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The Niederau Experience

Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:22:59 GMT

I'm back in body but not in spirit!

I want to send out huge heartfelt thanks to Jan, Mrs Jan and family Jan, admin man and Dave Mac (oh, and my husband). They made the trip perfect, I have come home buzzing and looking forward rather than being in limbo. The only thing I would change is that my sons would've been there. At least it gives us an excuse to go back :D.

I think Niederau is a wonderful place, it's so friendly and very personal. Dave Mac and the Jan family were all very generous people with their time, effort and unbounded enthusiasm, they went well beyond the call of duty to look after us and we were treated to a very local view which made it a special experience.

I like small resorts and I also like large resorts. I understand both points of view. The world would be a pretty boring place if we were all the same I suppose. Everyone that's going, enjoy! A couple of photos below.

Thanks again and thanks to everyone on the forum for your support and helping me through a very difficult year. 2009 is gonna ROCK! I'm back on the piste :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Caron
xx

ps. apologies for starting another N thread but I didn't want my gratitude lost on page 24 of the reports thread!

Re:The Niederau Experience

Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:31:22 GMT

Caron looks like you had a great time! Shame about the lack of snow though aye! :mrgreen:

Re:The Niederau Experience

Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:38:21 GMT

YeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeHaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Oh happy days.
Well done Caron-a )

AJ Adele

Re:The Niederau Experience

Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:56:47 GMT

Hi Caron

Glad you had a great time. Great pics. Glad your knees held up for you.
I cant wait to get there.....3 weeks tomorrow

Karen

Re:The Niederau Experience

Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:00:06 GMT

Well done Caron great pico's 8) 8) 8) 8)

Re:The Niederau Experience

Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:08:40 GMT

Anyone from the forum likley to be in Niederau the first week in March ? Been toying with the idea of going there for ages but I think your pics have convinced me and I have a few days free with no plans.....

Dave

Re:The Niederau Experience

Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:19:58 GMT

I will let the new thread slip this time...

Seriously, sweet you are back on the skis :D

Re:The Niederau Experience

Fri, 23 Jan 2009 03:32:44 GMT

Congratulations Caron A!!! We are off to Niederau 2 weeks today and will be staying at Auhof also. I have been following the previous thread on behalf of my best friend who has just had her knee done and is devastated that there will be no skiing this season. I havee been keeping her updated on your progress so she knows there is light at the end of the tunnel. She will be siging up as a J2Skier so she can get in touch with you to chat about "knee operation recovery"

Thanks for the great pics and the daily updates

Re:The Niederau Experience

Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:07:42 GMT

Well done Caron. Glad you are back on the skis and raring to go again.
Get ready for the blues to kick in shortly though.

Re:The Niederau Experience

Fri, 23 Jan 2009 13:30:32 GMT

thanks everyone :D

Tony_H wrote:Get ready for the blues to kick in shortly though.

I'm being determined... As AJ has said, I'm floating at the moment and will attempt to carry that feeling until Tignes in 11 weeks and one day!

cwagner - you'll love the auhof, it's very special. your friend is more than welcome to pm me, I feel like a bit of an expert on the subject :shock:. They told me 9 to 12 months post op so, in true obsessive fashion, I was on the slopes 9 months and one day post op :mrgreen:

Re:The Niederau Experience

Fri, 23 Jan 2009 13:49:55 GMT

We're off to the Wildschonau at 6:00am in the morning - staying in Oberau as usual. Looks like you've left us plenty of snow to play in Caron. Looking forward to skiing around the valley and might pop over to Kitz once the FIS circus leaves town.

Re:The Niederau Experience

Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:03:15 GMT

those pictures look fantastic, i have only got 43 days to go yippppeee i hope the snow lasts out.

Re:The Niederau Experience

Sat, 24 Jan 2009 15:02:16 GMT

First of all apologies that I have been home from the wonderful Niederau for a week and have not posted my "report"! Our laboratory has been refitted, and as that pays the bills I have been there most of the week. I have not even been on the Quo site! Time must be tight.

Before tackling Niederau proper, echoing others, I have to thank Jan, his wife and mother-in-law, their boys, their staff ... and not forgetting Fred!

Nothing was too much for them: from shuttling me to and from Kranebitten, to our daily trip to ADEG for freshly baked pretzels for breakfast; from an on-demand taxi service up to and down from the Auhof, to visiting local restaurants for a Grostl and Weibbier.

After a welcoming Bier and a quick trip up to the room, which I'd seen before, I felt as if I had never left the Wildschonau Hochtal.

