Newbie to J2SKI - Niederau Questions

Ian W, This is just not Austrian behavior. You are losing out because of a ten year old predudice. These people were probably from Peterborough. :mrgreen:

Austria is a beautiful country, and, in general, Austrians are as friendly as they come. You have obviously had a Faulty Towers experience.

Looking at Jan's excellent pictures, you can see that you can either go up the T-bar, and schuss to the chairlift, or walk up the road to the chairlift.

Dave, I agree with everything you have said, 2010 here I come. :D

Shrek, I know that you are fairly new to J2, by now you may have realised a good source of Niederau daily webcam views are to be found on:

http://www.auhof.co.uk/webcam.asp

The Enzian is below the Auhof, so your views will have some similarity.

Hey Dave, great picture. Do you think you would be able to point out the Alpenhof on that picture?
We are going there 14-21 Feb.
Karen

Hi Karen,

I am afraid you credit me with the pictures, actually posted by Jan. And a great deal of work it looks too....especially considering that Jan is pointing out other peoples' establishments!

The top picture is looking at the West End of Niederau. Two kilometres further west is the ancient village of Oberau. After that you have two or three other villages, culminating in Auffach, which has the highest skiing in the Wildschoenau.

To the left, and off picture, you are heading for the village centre. About 150 m off pic, you will arrive at the road that comes in (on the left) from Worgl.

The Alpenhof is the second place on the left, from the crossroads, towards Worgl. (Worgl is a main town in the Inn valley.)

So you come out of your door, right, 40m, then turn right, 150m, for the new 4man chairlift, or turn left 150m for the main gondola.

Five min further up the road from the gondola is the furthest most point of Niederau, an area called Grafenweg. It is actually in the Gemeindant of Hopfgarten, which is in the ski-welt. Grafenweg is the area in which I always stay. Right in the centre is a wonderful 500 year-old pub called the Bichlwirt. Jump on a T-bar to get into the Gondola.

Ich liebe Niederau.

Hi Karen,

Here is a picture showing the Alpenhof and some of the keys locations you will need to know :P

Happy to point out other locations if you need!!



Cheers

Jan

davemac,how are the conditions normally,in early jan,as i am thinking of taking advantage of some of the good deals available.and is the chair lift in operation as i hav,nt been to niederau for a few years,thanks in advance.

Pj, the January snow records for Niederau, for the seven years 2002/2008 are: -

Upper ~ 137/48/125/101/137/37/131, Average ~ 102

Lower ~ 48/19/68/40/81/13/50, Average 46

Providing the ground is cold enough, even on a bad year it is skiable. I have only ever missed two days skiing in the past 15 years, due to bad weather.

The Gondola will be open from somewhere 3rd week December. and close on 29 March. Auffach closes a week later.