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Anybody skied the Harakiri in Mayrhofen?

Fri, 13 Apr 2007 14:40:49 GMT

Just how difficult is it?

I've got a trip booked to Mayrhofen in January and I reckon there's points to be had for breaking my black run duck on Austria's steepest.

Re:Anybody skied the Harakiri in Mayrhofen?

Sun, 15 Apr 2007 11:14:04 GMT

Hi, haven't skied it yet, going mid jan and fully intend to ski it then(don't tell the wife, she'll have a cow!!) I do however know a colleague who has skied it a few couple of years ago, provided us all with the funniest ski accident story for ages!! Resulted in a broken wrist and a cracked rib for him though, serves him right for showing off to the pretty Austrian instructor!!! Good Luck for your trip down it though, i intend to do it twice, side slip the first time to see what it's actually like before going for it properly. Have fun and unlike my friend ignore the pretty Austrian instructor!!

Anybody skied the Harakiri in Mayrhofen?

Fri, 2 Nov 2007 15:23:09 GMT

ellistine wrote:Just how difficult is it?

I've got a trip booked to Mayrhofen in January and I reckon there's points to be had for breaking my black run duck on Austria's steepest.

If you want to break your leg or neck, then this run is for you. If you want to break your duck, pick something a little less mental. If you fall on here, you will not get up until you hit the bottom. It is 78 degrees. I have seen several bad falls on here, ending up with a helicopter trip to hospital.

Seriously, Mayrhofen is a fabulous ski area, but some of the reds there are challenging enough. I havent skiid the H-K, neither has my mate who has been skiing for 30 years and knows Mayrhofen inside out.

Red 7 up the back of the Horberg is a fabulous run, and make sure you go up the 150 cable car and try some of the runs of the back fo Rastkogel. There is plenty of challenging and varied skiing on the Penken area, dont get hung up on doing a black, and if you do the H-K, you may live to regret it!!!!

Re:Anybody skied the Harakiri in Mayrhofen?

Fri, 2 Nov 2007 21:59:59 GMT

Er, this is a steep run, measured at 78%, which is close to 38 degrees. If it was 78 degrees, you would need a pair of ice axes to hang on :D
It's still a steep run, to give a comparison, the "Swiss Wall" aka Chavanette in Avoriaz is around 35 degrees, and that sees plenty of casualties on icy moguls.

Re:Anybody skied the Harakiri in Mayrhofen?

Sat, 3 Nov 2007 20:32:53 GMT

sounds like ellistine is going the week before we do, so I get to find out what the conditions are like hopefully!! If not then to hell with it, the wife is trying to talk me out of it and i'm trying to talk her into it :!:

Re:Anybody skied the Harakiri in Mayrhofen?

Tue, 6 Nov 2007 18:31:54 GMT

freezywater wrote:sounds like ellistine is going the week before we do, so I get to find out what the conditions are like hopefully!! If not then to hell with it, the wife is trying to talk me out of it and i'm trying to talk her into it :!:

I'm off there on Jan 12th.
What about you?

And make sure you talk Mrs Freezywater into going....

Re:Anybody skied the Harakiri in Mayrhofen?

Tue, 6 Nov 2007 19:47:07 GMT

Tony_H wrote:
I'm off there on Jan 12th.
What about you?

we fly out the following week, the 19th, can't wait TBH, getting quite sad really, check the webcam at the top of the Penken every day!!

Tony_H wrote:
And make sure you talk Mrs Freezywater into going....

Now that may be almost as difficult as the run itself :lol:

Re:Anybody skied the Harakiri in Mayrhofen?

Wed, 7 Nov 2007 00:26:19 GMT

38 is nothing, skiied many a 40deg+ slope at lake louise! :mrgreen:

Anybody skied the Harakiri in Mayrhofen?

Wed, 7 Nov 2007 04:13:46 GMT

Tony_H wrote:

ellistine wrote:Just how difficult is it?

I've got a trip booked to Mayrhofen in January and I reckon there's points to be had for breaking my black run duck on Austria's steepest.

If you want to break your leg or neck, then this run is for you. If you want to break your duck, pick something a little less mental. If you fall on here, you will not get up until you hit the bottom. It is 78 degrees. I have seen several bad falls on here, ending up with a helicopter trip to hospital.

Seriously, Mayrhofen is a fabulous ski area, but some of the reds there are challenging enough. I havent skiid the H-K, neither has my mate who has been skiing for 30 years and knows Mayrhofen inside out.

