J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by cwagner

Thanks Tony H - any ideas on accommodation. We do not like to walk too far to the lifts (does anyone )as we have a 7 year old skier as well.

thanks in advance

Carol

webbski wrote:Morning CW.
Yes,for sure Ischgl is a party town,but not for youngsters.Its much more pleasurable than ,say,Mayrhofen.Basically,it's a middle class beautiful resort.There are no "nasty" ,ugly buildings,plenty of pleasant restaurants and good bars and clubs.The Apre ski is second to none.Better than St.Anton and not soo crowded.France has NOWHERE like it,and I skied there for 10 years .including all the usual suspects like ValD,Courcheval,Meribel etc.Its a snow-sure resort.Never had a problem in 9 years,excepting the 2 red runs down to the village.Only one thing I would say against the ski-ing and that is the ( relative) lack of black runs.Its also not noted as a beginners resort,in other words,an intermediates paradise.I could recommend hotels if that is how you holiday.
Look up their website www.ischgl.com.Enjoy the experience,its beautifully maintained as well.Piste bashing at its best.
Cheers
David :)

Hi Webbski

I know it is a bit late for a reply but we are now looking at Ishgl for this seasons trip. would you be forthcoming with the hotel information? Also, daughter number two will be snowboarding this year - is Ishgl good for beginners as I have promised her she can board instead of ski (she thinks its cooler and wants the soft boots!!!!)

thanks

Carol

Hi guys

summer is coming to an end so it is time to start thinking about where we are going in Feb!! I have rebooked the same hotel as last year in Kitzbuhel for a couple of weeks but we would like to stay on mountain somewhere nearby (my daughter will be with her school class again in Kitz so have to stay near to pick her up at the end of the week) Does anyone know of any catered chalets in the surrounding areas - on mountain. My younger kids are all now up to skiing just about anything but we would still like to put them into ski school and my daughter wants to try snow boarding this year too as i promised her once she could side edge on her wake board she could learn to snowboard!!! (We are all avid waterskiers and wakeboarders in summer - which is all year over here in Abu Dhabi :wink:) Therefore we would need a snowboarding school nearby. All help greatly appreciated. It would be nice to go somewhere different!!!!

Great to back on the site again, I can see me wasting a lot of time while I am at work over the next couple of months

Carol

Hi guys

we go to Kitzbuhel every year and love it. One of the main reasons is our childrens school take the kids there before half term so we get to go for two weeks so we are already there to pick them up when the rest of the school goes back to UAE. The kids then spend the second week with us.

My children have all learned to ski there and we have stayed at a few different places. We have never had a problem with lack of snow and this year skiied all the way back to our hotel every night ( a decent red run though)

We do tend to prefer to ski Kitzbuhler Horn because of the nice long runs for the kids and less people. The queues getting on the main gondola can be horrific at half term too on the Kitzbuhel side of the mountain.

The nightlife is there if you want it but with 3 kids the most we do is walk into town for a few Jaegermeisters and gluweins before dinner at Chizzos, an outside bar in the pedestrian area (with heaters) great music too as the barman is also a dj and does his own mixes.

The shopping is great, my first stop is always at Prader for a new something or other and the kids always need new gloves every year.

We are taking friend with us this year and only one of them is a skier. The hubby and 2 kids will be in ski school which we have found very good for our kids.

All in all I have thought about staying elsewhere but always end up back in Kitzbuhel. This year we did spend a first great week in Niederau with jan at the Auhof, great place too, as it was close to Kitzbuhel for us to pick up our daughter.

To stop waffling on:

Never had a problem with snow in the last four years
Plenty of beginners and intermediate runs
Good restaurants, on and off mountain, shopping, entertainment for the kids
Acommodation for all budgets
Downside is make sure you map where you are staying as some accom can be a bit too far to walk in boots, though the Hahnenkamm gondola has storage

Don't go race week unless you are a downhill race fan - that would be the only time I would avoid it

Go see for yourself

johnski96 wrote:Just throw in my thoughts here.

Firstly, there's more to the Zilly Valley than Mayrhofen - look at a piste map and 'google' one of the villages that doesn't appear in an English ski brochure - its quite easy to find a nice hotel that will probably have no other Brits in it at all! We stayed in a great little hotel in Hochkrimml at about 1500m, almost ski in / ski out and linked to the Zillertal Arena. On the downside there is not much skiing above 2500m, but this year that shouldn't be a problem given the depth of snow.

Austria compared to France? No comparison! Better accomodation, BETTER FOOD (!), less crowds, miles better mountain restaurants, overall ambience, on-piste and lift manners etc. etc.

All just my opinion of course!

Hi Johnski, we are still considering going back to Austria for Easter. Can you tell me which hotel you stayed in and location to the lifts etc? What did you mean by not much skiing ab ove 2500m?? thanks

Ian

We have been skiing Kitz for the last 5 years and love it. My kids all learned to ski there and the oldest is now nearly 8. It is a great place for us as we normally put the kids into ski school for a few days and then they ski the rest of the week with us. This year we had two weeks and our eldest (12) skiied with us the whole time and took great delight in showing up dad I(who is a good skiier) on the black runs. Lots of nice cruisy reds and blues too which is what I normally stick to. My 7 year old does the reds with no problem at all with me as they are generally very wide runs

If you stay in a half board hotel or self cater you do not need to get involved with the nightlife. Kitz is a bit upmarket so not much of the rowdy crowd anyway. We take the kids into town before dinner for a gluwein and Jaegermeister at Chizzo's (outside bar in the main pedestrian area) they get a lemonade of course - and that is about as ;far as our nightlife goes. We are normally too tired at the end of the day for anything else anyway.

Go for it!!!!!!!

caron-a wrote:

karen72 wrote:Niderau is just not a "cruise" around type of place but I am not going to bang on about it, just wanted to let you know. I just hope my post helps people to avoid the place at peak times, it sounds like it is ok other times in terms of lift queues.

Hi Karen

I don't think it's right to discourage people as you have above. From what I've read I think your complaints are not niederau specific, they're feb half term specific and complaints that you'd have had in hundreds of resorts in the alps at that time of year. There are a couple of other people on here that went at half term and loved it.

On another note, the piste bashers were busy every night when I was there, I loved watching them from the Auhof. Never complain about too much snow :D :D :D

[for the record, I had a fab time in n and loved it. I wouldn't consider myself a niederau-ite though so don't think I'm being unreasonably over protective, just trying to counter the balance :mrgreen:]

I also spent a week in Niederau before half term. Loved the Auhof, loved the runs. My children skiied with us for a bit of the time as they were in ski school but managed all the runs no problem at all(the youngest is 7) - the reds are great. Ran into one of those piste bashers on red 19 and got a fright :shock:(and a laugh) but it all added up to a great week. We are looking to go back at easter and stay at Auhof but ski Auffach as the lifts at N are closed.

caron-a wrote:if it's altitude you want then it may be worth having a look at the espace killy too (tignes and val d'isere). it wouldn't be a budget holiday though.

Obergurgl wouldn't either but I think you'd love it there.

Hi caron-a

I have been doing a lot of research on Obergurgl and you are right - it is not cheap. The best I can do is 400 euros per night for the five of us. A bit out of my budget as we have just got back from 2 weeks in Austria. Might have to wait until next year I think :(

anyone got any ideas?

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Thanks Tony H - any ideas on accommodation. We do not like to walk too far to the lifts (does anyone )as we have a 7 year old skier as well. thanks in advance Carol

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