Mayrhofen or Ischgl -which one!??--late March

Hi folks

Just booked flights to Munich (26 march to 1 april)

Two guys, but cannot decide between Mayrhofen or Ischgl

Will be booking accommodation etc outselves

I've been reading that both resorts are excellent for our level (i am intermediate and my friend is advanced intermediate)

Nightlife seems to be better in Ischgl-- we were in Andorra two years ago and nightlife was non existent (as were women on apres ski actually...) Soll a few years ago was much better.

Mayrhofen seems to be the cheaper place overall re food, drink, accommodation

Ischgl ski runs are up to 2900m (vs 2500m for Mayrhofen) , but not sure this is a massive factor re snow conditions late March?

At the moment i am slightly leaning towards Mayrhofen but looking for some input so can get the accommodation booked asap

So in summary -
* 2 guys
* intermediate skiers
* good/ very good apres ski wanted
* not somewhere too expensive
* flying into Munich 26 March

the ski conditions on this site seem to be much better in Ischgl -- can i say this will be a fair indicator of conditions 3 weeks from now? I presume one decent snow fall will change all this

http://www.bergfex.com/ischgl/schneebericht/
http://www.bergfex.com/mayrhofen/schneebericht/


cheers in advance!

I went to Mayrhofen last March, have to say if we went back it would be in January. Warm temperatures killed the lower slopes. Best skiing was up the road on the Hintertux glacier (on same lift pass) with skiing above 3200m.

Would definitely opt for Ischgl. It has been unseasonably warm in Austria this winter, so the higher the better. There is a larger area of high runs in Ischgl so it should be ok. It is expensive though. I found with Mayrhofen that the Penkenbahn Gondola queues can be horrific and that is the only way up and down. That said, it may be less busy in mid March.
Anyway, take pity on us, we booked Soll, looks like a big mistake.

I've skied many times at mayrhofen but wouldn't choose to go as late as that. Ischgl has higher slopes and a reportedly rowdy après

Thanks for the advice guys
Seems that that Ischgl is the frontrunner (accommodation allowing!)

Are there any other resorts we might consider ?
I see Obergurgl is quite high up and is roughly the same distance from Munich airport as Ischgl.
Any others we should be looking at or should we just go ahead and get booking Ischgl accommodation?

Doug--you still might get a heap of snow before you go!

cheers

I'm taking water skis and swim trunks to soll. Forecast says 21 degrees on sunday!
you might want to try galtur for accom if going to ischgl. Its a 10 min bus ride up the valley on free ski bus, and its a much cheaper resort for hotels. Plus it has its own ski area.
obergurgl is also a good high resort, but exclusive and expensive.

Ischgl would be my vote and if you want lively apres ski don't bother with Galtur.

Doug, you will have a brilliant time in Soll despite your fears there is plenty of snow there for your week so stop worrying. The Ski Welt is one of the largest linked ski areas in the world and you really have now worries as far as the snow is concerned.

cheers folks
booked a cheapish place 1km from Ischgl town--so flights and accommodation for 375 euro is not a bad start!
Now finding place we can get a good deal on ski gear hire/ski lift and getting cheaply from Munich to Ischgl and we'll be laughing!