J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by Scarlet Fez

Because of our group some of which had lessons we had to go the Penken during the busy time and as a result minimum 20 minutes worst case 50 minutes to get up. To get down between 3.30 and 4.30 was never less than 20-25 mins. It was apain to say the least!!

Tony-H You were kind enough to give me a summary of Mayrhofen which was very useful and we had a fantastc holiday. I have been to Schladming 4 times and although the place is not a patch on Mayrhofen for night time apres if its pure skiing you want then you cannot go far wrong. I accept here are not many out and out black runs but some of the reds are as steep and awkward as black 17 at Penken but not as long.

I have mentioned it b4 but I have never skied anywhere where i have queued to ski as I did in Mayrhofen. I do accept that this was to get up and down the Penken at the busy times.

Schladming in my opinion has more pistes to offer and you can ski to the villages from the 4 mountains.

I think the most ive waited at the bottom of Planai to get the gondolla was perhaps 20-25 minutes and that was a saturday blue sky morning when we bumped into 2 coaches arriving to drop their lot off to go up.

Its more an 'Austrians' ski resort, and Schladming is a working town and not maybe as pretty as some of the better known resorts visited by Brits etc.

I felt the whole lift system is more modern than Mayrhofen, there are a couple of annoying drags that you still have to use to get certain mountain links but these are being changed season by season.

Will be able to confirm it in 2 weeks time but found Mayrhofen more expensive than Schladming but this might because there is such a big British and Dutch presence in Mayrhofen.

If you want good skiing, good food, the mountain restaurants are huge in number, the locals are great, then you will not go far wrong. Maybe not for the adrenalin junkies or young night clubbers.

Its less than an hour and half from Salzburg and has its own station so is easy to get to.

I am happy to add more to anyone who might be interested or PM me.

Totally agree!! :lol: I dont want to tell the devil my plans but to date we have found that Scladminger Ale, known as 'Minger' does not give us a bad next morning!! That is not through lack of trying!!

Being a regular visitor to Schladming we noticed last year how much an impact the newly opened Hohenhaus Tenne Apres Ski Cabin had on the Apres-Ski on the town. For those of you that dont know it it is apparently the 'Biggest Apres Ski Venue' in Europe a 3 floored, 7 bar ski cabin which is a disco at night time into the small hours. Being a 'mature' group we enjoyed it but felt it lacked the personal touch that a lot of Apres-Ski venues give you.
As the venue was new last year it seemed to 'kill' the other bars in the town namely the Hankl and Igloo bars to name but two.
Does anyone have any recent experience or knowledge of any other little gems of drinking venues that we may have completely missed during our previous visits.
I am happy that I know the ones on the mountain!! hick

We always go during the week of the World Cup Night Slalom Race when the whole 'Ski Circus' comes to town and as a result maybe last year everyone and his uncle wanted to be seen in or experience the new place and as a result neglected the traditional venues.

Any input greatfully received. Six of us with if i'm honest our best years behind us( do we care - no!) going there for a week on the 24th of January.

Like I said, I was a always a rubbish teacher, and it would appear not a very good reader, please disregard my entry as I do not want to confuse you any further. :oops:
A little knowledge is often dangerous!

Never a truer word spoken!!
Sorry

Indeed I did and it was great to see 14 15 and 16 girls in our group, let their hair down and act like teenagers mucking around and playing in the snow down the side of the Ahornhutte and using the sledge trays down the blue runs, without any fear of 'their mates' at home rediculing them. Those trays were 2 Euros in a shop in town and probably the best 2 Euros we've ever spent on holiday. 'Quality fun' I would call it.

Tony_H wrote:

Scarlet Fez wrote:By the way Tony_H do you recognise where the photo was taken?

Hard to see on this screen, but I guess its either the Sonnenalm on red 7 or possibly the Ahornhutte?

Ahornehutte balcony!! A very good suggestion, my Mrs used this as her basecamp!!

It sounds to me as if you have a similar problem to me which I think I have identified and have been trying to put right. In short you are still using your inside ski during the turns as opposed to your outside ski. This is primarily caused by your body postion. Like me everything is rosey until you hit the steeps or you try to quick short turns.
I identified my problem on a DVD called Sofa Ski School.

I am not qualified to really give advise but exaggerate the postition of your body forward and away from the hill over your down hill ski. This will then release the weight from the uphill ski which catches or slides.

More than happy to explain further but hopefully someone more qualified than me can explain it better and help you. It is common problem that those who are very good intermediate skiers suffer from and have to over come.

Never was a teacher!!