The Auhof itself cannot be faulted, unless having no subscription to the Volksmusik TV channel can be counted! :mrgreen: The rooms are spacious, clean and tidy. As for the view from the balcony - what can I say? I thought I had already had the best view from the top centre of the Vicky, but the Auhof's views are spectacular - all mountains and sunshine, with the valley spread out below.

The daily trip down from the Auhof is a dawdle, maybe it is the magnetic slopes calling you down that helps speed you on but the taxi at the end of a hard, but wonderful, day spent skiing was very welcome.

The Auhof was the icing on the cake.

"N" - One poor day due to flat light up on the mountain and one poor day due to too many Jagerbombes in the Cave Bar - the youngsters made me do it! Honest!

However, the rest of the week was perfect. Not too cold - only -10oC in the shade, but with plenty of light to enjoy the slopes.

Up on the Markbachjoch there was glorious sunshine and no wind-chill until you schussed down the hill. I've been up Hintertux, in the next valley along, in a blizzard and know what I would prefer.

There was no new snow whilst I was there but I have always preferred hard pack corduroy to powder in any case. There was very little ice on the reds I used. The piste basher crews certainly know their stuff and cannot be faulted.

No pictures I am afraid - I was too busy enjoying myself. And the week went far too quickly.

The first week of the New Year is also not long after the shortest day, so there was no surprise about the lack of sunshine down near the gondola, but I know from experience that later in the season there will be sunshine aplenty for those that need their sun fix. At -10oC it was not particularly cold, but then again where I come from we consider double figues to be a heatwave! One of the bonuses of the Scottish blood. I was warm enough with a ski jacket and thermals.

The red ski school certainly know their business and gave plenty of instruction and guidance where needed. Watching them strut their stuff at the weekly ski school demo showed a very talented bunch. The warming Gluhwein took the chill off. I even shared a drag with Sepp as he checked on things.

The ski race at the end of the week was a blast although not really a race - just a run down one of the beginners' slopes through a set of slalom gates. Just a laugh really, the old gits versus the young ladies!

Queues? What queues? A 5 minute wait at the start of the week whilst the Niederau first timers got to grips with who/what/where. After that there was plenty of choice, from the 4-man chair up to the Lanerkopfl at one end of the village, to the Tennladen drag at the other end opposite the Harfenwirt.

The best runs for me were from the Lanerkopfl down under the gondola and over to the middle of the Tennladen, with the other being from the Chapel down the Kropfrader and Mittermooser, down past the top of the Tennladen and then back into the middle of it, and then down to the gondola. What was I frightened of?

The blues have now kicked in and it is looking like I will not be able to run away to the Auhof until the summer.

Now, Niederau in the summer is an entirely different, but equally enjoyable, story.

@RoseR - I have not forgotten.

Re:The Niederau Experience

Sun, 25 Jan 2009 11:06:15 GMT

Off to Niederau again on 28th Feb - cannot wait! Will there still be decent snow then? I've always went there in January :D

Re:The Niederau Experience

Sun, 25 Jan 2009 14:10:06 GMT

if any of you going out there could get a photo from the top of red 24 I'd love to see it. funnily enough, standing at the top of it I don't think I could've told you what a camera was for let alone think of taking pictures :shock:

Re:The Niederau Experience

Sun, 25 Jan 2009 16:16:06 GMT

If you can wait until next wek Caron, I have series of pictures taken - last run of the day, right down the whole empty run.

Re:The Niederau Experience

Sun, 25 Jan 2009 18:09:16 GMT

cheers mate, I can wait...

going well with the family? how's mrs m doing?

Re:The Niederau Experience

Sun, 25 Jan 2009 19:09:37 GMT

hi would have uploaded some photos but not sure how to send them via this forum. have just arrived back from niederau and had a lovely time, skiing everyday with friends a met from last year and my dinner companion at the hotel sonnschein. we had different abilities but still managed to botheinjoy the skiing together. we had a nice dump of snow and plenty of sunshine

jan

Re:The Niederau Experience

Sun, 25 Jan 2009 19:34:48 GMT

Janbail, glad you had a great time, the easiest way (I think) to upload photos onto J2ski is to use a photo site like Flickr or Picasa to host your pics, and then you can include them into a thread. Most of the hosting sites, let you choose the size as well, so you can make them fit the page :D

Re:The Niederau Experience

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:12:12 GMT

Wey Hey Caron-A's back on the piste. So glad you had a good time, did you wear Pavels jacket?

Re:The Niederau Experience

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:18:00 GMT

hi bandit
i am quite new to this so i dont know how long it will take to get it right but thanks for the info
jan

Re:The Niederau Experience

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:29:28 GMT

caron-a wrote:cheers mate, I can wait...

going well with the family? how's mrs m doing?

