J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by Dave Mac

If I was on the same mission, Zermatt would ring the bell.
http://www.zermatt.ch/en/Snow-report

14 runs, 15 lifts open. Together with a constant view of the Matterhorn.

Plus I have a 60% finished watercolour painting of the Matterhorn to complete!

Follow J2ski snow reports.
https://www.j2ski.com/snow_forecast/

Showing only Saas Fee open. However, I know that Tignes is open.

I am going to Austria in a couple of weeks, so I checked the conditions. Stubai has lifts operating, but no snow slopes. Kaprun closes in 3 days.

You are forgiven, Dobie!

I do drift onto Snowheads a couple of times a year, but it is not like the real thing!

After a couple of years of dealing with Niederau queries predominantly only by PM, I am now cautiously responding directly.

Behave yourself, Dobby!

I will be back in Niederau 2nd week in August, 3rd trip of the year, so far.....
Just away for a week of hill walking, painting, and catching up with my Austrian mates. Maybe the odd drink.

Peter the Sonnenalp Apartments are about 300m from the lifts, The transfer is normally about two to two and a half hours. Anything else you need to know just fire away..... Dobby will answer. :D

Peter, further to my post, from the website I included, you can get the lift pass cost information. I suggest that nothing changes for the older children. However, the younger children have free ski passes.

An extraxt: - Children born in 2011 and younger are free in accordance with the appropriate regulations.

When you get these young passes, don't forget to take their passports.

Hi Peter,

As absolute child beginners, I suggest that you do not buy passes. I guess, (hope), that you will be placing them all in ski school, (do choose the Reds, rather than the Blues, it was the Reds that I worked for!)

They would start on drills, without any need for the lift on the first day, and probably the second. The 4 year old end may go into the Bobo class, using the small elevator.

After a day or two, they may graduate to the Poma, but will only need two/four, five uses on the first day. The instructor will advise you on the ongoing pass requirements.

You will be advised what time to arrive at lunch time and end of class.

At end of class, if the child is still enjoying the activity, you might spend a little time ski playing. A great location to organise this is at Bobos. The adults can enjoy a drink, sat outside, watching the young ones.

There is some info on this website, although they do not appear to have lift pass prices up yet.
http://www.wildschoenau.com/en/ski-pass-prices-and-operating-hours-in-the-ski-juwel

I will be there in January and March, (depending on which other resorts we ski in)

I normally buy the Kitz Allstar pass, and drive over to the skiwelt on some days, but that would not work for a child group.

Where are you staying?

Ranchero_1979 wrote:Many thanks Dave, had suggested similar myself however:
1) non skier
2) doesn't like the cold
Looks like I will be heading off on my first beach holiday for 15yrs.

Ranch, this is grounds for divorce and you are not yet wed!

When I met Fraulein Mac, she was also a non-skier. We courted, she joined me for my second season in Niederau. and became a really good skier, ~ then we got married!

She now skis like a dream.

My good lady, now Frau Mac, also does not like the cold. Hence, where I aim to ski every month from January onwards, she focuses on March skiing ~ many warm/hot days. Much better than any beach.

Beach holidays drive me mad. What do you do? If I am not active, I like to paint. Once I had painted 6 palm trees, that was the end of my beach holiday......

Ranchero_1979 wrote:Very sad and worrying to read Iceman's post. Am getting married in August with honeymoon over Christmas-NY (first two weeks skiing lost :-(). Working on a master plan to get in a decent amount of time on the slopes.

Congratulations on the wedding, Ranch. Honeymoon in Breckenridge would be great!