J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by Dave Mac

Swal, depends on your definition of bar. This sounds more like O'Malleys, in the town square. Irish music piped outside, anything played inside, generally a standing bar.

200 metres below the square, and behind the Staffler hotel, is the Cave bar, which in my day, hosted good live bands. Now has DJ service.

The Bichlwirt is 8 minutes up the road, just past the Harfenwirt. It is a 500 year old stuble, with heaps of tradition, and an historic atmosphere Some nights are quiet, but many nights with Herbert on harp, plus visting players.

I go once a season to the first two, but every night I'm in Niederau, I go to the Bichlwirt.

Hi Swal,

Niederau skiing is limited when compared with the bigger resorts, but is varied, interesting and a real ski mountaineers resort.

Catch the Gondola up, turn right and drop right, under the Gondola. Lovely run down red 19, Merchenweiss. If the snow conditions are deepish, and you are very experienced, start red 19, then go straight on under the Gondola, run is now called the Stuck, black standard, quite steep and narrow, fairly difficult for good skiers.

Alternatively, at gondola, go left, follow path to two T-bars, Kropfraderjoch, higher, and Mittermoosser, lower. Both good intermediate reds.

Off the Mittermooser, drop left, high up is black, lower down is red, both join the Tenlarden, red. Pretty runs through the trees.

At the other side of Niederau is a single chairlift, leading to a black, the Hochberg, and a T-bar.

There are a few other unpisted runs through the tree areas.

At top og Gondola, 100metres left is the Joch Alm, also known as Rudi's, great goulash soup. Left and downhill, is the Rubezahl, drinks, food, and Louis playing live music. At bottom of Kropfraderjoch T-bar is the Krop... Jausen station, food, drinks, and great views.

In the evening, go to the Bichlwirt.......

Hi Tony,

I have an unused pair of red racing pants. Have never used them, they are revealingly tight. Not quite sure why I bought them, I think in the shop I had images of Klammer, Podborski, Miller, and other big-thighed fasties in my minds eye.

If you get to wear these, I feel sure you will qualify for the Hahnemkam.

Soll.
~ you have to use a ski bus to access the lift.

~Unless you stay in the hotel Gansleit, you have to get a bus back. You can pole across the field to the Gansleit.

~The Ski Welt offers a pretty good range and length of skiing, good for ski touring.

~ Go visit the church, it is one of the most beautiful in Tirol. Go Tuesday evening, and you may hear the organist practicing, a half hour of your life that you will never forget.

For accomodation, contact the Soll web site. there will always be somewhere to stay. Doesn't have to be Soll, could be Ellmau,Going, Hofgarten, Westendorf.

My ski buddy, Mel, who has been skiing for at least 600 years in the same ski boots, recently started to suffer foot pains. He asked Katriona in Blachfelders, Niederau for assistance. She Measured his feet, (using a pressure bed), for the standard measurements, length, width etc. Also, arch height, pronation. They organised was some slight changing of the boot wall, a boot arch-lifting inner sole, change of socks.

A week later, his wife arrived, and hired boots,(hers having just arrived at the end of their natural life). She received the identical service/treatment. The fit was so good they made an offer to buy, which was accepted.

You may have to pay a bit for this level of personal service. However, when considered against the comfort levels/cost of multiple holidays during the boot life, I submit there must be a real cost saving.

The correct boots,and their fit, are far more impotant than choice of ski.

I am interested in the name of the Scottish boot specialist should anyone know that. I have heard there is one in Blairgowrie.

Just returned from Niederau. Everywhere in Tyrol suffered the Sunday storm two weeks ago, and Niederau was one of the few places that could run the lift system, the Gondala height is only about tree level and gains some protection.

Anyway, I really like the edge control you get when skiing in the rain.....

Managed several days over twenty runs, so plenty of skiing available.

Had a nice dump of snow on Saturday past, freshened things up.

Played guitar with accordian players~ Louis from Kufstein in the Rubezal, and with Erwald from Cologne in the Bichelwirt.

Met a couple of Dutch ladies at the side of the piste ~ stripped to their undies, sunbaking. I stopped and leaned over, suggesting that this was the best view of the Alps I had ever seen!

It's not all skiing you know...

Also met Jan. "Your not skiing with your legs together, Dave" "We are on a path, Jan"

Joyful.

Worth going to Whistler once, it is top stuff, the entrance to Blackcoome glacier is breathtaking. But it's scary skiing blind down a steep face. This is reinforcing deadkenny's point about the weather. We had one week sunny, one week in white out.

Enjoyed Vail also, but wouldn't like to be there for two weeks. One suggestion would be to base in Breckenridge. The area lift pass covered several resorts, including Vail, Keystone, Beaver Creek, Arapaho basin. A-Basin scenery is stunning.

Only 15 hours to go, subject to Easyjet. Have resisted temptation to put my long old K2s in with my old Rossies.

Need you to wind up the snow reports please admin, half a metre each night, sunshine during the day.