We are having a ball, Caron. Were up in Aufach today, and discovered that this suits the repairing leg much better, so will be back for more. Much easier skiing at Auffach, and very nice on a sunny day. Even better views of the Alps than N.

The boys making constant improvement, we do a couple of runs doing drills at the start of the day, then just enjoy. The old dog can still outrun the young fellers :D

I agree with admin, outside of the skiing, highlight of last week was the look on your face after skiing Tennladen, and the hugs that followed.

Re:The Niederau Experience

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:48:11 GMT

That's brilliant news Dave, I'm so pleased to hear that Mrs Mac has recovered so well, and so quickly :thumbup:
Did you manage to negotiate another week?

RoseR wrote:Wey Hey Caron-A's back on the piste. So glad you had a good time, did you wear Pavels jacket?

I did indeed thank you. I asked his permission to take it in and now it fits well and I'm rather pleased with it :mrgreen:

Re:The Niederau Experience

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:55:15 GMT

Dave Mac wrote:I agree with admin, outside of the skiing, highlight of last week was the look on your face after skiing Tennladen, and the hugs that followed.

yes, to me it's one of those moments where time just seems to hang... I didn't know whether to laugh or cry! I don't think it sunk in until a couple of hours later and then I remember the moment when I started grinning uncontrollably from ear to ear :mrgreen:

Re:The Niederau Experience

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 19:05:47 GMT

Hi
thanks caron for sending me instructions dont think i have quite got the hang of it yet but here is one i have managed

jan
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Re:The Niederau Experience

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 19:19:01 GMT

here we have another few

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Re:The Niederau Experience

Fri, 6 Mar 2009 17:42:37 GMT

Back in Paradise, as I know it. Met up with Rustyinn, (Dave) and friend. Had a meal together, then repaired to the Bichlwirt. Herbert put in one of his great Harp performances. I have to confess, that RustyInn and I sang, accompanied by the Harp, "March of the Hebrew Slaves,(Nebucha)", in Italian! You heard it here first folks! (Unless, of course, you were in the Bichlwirt.)

And then, had the best part of the next day, skiing with Rusty Dave, a neat, competent and fast skier. Has got his skiing plan well sorted out. Good luck Rusty -Dave! Twas a very enjoyable meet up.

Have failed to meet up with SkiGirl. After a week in January, appoaching girls, asking - "Are you Paralytic?", I draw the line at trogging round Niederau, saying to the lassies- "I'm looking for a SkiGirl!" :shock: The Oberau police would be quickly into action!

Re:The Niederau Experience

Fri, 6 Mar 2009 18:03:14 GMT

ha ha ha ha dave lol, dont forget to look for me lol at least are you amanda sounds better than are you paraletyic

Re:The Niederau Experience

Fri, 6 Mar 2009 18:03:49 GMT

those pics are fab i am soooooooooooooooooo excited

Re:The Niederau Experience

Fri, 6 Mar 2009 18:52:55 GMT

:oops: Should have just asked the barman in O'Malleys to point out the "girl" (hardly - just had a late 40's birthday Dave :cry:) that drank all the wine!!!

You should be able to recognise Col tomorrow night - have a great time you two - Amanda I loved your comments tonight about having nails and hair done, taking straighteners a ton of beauty products and plaster of paris :lol:

Lucky you Dave skiing again in the place you love - I have just 3 and half days left in St Martin over Easter. :-o

Re:The Niederau Experience

Fri, 6 Mar 2009 20:10:09 GMT

lol cant live without straightners, hair hum will only be nice till i wash it tomorrow night cant do it myself, make up i hardly wear it god made me this way and i have given up arguing, nails had to have them paintef cause they were postbox red so biut yacky and again im useless at girly rubbish have to have them painted for me

Re:The Niederau Experience

Fri, 6 Mar 2009 22:05:24 GMT

Dave Mac wrote:Back in Paradise, as I know it. Met up with Rustyinn, (Dave) and friend. Had a meal together, then repaired to the Bichlwirt. Herbert put in one of his great Harp performances. I have to confess, that RustyInn and I sang, accompanied by the Harp, "March of the Hebrew Slaves,(Nebucha)", in Italian! You heard it here first folks! (Unless, of course, you were in the Bichlwirt.)

And then, had the best part of the next day, skiing with Rusty Dave, a neat, competent and fast skier. Has got his skiing plan well sorted out. Good luck Rusty -Dave! Twas a very enjoyable meet up.

Have failed to meet up with SkiGirl. After a week in January, appoaching girls, asking - "Are you Paralytic?", I draw the line at trogging round Niederau, saying to the lassies- "I'm looking for a SkiGirl!" :shock: The Oberau police would be quickly into action!