Red 7 up the back of the Horberg is a fabulous run, and make sure you go up the 150 cable car and try some of the runs of the back fo Rastkogel. There is plenty of challenging and varied skiing on the Penken area, dont get hung up on doing a black, and if you do the H-K, you may live to regret it!!!!

:lol: ellistine if you go for it, best of luck to ya.

If the unforutate happens I know a great chopper service....

Re:Anybody skied the Harakiri in Mayrhofen?

Fri, 9 Nov 2007 22:11:15 GMT

Ski'd on it last March (during "Austria's best week of the season") and it was fun. No-where near as crazy as I was expecting, but it is quite steep near the top.

:-)

Anybody skied the Harakiri in Mayrhofen?

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 09:09:24 GMT

Tony_H wrote:Seriously, Mayrhofen is a fabulous ski area, but some of the reds there are challenging enough. I havent skiid the H-K, neither has my mate who has been skiing for 30 years and knows Mayrhofen inside out.

I agree with you, I was in Mayerhofen for my second full week of snowboarding, and just sitting watching the H-K was scary!! However as half of it was mud and rock at the time, I don't suppose that helped.

There are some great reds on the Penken even, with the 3 and the 5 being particulary fast and wide. Unfortunately I ended up doing the black 4 by accident, as it was wrongly marked on an OLD map by the top of the Penken lift. It was 8.45 in the morning in April, there was no sun and it was sheet ice. As a beginner it was not the most fun I have had in my life.... maybe I'll try again in March after I have another couple of weeks under my belt.

Re:Anybody skied the Harakiri in Mayrhofen?

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 14:23:35 GMT

I tried it and really hurt myself... started off well but one incy mistake is badly punished. If your prone to correcting mistakes, this is not the run for you.

It is a great ski area so my suggestion is try it on the last day, last run and make the most of your travel insurance and get a helecopter back !

Anybody skied the Harakiri in Mayrhofen?

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 14:31:12 GMT

There are some great reds on the Penken even, with the 3 and the 5 being particulary fast and wide. Unfortunately I ended up doing the black 4 by accident, as it was wrongly marked on an OLD map by the top of the Penken lift. It was 8.45 in the morning in April, there was no sun and it was sheet ice. As a beginner it was not the most fun I have had in my life.... maybe I'll try again in March after I have another couple of weeks under my belt.

Yeah, 3 reds (5 & 6 adn 1 i think + 2 blue) all interlink and is great fun with a really nice jump point at the end on the most central one.

Re:Anybody skied the Harakiri in Mayrhofen?

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 18:47:10 GMT

Red 7 is the kiddie. Massive long and varied run. You need to take the Schneekaar chair right up to the top and then ski off the funny little hump at the top, where everyone congregates, and keep left, and just go for it. If you go right, you end up on that rather steep and mogely black.

Red 7 goes on and on, loads of wide open slopes near the top section, but beware if theres fresh snow up there, you cant see the big drops and bumps!
After that, it gets narrower and more difficult, with a couple of difficult corners, but a lovely mountain restaurant on the way down with stunning views, and its amazing up there at about 10.30am to have a short break.

Red 7 brings you back down to the bottom of where all the runs meet near where the Horberg Gondola comes up. Absolutely love Red 7.

Re:Anybody skied the Harakiri in Mayrhofen?

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:19:57 GMT

Well?

I read elsewhere that Ellistine et al have returned so what was the outcome?

Chatting about it before hand is one thing now let's get the lowdown!

Jan

Re:Anybody skied the Harakiri in Mayrhofen?

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:36:24 GMT

The day I ski'd with Ellistine (who is plenty good enough to have done the Harikiri) the conditions were not condusive to doing such a difficult run - flat light, lots of loose snow which was hard to see before you hit it etc. etc.

We did the right thing by not attempting it.

Re:Anybody skied the Harakiri in Mayrhofen?

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:43:56 GMT

We did it at 10:30am on the first day of our holiday! We had just travelled over it on the chair and the conditions looked good having snowed the day before.

It was a kind of 'now or never' so off we went :shock:

It was our first black run ever. If you're gonna do one then you may as well make it a good'n!

The days following however you could see that it was deteriating fast and a lot of people were struggling on it. It was only closed for one day when a TV camera crew were filming a race between a cross-country skier and a moutaing biker climbing up the slope!!!