J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by tim 000

thats late . started on 8 jan last year.

red 7 is great . also red27 down the other side of horberg

0 sleeps to go .

better to get the bus to the horberg lift .

where you staying?

last year scotland yard was mainly non smoking . only a small area is smoking. we also found another bar . not sure of the name and it`s hiden away a bit . it is on the side of a building on the right hand side as you walk up the main street. opened at 8.30 and happy hout til 10 , $2 a beer . most bars we found had some non smoking area.

im in mayrhofen that week ,only we will be staying in the next village , hippach . mayrhofen is a great place . loads of skiing to go at in the area. the lift pass covers the ski busses , but also the train that goes down the valley to other ski areas. my tip would be to use this on the first day instead of staying mayrhofen. the main penken lift up from mayrhofen is crazy on the first day . when i first went there 10 years ago it took us one and a half hours to get up the mountain and missed our lesson. other areas you can ski via the train are kaltenbach and zell am ziller. both great . kaltenbach has a good run down at the end of the day and zell has a great run over to gerlos which is well worth going to. they are a bit quieter than mayrhofen , so a good bet for the first couple of days until mayrhofen calms down a bit .there is another area in mayrhofen called the ahorn with some gentler runs. what hotel are you in? if you are at the right end of mayrhofen in might be better to get the bus round to the horberg gondola. certainly worth coming down that way at the end of the day , unless you finish skiing early. also included on the pass is the hintertaux glacier. get up there on the first clear/sunny day . great snow up there and some great runs. but can get very cold if the weather is poor.
night life wise , scotland yard , mo`s , sports bar in the strass hotel . the sports bar has a singer on that really gets the place rocking . first saw him there 10 years ago , he was there last year and is back this year. early doors the ice bar at the bottom of the penken lift gets packed . any questions , fire away .

thanks tony . ive done the run from zell to gerlos a few times but got my wife with me this year and she would struggle to do it . but would like to get to gerlos as it has some nice wide easy runs there. so will need gto get there by bus .