And a good time was had by us both to Dave - thanks for adding an extra dimension to what had already been a very enoyable Niederau experience.

Fingers crossed that the temperature drops a bit and the snow falls frequently (at night) for you over the next few weeks.

Enjoy !

Dave

Re:The Niederau Experience

Fri, 6 Mar 2009 22:15:01 GMT

Amanda, I could do your nails for you. I've got to wax my skis tomorrow night anyway, and it will probably be red. :-o

It's dumping snow here, (Thanks to Admin Dave for organising that). I'm waxing up the short skis. Been skiing today with Steve, my Blackburn ski-buddy. He's just a tad quick for me, so will be hitting the Ibruprofen soon.

My ski buddy Mel has just got permission to fly, so will arrive sometime over the weekend.

Re:The Niederau Experience

Fri, 6 Mar 2009 22:16:32 GMT

hang on and you can wax mine so i can keep up :D, oooo snow cant wait

Re:The Niederau Experience

Sun, 8 Mar 2009 00:26:05 GMT

No sign of Amanda, but loud snooooring noises from that end of the village. Col neither.

Steady snow all day. But what a night in the Bichlwirt. Two local ladies, playing guitar and singing tirol songs, with passion and beautiful yodel melodies.

I did a bit of plucking, followed by a Dutch guy who picked up the guitar & did some stuff, then two old Irish guys waded in.

Scary lady was there, but I introduced her to the two Irish guys, and all is well in the world.

Oh, and the skiing is wonderful.

Re:The Niederau Experience

Sun, 8 Mar 2009 08:41:11 GMT

Dave Mac wrote:No sign of Amanda, but loud snooooring noises from that end of the village. Col neither.

:lol: :lol: :lol: I'd better take some nasal strips to VC with me then, just in case!!!

Re:The Niederau Experience

Sun, 8 Mar 2009 09:51:36 GMT

Dave Mac wrote:...But what a night in the Bichlwirt. Two local ladies, playing guitar and singing tirol songs, with passion and beautiful yodel melodies....

Now that is something I miss just as much as the skiing. :-(

Re:The Niederau Experience

Sun, 8 Mar 2009 14:45:07 GMT

great to hear it's going well Dave and that you enjoyed yourself rustyinn :thumbup:

Re:The Niederau Experience

Sun, 8 Mar 2009 15:22:54 GMT

Dave Mac wrote:No sign of Amanda, but loud snooooring noises from that end of the village. Col neither.

Steady snow all day. But what a night in the Bichlwirt. Two local ladies, playing guitar and singing tirol songs, with passion and beautiful yodel melodies.

I did a bit of plucking, followed by a Dutch guy who picked up the guitar & did some stuff, then two old Irish guys waded in.

Scary lady was there, but I introduced her to the two Irish guys, and all is well in the world.

Oh, and the skiing is wonderful.

Thats what Austria is all about.

Re:The Niederau Experience

Mon, 9 Mar 2009 15:23:37 GMT

snowb4ndit wrote:

Dave Mac wrote:No sign of Amanda, but loud snooooring noises from that end of the village. Col neither.

:lol: :lol: :lol: I'd better take some nasal strips to VC with me then, just in case!!!

cheeky ! i donot snore

Re:The Niederau Experience

Mon, 9 Mar 2009 15:24:17 GMT

right shower dinner and a bar crawl, this is the life laters xxdxxx

Re:The Niederau Experience

Mon, 9 Mar 2009 15:39:33 GMT

I'm not jealous, honestly :evil:
glad to hear you're having a good one amanda :thumbup:

Re:The Niederau Experience

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 01:28:22 GMT

Did meet up with Amanda, a delightful lady, and Col. Some chatties and drinkypoos.

Caught sight of Amanda today, giving the Kropfraderjoch rockall.

My ski buddy Mel turned up today, and cruised the Marbachjoch. His idea of being "not well", is clearly not the same as that of others.

Herbert played the harp, in the Harfenwirt, and I was duly conscripted to sing "The Wild West Show". :oops: Last time, Herbert complained that I did not sing the " Vinky-Vanky" verse!

It is still snowing.

Re:The Niederau Experience

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 03:18:19 GMT

Dave Mac wrote:

Herbert played the harp, in the Harfenwirt, and I was duly conscripted to sing "The Wild West Show". :oops: Last time, Herbert complained that I did not sing the " Vinky-Vanky" verse!

