Messages posted by : fantasticlee
|
Hi Leo,
I thought I'd give you some feedback on Obertauern as I went there In Jan this year. The skiing area is absoultely huge and there are plenty of blues and reds for you. There are so many runs to enjoy I'd highly recommend it. There are also some difficult reds around but most are fairly comfrotable to ski. This has been the best resort I have been to so far. The nightlife is good for aprea ski and there are a few places to go at night. The Luzer Alm (I'm pretty sure its called that) does good food and also gets busy at night but it isn't that cheap for drinks in there. Enjoy Austria though as its great! |
|
|
Hi all,
I went to Bansko in early 2007 so here are my thoughts. First of all Bulgaria wasn't my choice but a group of friends were going for the first time and they wanted it as cheap as possible. I has my doubts as I had only skied in France before that trip (Les Menuires, Courchevaal & Flaine). I'll start with the bad A lot of the lifts were closed for many of the days due to bad weather or the fact the runs hadn't been bashed. The weather wasn't that bad other than one of the days but they seemed quick to close. This meant there were large queues on the ones that did open and the staff didn't try to fill the empty spaces on the lifts to speed it up and clear the queue. Once on the lifts I found them to be fine. On the third day, the main gondola closed late morning which meant that there was no way to get up the mountain (in a lift/car anyway) which meant my wife was stuck down in town for the day after visiting a friend in hospital earlier on (accident first day on run back to gondola). When it came to the end of the day a friend and I came back to the upper station to find that they were laying on mini-buses but they wanted us to pay around £10 or so for them!! I was quite disgusted with this so we decided to ski down the long run home to the home station which meant skiing on the very difficult run due to the lower part having bad snow and black ice everywhere. This is where my other friend hit his head on the first day and had such bad concussion that he spent 2.5 days in hospital. The hopsital was unlike anything I had seen before and looked like something out of Hostel (film). One of the nurses called her daughter who spoke English and she came down to translate which was a godsend. She told us that they would look after him well regardless of how the hopital looked. (dried blood up walls!) i would implore anyone who travels to Bulgaria to take a phrase book otherwise you could struggle. We also had the last day cancelled due to a terrorist alert where there were apparently devices hidden on the mountain. We tried to get some in on the morning of our leaving day but it was closed for the same reason. I ended up having 4.5 days skiing which was more than some and less than others! We went to a Bulgarian restaurant on the last day and it was an eye opener. There was a platter of meat delivered which looked dodgy enough for me to leave it almost untouched. If you look into more than I did you'll probably find some good food there but we just went into a random place. The Good.The runs although not many in number were pretty good and the ones higher up the mountain (when you could get there) were enjoyable. At night there were a few good places to go. Sir Galahaad or Lord Galahad. This is a lively place where we had loads of fun for a few of the nights. They also do an amazing steak so if you do go i'd highly reccoment this and the bar. There was also another bar that i can't remember the name of but its a Karaoke bar which is down some steps. We went in there and it was fairly empty but once we got in there and on the mike the place filled up and was kicking. I'd like to think it was our voices but maybe it just gets busy anyway. I don't think I'd ever sung so much... I loved it!! There's also the Happy End which we left until the last night (even though I nagged them to go in several times). They do live music in there and we had a fantastic night in there also. The hotel was good and the staff were really friendly, especially the woman who kept the beer coming when we were in the outside hot tub. At one point we were all in the hot tub with snowing falling on us. Sweet pictures there. All in all I'd say if you haven't much experience of ski resorts then this place could be fine for you. Good nightlife, some good food (hotel was ok too). Skiing was also fairly good but hopefully it will get better if they can open more lifts and get the queues moving quicker. I wouldn't rule out going back for a cheaper holiday but I've now discovered Austria and although dearer, I love it!! :-) Jeez I've goen on a bit here. I've even worked past my time, I should've left 10 minutes ago. its the weekend!! What am I waiting for? I'm outta here............... Remember Go Hard or Go Home. Ski4Life |
|
|
Thanks, I'll keep my eye out for that one.
Just another 141 days to go... :( |
|
|
So anyway... How steep is the Hari kiri :wink:
:lol: I think I'll give it a go if its favourable conditions although it will be just me as the other 3 (1 skier, 2 boarders) won't do it and to be honest I wouldn't want them too at the moment as they need more confidence on reds before hitting the blacks. I will however look for an easier black whilst there to see if I can get them to try it. Tony, Skidaddle, is there a black run that you might say is an easier one in MH? |
|
|
Tony, I have PM'd you.
I forgot to ask you about the HariKiri run (if that's the name!) Where is it and how scarey? On my last trip I went to Kitzbuhel for the day and did the Hahnenkamm run which I found pretty hairy. When the racing has passed that course sure is bumpy. :shock: Still I was pretty stoked that I got down it in one piece for an intermediate skier anyway. 8) |
|
Oh ok. Its my first time in Mayrhofen but third in Austria - Obertauern, St Johann (one day Kitbuhel). I love Austria now mainly due to the quality of the ski and the Apres ski with its cheesy Euro pop... Strangely addictive! 'The Hof'... I like it, do I have permission to use it? lol |
|
Sorry I'm probably being dumb but what do you mean? |
|
|
I already have a ski bag for my skis but I may have to purchase something else as my wife is looking to get her own skis this year.
Do you think it makes sense to get a double bag/case and would I still have to pay for 2 skis? |
|