J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by acarr

:D so that's a few of us then. I haven't been before so I'm interested in finding out if it's as nice as some people say (ahem peeps on the niederau thread i'm talking about you!)

To recognise me: I'll be the one skidding down the slopes on my ar*e!
:oops:

Yay! :mrgreen:
Staying at Harfenwirt, me, OH and 8 yr old.
Anyone else going to be there?

Ski school all week for the 3 of us (checked inghams use Reds)
Can't wait!

LOL! :mrgreen:

I read this article in the FT a couple of weeks ago about skiing in County Durham:

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/73d8530c-e5f8-11dd-8e4f-0000779fd2ac.html

Allie

What's a hockey stop? :(

We went to Filzmoos last March with Inghams. It was our second time skiing, so still beginners. Stayed in the Hotel Hammerhof, owned by the Ebner family. They were lovely, couldn't do enough for us. Really nice room and the food was great. As well as the usual buffet breakfast they offered to make us anything hot we wanted like ham and eggs.

Filzmoos is a small village, very friendly. There's one gondola lift and some chair lifts I think. We stayed on the nursery slopes but our friends are seasoned skiers and they seemed to think many of the blue runs should have been classified as reds.

Ski school was very helpful (there are two in Filzmoos - can't remember which one we used). We hadn't pre-booked but they fitted us in and OH and I had private lessons anyway.

There's a free ski bus that goes to other resorts. I think our rep. recommended doing this for advanced skiers. I understand Filzmoos is more geared towards beginners and intermediates.

The day we arrived it was raining and the snow was disappearing at resort level, but the next day it snowed really hard, which made a huge difference. I think it has a reasonable snow record.

I don't know if that helps!

Allie

Thanks for the advice Dave. I'm a bit paranoid about snow conditions because we're still beginners and fall over a lot. There's nothing like doing a face-plant on a sheet of ice :oops:
Last night I dreamed that we went to Austria and everywhere was green with not a snowflake in sight. I guess it's on my mind a lot, lol!

Allie