Where in Austria with two small kids in November

Hi, can anyone recommend resort in Austria? We have two small kids ( 1 year and 2,5 years) so we need to stay very close to the slopes in the apartment that we could easily swap while babysitting. We want to go in the mid-November. This time of year we used to go to the glaciers, but there is problem with the accommodation. We are looking for the place where we could go for a walk along the river or into the forest.
Thanks for the advice.

For November your choice is rather limited as the only resorts that are open in November are those with glaciers.

Obergurgl opens 13th November with plenty of good hotels.Book the hotel directly through the local tourist office search, as the big brit tour operators don't start that early,and the kids will probably be free with a Half Board deal.Great skiing but fingers crossed for a nearly dump of snow as it could be a little iffy that early.

Good luck
http://www.obergurgl.com/eventcalendar-winter

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/snowandski/6395505/Best-Austrian-ski-resorts.html

This article lists Obergurgl as BEST FOR FAMILIES

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Best for families
Obergurgl
If you're taking young children to the Alps, the ideal is guaranteed snow cover at village level throughout a long season so that a holiday is possible either pre-Christmas or towards the end of April after Easter. At 1,930m, very high for a resort at the eastern end of the Alps, Obergurgl happily obliges.
A short transfer and a low-risk environment is also preferable. This traditional village is set around a fine church, an easy one-hour drive from Innsbruck. There's no through traffic and the ambience is essentially family-friendly.
The resort attracts a loyal band of regulars, who love its low-key atmosphere and well-run, traditional hotels and scattering of chalets.
The drawback is an undersized ski area, which can irritate those looking for endless action on groomers. It's linked by lift to higher Hochgurgl, but together they still only offer 110km and 24 lifts. The off-piste in Obergurgl is good and the spring touring opportunities are renowned.
Obergurgl Ski School (skischule-obergurgl.com) has been teaching the basics to children and adults since 1922. Hochgurgl Ski School (schischule-hochgurgl.com) has less of a pedigree, but a strong reputation. Most instructors speak reasonable English, but, don't expert to learn cutting edge technique.
Where to stay 
Chalet Verwall sleeps 34 guests in family suites and offers the full range of childcare/instruction. It's located just off the main village street and you can hit the slopes 30m from the door to a gondola and the ski school meeting place. From £699, Ski Esprit (espritski.com)
Alternatives 
Alpbach (alpbach.at) and Westendorf (westendorf.net) both offer good dedicated nursery slopes and ski schools that have been teaching British skiers for generations. 

Fast facts
Resort 1,930m
Slopes 1,795m-3,080m
Lifts 24
Pistes 110km
Snowmaking 99%
Six-day lift pass €253
More info obergurgl.com

Probably just gratuitious comments here, but just thought I'd pen them in case there's something of use.

First, that's an interesting desire, of wallking along a river or into the forests in 'winter' :)
I worked for a time in the sawmill at St Anton am Arlberg which was next to the river Rosanna.
The thermometer used to suggest it was a few degrees colder there than elsewhere in the valley, on account of the river.
(Can't remember if it was even 10C colder, but that wouldn't surprise me)

Hence, I personally wasn't that keen being near the river.
And when the snow fell, the forests were a bit hard walking through.
However, I guess in mid-November it might still be snow free, or relatively light snow, which would be nice in the forests.
In any case, presumably you've done enough such walks in the past to know if its all good at that time :)

In terms of skiing/boarding, normally if you're after good runs earlier in the season, like mid-November, then you'd be going somewhere high at that time, eg. like Val Thorens in France at 2300m. I don't know for sure where the highest spots are in Austria, but my general understanding is that the mountains tend to be higher in the Vorarlberg region (the part of Austria nearest Switz/Lichtenstein), and then they gradually slope away down to the other end of Austria (in broad brush terms, the backbone of the Alps being heighest in France & Switzerland). By way of reference, St Anton is about 1300m but the St Christoph's village just nearby, where the Austrian Ski Academy is based, is higher at 1800m, and then the skiing goes up to Valuga at about 2800m.

A list of the Vorarlberg resorts are here: http://www.bergfex.com/vorarlberg/

Of the Voralberg resorts I only know the St Anton/Lech region somewhat well (and don't know the Obergurgl region mentioned in Paulschlote's post). But there are obviously forests there and the Rosanna running through them (and the resort is definitely family friendly).

In St Anton, there is a long toboggan run (the Rodelbahn) that goes down a road/track through the forest, so maybe that is what you're after. There's a video of it on this page http://www.stantonamarlberg.com/en/winter/sport-aktiv/tobogganing.html

As a general interest aside about the forests, the Nazis buried a bunch of gold in the forests around St Anton (and the forests around the other villages in the valley of Pettneu, Schnann and Flirsch). There's some stuff on the net about this here: http://themenwegschnann.at/en/thegoldencity.html

There's also a museum in St Anton (near the main bahn going up to Galzig) which has additional stuff on this epoch, including the unhappy tale of the village's jewish engineer of that time (Gomperz), and those that fought for his safety (including the chief of the Ski Club at the time, Hannes Schneider).

Anyway, hope there's something of interest there in helping narrow your search.