J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by Finn

Hintertux has 42km of prepared piste open already & Helmut aus Mallorca. What more could you ask for! :D

bandit wrote:For many years I suffered mild symptoms, frequent headache, poor sleep patterns, snotty nose and nosebleeds. Always during the first week of a two week alpine trip. Both winter and summer. I started taking Gingko Biloba for unrelated reasons and was very pleasantly surprised the next winter, to find that most of my symptoms had gone. It could all be a coincidence, perhaps I outgrew all the symptoms at once :mrgreen:

Bandit
out of interest were you skiing above 2500m? Was it worse on bad weather days in periods of low pressure.

Has anyone ever suffered from altitude sickness when skiing?
The British NHS advice is that mild Altitude sickness can occur above 2500m (8000ft) & severe above 3600m (1200ft). Given that alot of ski areas are above 2500m altitude sickness must be a pretty common problem.

Austria is looking good. 25cm fresh on Hintertux. :D :D
Snow down to 1500m.

I think you will get your monies worth Dave, here's to a good season.

Off topic, saw you on the telly last Friday, good show.

Dave is absolutely right about the Wildschonau lift pass being good VFM but if like me you choose to use the Wildshonau as a base to explore the wider area then the Kitzbhuler Alpen lift pass is better option & VFM. It all depends on where you are planning on doing your skiing & if you have your own transport.

Watching Austrian TV channel ORF [ski resorts panoramacamera] first thing in the morning can help you choose where you are going to ski.

Take a look at the Kitzbhuler Allstar card. It covers the Wildschonau for your first two trips & the Kitsteinhorn Glacier for your last trip.


http://en.kitzsteinhorn.at/tickets_prices/winter/allstarcard.htm

Lift pass prices for the Wildschonau to compare.
http://www.schatzbergbahn.at/tarife/winter/en/detail.aspx

good luck

Staying in the Activ Wellnesshotel Bergreid in Lanersbach, got a very good deal on this hotel through J2Ski. Will post here on my return to let you know what the local area is like. Probably have a night out in Mayrhofen.
21 days & counting!