J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by Coop

Having spent most of the evening taking the proverbial, it transpires that she bought two because one is a woman's and the other is a man's....to cut a long story short, she expects me to wear a red ski suit...it's been 10 years since I last went on a skiing hol and I certainly don't want to look like I've just stepped out of a time machine!! What to do, huh?!

.....do people still wear them?

My first time skier wife has bought a couple off ebay. She's convinced it's the way to go. I didn't think people still wore them anymore!

What about you lot on here? One piece or two separates?

Coop

Dave

Use www.skiset.com or www.snowbrainer.com to prebook your skihire as you can benefit from discounts. I have used snowbrainer to book my equipment for when I hit Niederau on the 6th.

As for ski passes, I can't help you there. Dave Mac would know. But check out http://www.wildschoenau.com/sport/winter/en/tmp_1_763464687/Wildschonau_Lifts___ski_pass_prices_detail.aspx

Hope this helps. You'll have to let me know what the skiing conditions are like because I can't jeffing wait....

I'm going to book my ski hire online soon as I've only got 3 weeks (wooohooo :D) or so before I go. So, I'm on a couple of webites comparing prices and they both use 2 different ski hire shops. There is a small saving to be had by using Skiverleih Thaler over SKI & BOARD MARGREITER. The saving is hardly anything to get excited about but it'll pay for lunch for the 4 of us so I might as well take it up.

I guess my question is does anyone have any experience of either and would they recommend one over the other?

Cheers...

Coop

TheSkiingGolfer wrote:

billip wrote:Not having skied since a school trip very many long years ago, I regard myself as a complete beginner. I've booked a week in Niederau with a ski school package, and flight to Innsbruck.

Hi Billip, I've just booked a week in Niederau leaving on the 23rd Jan. The wife and i are complete beginners like yourself and have booked the learn to ski package through Crystalski. it includes ski/boot hire, lessons and a 'beginners' lift pass (The other option was 'whole area' lift pass which i imagine allows you to go over to Oberau or Auffach and ski there). Just wondering if you could tell me where your lift pass covered you for, and whether it was in any way limited? Would it only allow you access to some of the lifts?

Nice to read that you had a great time also....getting us all excited! :mrgreen:

Mate....I think the 'beginners' lift pass covers you for Niederau. My travel consultant was a bit vague on this but he was sure it didn't cover the other ski areas. Too be honest, for complete beginners the local area pass will be more than adequate. I hear there are more than enough runs locally to keep you occupied.

Let me know how you get on as I am going to Niederau for the first time on the 6th (Feb) with my lot, who are also ski virgins.

Coop

Just wondering which route would be best for hiring the equipment. I'm off to Niederau next month and got in contact with Stefan, who emailed me a price list. His prices were that little bit cheaper, going directly, than they would be going via SkiSet!! Which is amazing, considering you're supposed to benefit from a 20% discount off Stefan's list price..

Anyway, so I started shopping around and found a couple of other sites which offer discounts if you pre-book online...they are:

skiholidayextra.com & snowbrainer.com

Both of these were cheaper than SkiSet..does anyone have any experience of using these sites or care to add any other sites which they have a favourable experience of?

Ta

30 days and counting... :D

What are the skiing conditions like there at the moment?

wonderwoman wrote:Another Newbie here... going first week of Feb with Thompson. Keep looking at the web cam and forecast.. keeping my fingers crossed!

I'm out there first week in Feb too...going with Neilson I think. See you out there!!