Messages posted by : tino_11
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Hmmm, pictures don't seem to work, but the link to the gallery is working :)
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Well, I'm back and I can share my experiences (and some piccies) to help settle the debate.
First of all I had a fantastic time. There was 78km of piste open on the Hintertux Glacier (it will not stay like that all summer of course) the weather was good, with cloud at the top and blazing sunshine at the bottom. I needed not to use a single drag lift during the three days I was there, only cable cars and chair lifts. To the conditions, well you are on a glacier in spring, so you can't expect fields of fluffy powder or the piste to stay in the same condition all day. At 8.30am it is hard, groomed and bloody fast, by 3pm you can be skiing/boarding a 6km field of 3ft moguls, but hell if you can't deal with these conditions you should probably think twice about being on a glacier in the first place. I like the fact that no two runs on the same piste were the same, it challenges you and teaches you how to handle a variety of conditions. All that being said, between 9.30 and 11.30 it was absolutley fabulous!!! Busier than I expected, late vactaion for a lot of Eastern Europeans it seemed, but still great Apres-Ski, the facilites are good enough not to be too crowded at lifts and cable cars, a little too busy on the piste in late morning, but if you are there just after 8am it looks like this...... 
I really was pleasantly surprised to have it so good in May, would heartily recommend it to anyone, with the proviso that if you are not confident a glacier is possibly not the best place to find it, but I've only been at this game for 18 months and I loved every minute of it...... I even got some ad-hoc rock-climbing in (came off on the flat and couldn't be arse to wak to the lift, seemed easier to climb a 25ft steep angle and board down the other side) :) 
So here are some photo's and you can make up your own mind...sorry about the quality, they were taken onm my phone (was travelling light!) 
The album can be seen here.... http://www.flickr.com/photos/26386569@N08/ tino |
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There's this place....I'll let you know next week after I am back from there :)
http://www.hintertuxergletscher.at/en/home.html? |
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So I got it done...
Travelling overnight tonight, will be in Mayrhofen at 10am, checked into my hotel by 11am, and on the Hintertux Glacier by lunchtime. 2 half days and 2 full days riding here I come :o) They have powder too according thier own website!!! http://www.hintertuxergletscher.at/de/schnee_gletscher.html?topmodul=schnee&chosen=schneebericht&topmodul=schnee Happy days, never been to the mountains alone before, looking forward to the P&Q and being able to relax. Got a couple of good books (about the mountains) to keep me company, I can't wait :D |
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Hmmm, quite fancy Chamonix, but getting there is not as easy as Austria. Anyone been to Kaprun?
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Many thanks!
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You are more than welcome, eek out the season a little. I just need to get away for a few days, and with Germany's exceptional public holiday offering, May is a great month to do so.
Do you know if the Post Bus runs from Mayrhofen to the Tux as regulary at this time of year? just wondering where to stay accomodation-wise. |
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Hoping to get some guidance from you guys.....
All is not well in the land of tino, so decided I'm gonna pack up my board and get on a train on Wednesday night for 3 or 4 days riding somewhere, the question is where? I have looked at 2 options so far, one being the Hintertux and the other being Chamonix. I am based in Karlsruhe in SW Germany so getting about isn't really the problem. I want to go somewhere with snow obviously, somewhere which is decent enough for the lonely wanderer and somewhere thats not gonna send the bank manager loopy. Any ideas? |
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