Ellmau - Mid January 2014

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I know what you mean about never getting to Going from Hopfgarten. Take a look again on the piste map. The IMPORTANT stage that is easily missed is to the right of the BRANDSTADL. You have those twin chair lifts - identical that run exactly together marked at 32 on the piste map.

Ride one of those up, and you then follow the sign that is ahead and left marked for Ellmau/Going.

Now the important bit is to go down the blue run but look ahead, pick up speed, and get ready for that sharpish right at the bottom.......you can also reach it by coming off the "fun park" lift (99) and heading left. That is the bit that people normally miss.

After that it is pretty simple. Catch the next chair, and just keep heading across and away from your original start. Then you will get to HARTKAISER and can take the long 80 into Ellmau.

Yes Snowlily. Print out the piste map that MJ have given the site for, to as large a scale as is practicable. Then follow Munich Johnny's route on the map. Mark it,if required.

Then get MJ to post the return route from the top of the Hartkaiser, and do the same.

Then next time you are in Niederau, leave a half bottle of
Krautinger schnaps for MJ, for passing on top class info to J2ski ~ don't worry, you will get it back, unless he has some de-rusting work that needs doing!

Thanks for that advice.I think that's why we love the ski welt so much as there is just so much to explore and half the fun is hetting a bit lost and havingto find your way around, as long as we get to somewhere we know in time to get our ride home. I'll leave the schnaps at the bottom of the long chair with your name on it!!