Staying in Niederau, wheres the place to ski?

Hi all,
Im heading for AUSTRIA in March and cant wait :D :D Im staying in Niederau at the Hotel Hannes. Any1 stayed there before? any first hand reviews?
Was wondering where the best place would be to ski for my brother and I, which have skied for years now and can get down the slopes no probs.
We have/are getting (throught travel agent) a lift pass for the Wildschönau area.

I recently bought a pair of snowblades over the xmas period and cant wait to get them onto some powder snow. :D instead of the usal ice we have in Scotland here lol.

Thanks Swal

Hi Swal,

Niederau skiing is limited when compared with the bigger resorts, but is varied, interesting and a real ski mountaineers resort.

Catch the Gondola up, turn right and drop right, under the Gondola. Lovely run down red 19, Merchenweiss. If the snow conditions are deepish, and you are very experienced, start red 19, then go straight on under the Gondola, run is now called the Stuck, black standard, quite steep and narrow, fairly difficult for good skiers.

Alternatively, at gondola, go left, follow path to two T-bars, Kropfraderjoch, higher, and Mittermoosser, lower. Both good intermediate reds.

Off the Mittermooser, drop left, high up is black, lower down is red, both join the Tenlarden, red. Pretty runs through the trees.

At the other side of Niederau is a single chairlift, leading to a black, the Hochberg, and a T-bar.

There are a few other unpisted runs through the tree areas.

At top og Gondola, 100metres left is the Joch Alm, also known as Rudi's, great goulash soup. Left and downhill, is the Rubezahl, drinks, food, and Louis playing live music. At bottom of Kropfraderjoch T-bar is the Krop... Jausen station, food, drinks, and great views.

In the evening, go to the Bichlwirt.......

Cheers for the advise Dave Mac. I def try that red 19 run under the gondola, and the rest as the week unfolds.

I'll the guy whizzing down on the blades :lol: and probably falling somewhere along the way.

Canny wait till I go (5 wks on Sat! Not that Im counting :lol: ). Keeping the fingers crossed, I hope the weather the good and there is a good cover of powder snow :)

Dave Mac wrote:
In the evening, go to the Bichlwirt.......

Take it Bichlwirt is a good bar to try? I read somewhere there are a couple of good bars at the down of the gondola somewhere but will def give them all a try :)

Cheers mate

Don't forget the big Shatzberg area above Auffach, all covered by the Niederau ski pass. Mostly wide reds but with a couple of blacks, some moguls, fun in the gullies, a boarder park with jumps, grinds and half pipe, and plenty of powder opportunities too.

Don't know about those blades in the powder tho'.....

Swal, depends on your definition of bar. This sounds more like O'Malleys, in the town square. Irish music piped outside, anything played inside, generally a standing bar.

200 metres below the square, and behind the Staffler hotel, is the Cave bar, which in my day, hosted good live bands. Now has DJ service.

The Bichlwirt is 8 minutes up the road, just past the Harfenwirt. It is a 500 year old stuble, with heaps of tradition, and an historic atmosphere Some nights are quiet, but many nights with Herbert on harp, plus visting players.

I go once a season to the first two, but every night I'm in Niederau, I go to the Bichlwirt.

Dave,
I'm 21 so anywhere with music and draft beer is good :D

Back from Niederau on Saturday night there. Had a great time.

Dave Mac wrote:Hi Swal,

Catch the Gondola up, turn right and drop right, under the Gondola. Lovely run down red 19, Merchenweiss. If the snow conditions are deepish, and you are very experienced, start red 19, then go straight on under the Gondola, run is now called the Stuck, black standard, quite steep and narrow, fairly difficult for good skiers.

Unfortually the black run was closed due to lack of snow but I skied red 19 and red 23 with the wee black 24a in the middle.

But last week a thought the snow in Auffach was slighty better. And only 15 minutes on the free bus I was over there 4 days out of my 6 days skiing.

Skied from the top of the Gondola to the bottom (red 2 and then red 1) in under 11 minutes because I was going to miss the bus :lol:

I had a brillent time I would go back but I did ski alot of the runs over and over due to lack of snow :( but not too borthered.

Spent a lot of time O'Malley's and Cave Bar :D