I will have to come and witness this scene one day :lol:

Trencher

Re:The Niederau Experience

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 07:32:12 GMT

'The Wild West Show' - Now that takes me back. The Oomagoolie bird, the Werethefakawee tribe!!!
Methinks Dave Mac played a bit of rugby in his younger days!!!!!!!!! :lol:

Re:The Niederau Experience

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 11:27:13 GMT

Trencher wrote:

Dave Mac wrote:

Herbert played the harp, in the Harfenwirt, and I was duly conscripted to sing "The Wild West Show". :oops: Last time, Herbert complained that I did not sing the " Vinky-Vanky" verse!

I will have to come and witness this scene one day :lol:

Trencher

it's pretty special :D

Re:The Niederau Experience

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:19:23 GMT

Dave Mac wrote:

It is still snowing.

You might be surprised to hear there is a lot of snow across many other parts of Europe too, David.

Re:The Niederau Experience

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:05:45 GMT

Trencher wrote:

Dave Mac wrote:

Herbert played the harp, in the Harfenwirt, and I was duly conscripted to sing "The Wild West Show". :oops: Last time, Herbert complained that I did not sing the " Vinky-Vanky" verse!

I will have to come and witness this scene one day :lol:

Trencher

I can assure you Trencher, it is not pretty. :oops:

Was in the Bichlwirt tonight, full of Germans, twas a Deutsche nacht, Herbert on harp. Everyone was joining in the Bavarian drinking songs. In the spirit of things, I sang "March of the Hebrew slaves", in Italian. Right next to me a guy was singing the German version. Holy cow!

Re:The Niederau Experience

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:24:54 GMT

Anvil chorus would sound great with the Austrian axes and wood chips flying :lol:

Trencher

Re:The Niederau Experience

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 07:05:58 GMT

Dave Mac wrote:Did meet up with Amanda, a delightful lady, and Col. Some chatties and drinkypoos.

Caught sight of Amanda today, giving the Kropfraderjoch rockall.

My ski buddy Mel turned up today, and cruised the Marbachjoch. His idea of being "not well", is clearly not the same as that of others.

Herbert played the harp, in the Harfenwirt, and I was duly conscripted to sing "The Wild West Show". :oops: Last time, Herbert complained that I did not sing the " Vinky-Vanky" verse!

It is still snowing.

When is this out on Utube Dave, would love to see this. :lol:

Re:The Niederau Experience

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 13:52:55 GMT

RoseR wrote:

Dave Mac wrote:Did meet up with Amanda, a delightful lady, and Col. Some chatties and drinkypoos.

Caught sight of Amanda today, giving the Kropfraderjoch rockall.

My ski buddy Mel turned up today, and cruised the Marbachjoch. His idea of being "not well", is clearly not the same as that of others.

Herbert played the harp, in the Harfenwirt, and I was duly conscripted to sing "The Wild West Show". :oops: Last time, Herbert complained that I did not sing the " Vinky-Vanky" verse!

It is still snowing.

When is this out on Utube Dave, would love to see this. :lol:

Not a chance rose, you could never transmit die Atmosphaere ont oUtube. There is only one way to experience it......

Re:The Niederau Experience

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:50:19 GMT

Aren't you the bloke who doesnt big up N?

Re:The Niederau Experience

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:43:10 GMT

Dave Mac wrote:

RoseR wrote:

Dave Mac wrote:Did meet up with Amanda, a delightful lady, and Col. Some chatties and drinkypoos.

Caught sight of Amanda today, giving the Kropfraderjoch rockall.

My ski buddy Mel turned up today, and cruised the Marbachjoch. His idea of being "not well", is clearly not the same as that of others.

Herbert played the harp, in the Harfenwirt, and I was duly conscripted to sing "The Wild West Show". :oops: Last time, Herbert complained that I did not sing the " Vinky-Vanky" verse!

It is still snowing.

When is this out on Utube Dave, would love to see this. :lol:

Not a chance rose, you could never transmit die Atmosphaere ont oUtube. There is only one way to experience it......

I fully intend to at some stage

Re:The Niederau Experience

Thu, 12 Mar 2009 23:15:34 GMT

I am really pleased that our Amanda won Gold Medal in the Ski School races today. That is quite an achievement, gave her a big hug. Amanda is a very keen, and fast improving skier, out early every day.

It is just unbelievable March snow. As good as I can remember. It will be interesting to look at the season-end statistics, c/w previous seasons. Now seing regular local piste skiers checking out the off piste.

Half of the Austrian ladies ski team were here last weekend, race training. Have an interesting story about that, definitely not for publishing. :lol:

So, let's hear it for Amanda.

