistes it is a bit limited as I recall, and in sheer number of pistes there are bigger resorts. By my standards Obergurgl is big because I like small resorts: whilst it is nice to have a lot of pistes, the very big resorts get too much traffic for my taste. But yes, there is more variety and more to do at Ischgl (a fantastic, large, posh resort surprisingly little known among Brits), or even at St Anton (where the combination of poorly prepared pistes and incompetent drivers give about the same chance of survival as major highway in Calcutta, a healthy 99% chance of coming out alive).

Yes Stubaier Gletcher is nice, I'v been there 4 times and have already a trip planned there for new year :-)

I liked Obergurgl, sure it's not as big as other big systems but I have no problems going the same piste a couple of times in a row if there are as few people as there.
It seems we have the same opinion about St Anton ;-)

mackar wrote:It was this quiet until about 10:30 every day :-)

Don't know how fast I was going on this run but according to Ski Tracks my fastest run on this red was 102,5 km/h

That is seriously fast, well done. I tried my hardest to ski faster than 93kmh down the case de boeuf black in serre che but couldn't raise it. Mind you I was skiing with the go pro attached to my pole over my shoulder.

Like obergurgl, go to champoluc.