Messages posted by : Wanderer
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I have travelled to Soll (close to Worgl) from Munich for long weekends the past two years. I have hired a car each time and my reasoning is that on a long weekend, time is precious. I don't want to wait around for trains. the drive down is easy - motorway all the way to just over the border into Austria. Soll is usually about a 90 minute journey from the airport although travelling down this year on a Saturday did take a lot longer due to heavy traffic :evil:
Since you are going in the Summer, I would recommend the car option. It will give you so much more flexibility to move around and see the area and it doesn't take much getting used to :lol: Best of luck with your arrangements. |
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Dave What a ridiculous suggestion :shock:. It is a ski holiday after all. Very few of us would have the slightest idea what it feels like to ski without a hangover :mrgreen:. Incidentally, I had a far harder night before my much better day skiing :wink:. BTW, I did wave over to you in Neiderau from the top of the Hohe Salve but you probably didn't see me - visibility was about 10 metres at the time :lol:. |
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I has 3 fantastic days skiing in Soll last weekend. However, on day 2, I skied like a donkey :oops: :oops: :oops: . I just couldn't get it right and I knew pretty much exactly what I was doing wrong (weight too far back most of the time). As a result, I was exhausted as I was forcing my skiing. :evil:
The next day, was so completely different. I was skiing properly, enjoying fresh powder, carving turns at speed with confidence on pisted slopes and really having a cut at it. Because my tecnique was reasonably good, it barely took any effort (certainly be comparison with the previous day). :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: It really bother me that I can be so inconsistent. Apart from the obvious answer of anybody who only skies for a week or two a year, can anyone offer explanations for such a wide variation in technique between days? |
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Earlier this week in Soll, I was shocked at the behaviour of a few people. We were making our way back to the resort late in the afternoon when we came upon a woman alone on the hill, clearly hurt. We stopped to check with her and she told us her friends (plural) had gone down to call for help but she was worried that somebody would come over the ridge and crash into her. We put her poles up the hill as a warning sign and waited with her for about 15 minutes until a piste basher came to rescue her. Meanwhile, we could see her "friends" at the next lift about 200m below us.
What I found extraordinary was that they were experienced skiers and that not one of them thought to stay with her. Even if they were all below her when she fell, they could easily have taken the lift back up ans skied down to her within a few minutes. It made me think about skiing etiquette and about how we behave towards others on the mountain. THe above case is, in my view, an extreme example of people failing to take care of a friend :evil: . Other less serious examples would be people who lead off down runs without waiting to see if every member of their group is comfortable taking it on, people not checking regularly to make everybody is keeping up/has not fallen, etc. I'm sure lots of you have your pet hates. On the positive side, it is the usual friendly acts of helping people who are lost or have strayed onto a run that is above them, sharing information on favourite runs or powder stashes, etc. Perhaps Pavel should compile one of his famous lists of good behaviours and helpm us all reflect on how we behave towards others on the mountain? Any thoughts? |
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Rose Tony is spot on. I've just come back from a short trip to Soll. Flew scheduled to Munich, hired a car and zipped down to Soll. Its only about 90 minutes down the motorway. While the hotels were reluctant to take the booking initially, we had no problem getting a booking once it got closer to the travel dates. We had 3 and a half days skiing for 3 nights away and it was brilliant. Lots of new snow and practically nobody about - average queues times about 10 seconds :lol: You should have no problem moving around the many resorts provided you are reasonably flexible in terms of type of accommodation (rarely an issue in Austria as most accommodation is pretty reasonable quality) and travel outside peak times. |
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Just a quick last check of emails, weather forecast and my friends on J2 ski before I head off to pack for my early morning departure to Soll :lol: . Another fall of snow forecast for this evening so conditions should be pretty good :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: . Just hope the roads are ok and that the sun comes out to shine on all the lovely snow - unfortunately, the forecast is for more light snow showers over the next couple of days but as long as the lifts are open and visibility is half reasonable, I will be one happy bunny :wink:
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Only 31/2 sleeps before heading off to Soll on Saturday for a long weekend :lol:. Crack of dawn flight so up really early - still, if all goes to plan should be on the slopes by lunchtime :lol:
BTW, anybody know what road conditions are like around Soll at the moment?. We are driving down from Munich and I am little concerned about road conditions. The snow keeps coming and more is due on Saturday. Great for skiing but not so good for driving - I always find it really difficult to get my edges in a car :shock:. I really begrudge giving the carhire company €25 to hire chains that I will probably not use on top of the €25 that they charge for winter tires that are probably on all their cars at this time of the year anyway :evil:. However, with so much snow about, I am wondering whether I might really need them. |
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Here is a short video taken by me doing a slalom course that was left unattended in Villard Reclusaz. A bit of fun, though Bode Miller can rest easy :wink: |
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