Re:The Niederau Experience

Thu, 12 Mar 2009 23:28:06 GMT

Dave Mac wrote:I am really pleased that our Amanda won Gold Medal in the Ski School races today. That is quite an achievement, gave her a big hug. Amanda is a very keen, and fast improving skier, out early every day.
So, let's hear it for Amanda.

that's absolutely wonderful! I'm so happy for you and grinning like a cheshire cat :mrgreen:

Re:The Niederau Experience

Thu, 12 Mar 2009 23:33:20 GMT

Dave Mac wrote:
It is just unbelievable March snow. As good as I can remember. It will be interesting to look at the season-end statistics, c/w previous seasons. Now seing regular local piste skiers checking out the off piste.

I've been amazed at how much snow I've seen on all the reports and not as much sunshine as usual. Bodes well for our late trip :D

Dave Mac wrote: the Austrian ladies ski team were here last weekend, race training. Have an interesting story about that, definitely not for publishing. :lol:

I've got a feeling that graham would enjoy hearing that story Dave :roll:

Re:The Niederau Experience

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 12:48:34 GMT

Dave Mac wrote:I am really pleased that our Amanda won Gold Medal in the Ski School races today. That is quite an achievement, gave her a big hug. Amanda is a very keen, and fast improving skier, out early every day.

It is just unbelievable March snow. As good as I can remember. It will be interesting to look at the season-end statistics, c/w previous seasons. Now seing regular local piste skiers checking out the off piste.

Half of the Austrian ladies ski team were here last weekend, race training. Have an interesting story about that, definitely not for publishing. :lol:

So, let's hear it for Amanda.

thankyou dave i am still buzzing hee hee, hang on isnt that what a ski holiday is for ski-ing lol, up and out at 9 and back at 4, havent wasted time working to sit on bum in hotel x the best bit was the deep powder i will laugh on that for years to come....

anyone who has been to the n from top of gondola ski down to right to cafe with t bar, go up the t bar where you normally go to the right, the instructor took us left, explained about keeping skis together bouncing the knees to turn in powder, i took one look , thought hum isnt so steep so just went straight down, omg it was fab huge snow coming up off skis and the most pefect straight line down the side was fab, i laughed all day brill. instructor could be heard screajing ,turn, now known as kamikaze amanda :mrgreen:

Re:The Niederau Experience

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 12:56:47 GMT

Well done Amanda sounds like you had a fab time :shock:

Re:The Niederau Experience

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:02:06 GMT

Wow - it sounds like you had an amazing time and congratulations on the medal! :D

Next stop Vancouver 2010? :lol:

Re:The Niederau Experience

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:29:19 GMT

Go Amanda!!!!

Re:The Niederau Experience

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:30:23 GMT

Dave Mac wrote:....out early every day.

I dont know people who arent, do you?

Re:The Niederau Experience

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:31:28 GMT

amanda n wrote: now known as kamikaze amanda :mrgreen:

Well done on the gold amanda!!! The instructor calling you kamikazee wasnt andreas by any chance was it? That was one of his favourite comments to me when I was there!!! :lol: Sounds like you've had a total blast...hope the post-skiing blues arent too bad when you get back!!! )

Re:The Niederau Experience

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:32:09 GMT

Oh they will be

Re:The Niederau Experience

Sat, 14 Mar 2009 14:51:55 GMT

GeordieSki wrote:

amanda n wrote: now known as kamikaze amanda :mrgreen:

Well done on the gold amanda!!! The instructor calling you kamikazee wasnt andreas by any chance was it? That was one of his favourite comments to me when I was there!!! :lol: Sounds like you've had a total blast...hope the post-skiing blues arent too bad when you get back!!! )

nope i have 22 days to go till the next one in france, my instructor was rainer, very good, learned loads and practiced hard,n must admit i was very naughty on the last day and i had the last hour off, my legs were done in and thought better safe than sorry and end on a high.

Re:The Niederau Experience

Sat, 14 Mar 2009 17:32:50 GMT

Sorry to have missed you on your last night Amanda. I did send a garbled txt message in response to yours, then another to try and amend the first.

While you were flashing you GM on prize giving night, I was chatting to Reiner. Currently, he is just about the best deep snow skier here, and he teaches a certain technique, (downward unweighting), to the other instructors.

The previous evening, from the Gondola, I watched four instructors come down the Stuck, in knee deep powder, and it was some display of smooth technique. Reiner was last to go, and it was some run. Would have won a GM on Utube, if anyone had mde a video.

