J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by Scarlet Fez

Bartletts in Hayes, Middx, I found to be reliable, knowledgable and patient. Be prepared to take some time, avoid the weekends or when there are school ski trips are looming as it can get busy.

I have been to Soll and the area a number of times and have thoroughly enjoyed the whole package, skiing and apres.
Trying to sort a trip out for my family and Soll ticks all the right boxes I hope. I have a slight dilema, Mrs Fez is the least experienced skier and if Im honest is no more confident than a beginner and is scared stiff of the narrow road runs with steep drops. Can anyone remind me if after going up the main gondolla from Soll that there is access by blue runs to lifts to other blues only to get up and around the mountain which would not require her having kittens. She would be happy with a few nice wide long blues with a choice of restaurants etc to pass the time. Here's hoping!!!

Trying to find a place that will suit Mrs Fez, who has only been twice and if im honest is not much more confident than a beginner. So loads of easy lazy blues which are easy to get to. Others in the group have been 3/4 times and might want something to challenge them a bit. Also after a bit of atmosphere and apres. Was considering Niederau but get the impression I might cut my wrists as I am a confident skier even if lacking technique. Was looking at Soll as I have been there with advanced group a few times but felt the runs directly above Soll may be abit to challenging for Mrs F. Whats apres like in Westendorf?

This forum for help and reviews on resorts is well below par the last couple of years bar the same old very helpfull suspects. Where have all the forum readers gone to for information sharing and advise?

Not at all Ian, poor hotel, fantastic resort amd skiing. Let me think, whats more important? We are already planning to go back to Saalbach next January so it cannot have been that bad.

Tony when I say upmarket it is more expensive to go there than Soll which is what I have gauged as our barometer on for the last 3 years. To be fair the whole resort was visibly more afluent than Soll. The price of drinks and food on the mountain was noticably more but not silly French prices. Don't get me wrong we loved Soll and I would highly recoomend the Postwirt hotel. The Berger is rated on trip adviser as the 4th best in Saaalbach and there are alot to choose from. It was an old building which I would imagine may have been one of the original hotels in town as it had WC's on each floor, to go with the small bathrooms in the small rooms. In other words many moons ago the rooms that had no bathrooms have had them put in which will be why everything was small. With a group of 12 I would like to think they may worry about losing our custom or is that me being silly? :-) I won't hold my breath.

The decor was something to behold but the size of the rooms and the quality of the fittings for a 4 star was bordering on a rip off. Food, location were excellent and to be honest for a singles trip it would be fine but not for what we forked out for. Our organiser is going to be putting in a massive complaint to Crystal because if that is how they gauge the ratings of the hotels they use we will shop elsewhere for our custom.

Got back from Saalbach last week and our group had a great time. The skiing was fantastic, the apres just as good. Put it this way we all want to go back again. Our hotel the Berger Sport was a huge disappointment, fantastic location but not a 4 star hotel in a million years. To think we paid quite abit more to stay there than we did to stay in the Postwirt in Soll the previous 3 winters was a joke. All the hotels in Saalbach itself are close to lift. The furthest to us was about a 7 minute walk and the closest about 75 metres!! :-)
I know Saalbach as a resort is more upmarket and you pay accordingly. To help folk gauge it, we were paying no less than Euros 4.50 for a large beer. So much Apres to speak of. Our mature group liked a few light ales in the out door Eva bar to chill out then to Costelo's for a live band and bop.!!! :-)