Re:The Niederau Experience

Sat, 14 Mar 2009 17:55:04 GMT

flashing my what lol, you werent supposed to tell them i wore the ladehosen and danced, what a shaock when that austrian slapped my bottom lol,

Re:The Niederau Experience

Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:42:58 GMT

amanda n wrote:flashing my what lol, you werent supposed to tell them i wore the ladehosen and danced, what a shaock when that austrian slapped my bottom lol,

welcome back! sounds like a fun time was had by all. was the Austrian cute? :lol:

Re:The Niederau Experience

Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:47:39 GMT

no lol he wasnt, but yes i had a great time, everyone was friendly, Mr mac is a lovely man, seen him a couple of times, made some friends in ski skool and the hotel so made the time fly be, roll on the next trip,

Hi Eljay will post that dvd up forgot all about it sorry x

i read your review it was fab

Re:The Niederau Experience

Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:49:06 GMT

Poor old Ellistine. He flies to Innsbruck on Friday 13th, his skis dont turn up at the airport and when he arrives in Niederau......

......its raining.

Something tells me he shouldnt have gone.

Re:The Niederau Experience

Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:53:13 GMT

the airport lost his ski's? thast a shame,has he heard whats happened but at least the rain soon turned to snow i've never seen so much fall last week

Re:The Niederau Experience

Sat, 14 Mar 2009 19:05:16 GMT

Tony_H wrote:Poor old Ellistine. He flies to Innsbruck on Friday 13th, his skis dont turn up at the airport and when he arrives in Niederau......

......its raining.

Something tells me he shouldnt have gone.

:shock: Sorry to hear that...but I'm sure from today onwards he'll have a good time one way or another.

Friday the 13th, four people at work fell down the stairs including me (not all in the same building) :hunf: No injuries thankfully.

Re:The Niederau Experience

Sat, 14 Mar 2009 19:11:33 GMT

amanda n wrote:no lol he wasnt, but yes i had a great time, everyone was friendly, Mr mac is a lovely man, seen him a couple of times, made some friends in ski skool and the hotel so made the time fly be, roll on the next trip,

Hi Eljay will post that dvd up forgot all about it sorry x

i read your review it was fab

cheers petal...........look forward to watching that.
Shame he wasn't cute though :D

There were a whole bunch of people arrived same day as us who got no skis and no luggage until the Monday night! Have to say the Crystal reps did a great job of finding gear for them to wear and they hired equipment etc, but it was a rubbish start to their holiday.

Re:The Niederau Experience

Sat, 14 Mar 2009 19:11:50 GMT

Tony_H wrote:Poor old Ellistine. He flies to Innsbruck on Friday 13th, his skis dont turn up at the airport and when he arrives in Niederau......

......its raining.

Something tells me he shouldnt have gone.

Tony are you saying that a certain place could be cursed :shock: :shock: :shock:

Re:The Niederau Experience

Sat, 14 Mar 2009 23:35:08 GMT

Hello All. Im back ! What a fantastic week we had !! Snow evey day/night until Friday when sadly on our last day it rained :cry:
However, I am happy to report the Little `un , aged 9 , dumped the snowboard went back to his skis and did the blue loop at the top of the gondola, got fed up with that and graduated to the little red run which he managed twice in quick succession. Not bad considering its his first time out !

I loved red 19 and my other half did 24 and the black a few times. ! Conditions were absolutely fabulous until Friday when it was blizzards at the top of the Gondola but the other half still managed the red 19 down but only once. !

Hotel Austria was a brilliant location for us and is a fine hotel for families.
Will post some pics as soon as ive downloaded them !

Roll on next year !!
Cheers all, have a great summer, Love Ava xxxxxxxxxxx

Re:The Niederau Experience

Sat, 14 Mar 2009 23:38:37 GMT

Congratulations Amanada !!! Lets hear it for the girls !! xxxxx :mrgreen:

Re:The Niederau Experience

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 00:32:34 GMT

Ian Wickham wrote:

Tony_H wrote:Poor old Ellistine. He flies to Innsbruck on Friday 13th, his skis dont turn up at the airport and when he arrives in Niederau......

......its raining.

Something tells me he shouldnt have gone.

Tony are you saying that a certain place could be cursed :shock: :shock: :shock:

Whickers, you are a troublemaker, don't do this it will only encourage him.

Tis true that N. was ever so slightly damp, along with Maryhofen and the rest of the NiederTirol. So nipped up to A. where the piste machines couldn't keep up with the snow dump. Knee deep between pistes. Amanda territory.

N. has fully recovered, good on the piste machine crew. Really good local GS race event on today.

Skied with a hot shot skier from the West of Scotland today, called Ross. Is Pablo aware of this person?

Re:The Niederau Experience

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 13:10:13 GMT

Hi Ava
I'd be really interested to hear what the hotel Austria was like. We stayed at the Harfenwirt, which was a bit of a hike from ski school (thank goodness for the storage room beside O'Malleys!). The Austria would have been much better from that point of view, but I was wondering whether there was much noise, either from O'Malleys or from drunken revellers in the early hours? Sorry but I'm too old for that sort of thing now and I'm a light sleeper so everything wakes me up :oops:
If we were going back to N I'd consider the Austria for location. Maybe we could request rooms at the back, away from the street...

Allie

Re:The Niederau Experience

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 13:49:19 GMT

Hi Allie.The Austria was really very nice. I didnt hear much from anywhere even though O Malleys was only a stones throw from my balcony .I seem to remember on one night there may have been a bit of jollification from a couple of young uns but it was for only about 2 minutes and didnt bother any of us.

I can heartily reccommend the hotel.The only tiny drawback is that if on half-board you have to order dinner at breakfast time !

Overall its location is ideal for the nursery slopes and the Gondola about 3-4 mins walk away.

The rooms are very clean and comfortable ( we had one that overlooked the slopes) . The ski/boot/hire shop is attached to the hotel down a set of steps.Absolutely ideal.If you can get a LOCKER its safer I guess,but we were unable to have one due to lack of availabilty but the ski room is locked at 6pm when the shop closes so its safe enough.The ski /boot room is free and gratis to all who are staying at the Austria accessible from inside the hotel.A pool,sauna,solarium and back therapy cabin are all available.Afternoon snacks available in the cosy bar area ranging from Tomato soup to tuna salad are welcome after a days skiing.

So all in all, a very good place to stay.The only closer place would be the Alpenland,but I heard that it isnt quite the standard of the Austria.

I would have no hesitation in staying there again.Hope this helps.
Love Ava xx

Re:The Niederau Experience

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 14:35:38 GMT

hi dave mac and all,
i've been off work for a week and have tried to find a last minute flight to enjoy these stupendous conditions, but alas, a flight for GBP450-plus to munich is not within the realms of reasonablesness!
so it's a drool over these fab pics sent by all N fans until blodwyn and i head for N at new year, and at februalry half term 2010.
see you there, L.

Re:The Niederau Experience

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 14:52:09 GMT

Ian Wickham wrote:

Tony_H wrote:Poor old Ellistine. He flies to Innsbruck on Friday 13th, his skis dont turn up at the airport and when he arrives in Niederau......

......its raining.

Something tells me he shouldnt have gone.

Tony are you saying that a certain place could be cursed :shock: :shock: :shock:

No. I wasjust saying that travelling on Friday 13th may have its shortcomings.

Dave, wind your neck back in.

Re:The Niederau Experience

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 14:59:54 GMT

ldavies wrote:....so it's a drool over these fab pics sent by all N fans...

:thumbup:

Re:The Niederau Experience

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 17:38:27 GMT

acarr wrote:Hi Ava
I'd be really interested to hear what the hotel Austria was like. We stayed at the Harfenwirt, which was a bit of a hike from ski school (thank goodness for the storage room beside O'Malleys!). The Austria would have been much better from that point of view, but I was wondering whether there was much noise, either from O'Malleys or from drunken revellers in the early hours? Sorry but I'm too old for that sort of thing now and I'm a light sleeper so everything wakes me up :oops:
If we were going back to N I'd consider the Austria for location. Maybe we could request rooms at the back, away from the street...

Allie

hello i stayed at the schneeberger which was fab as well, 5 min walk to ski school, lovely rooms and food very comfortable, you can either leave your skis and boots in their own heated room downstairs or at the ski hire place, apart from the lack of swimming pool i would also recommend this, and no noise, it had a club underneath but never heard a thing very nice i am also a light sleeper and woke up a few times through the night and never heard a thing. reasonable priced too

Re:The Niederau Experience

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 18:31:03 GMT

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3596/3357339518_5dc742e3dd.jpg

my parrallel lines. it does start at the top on the far left not next to the lift naff photo

Re:The Niederau Experience

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 19:33:34 GMT

amanda n wrote:http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3596/3357339518_5dc742e3dd.jpg

my parrallel lines. it does start at the top on the far left not next to the lift naff photo

Looking good! Did you knock anyone down to win that Gold?

Re:The Niederau Experience

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 19:37:47 GMT

cheeky that wasnt the slalom course lol that was first lesson in powder i was supposed to make beautiful carved turns and leave a snow snake trail but erm didnt hear that bit and went top to bottom in one straight line but no didnt run anyone over and stayed standing all the way made sure no one was below when i went for it

Re:The Niederau Experience

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 20:41:02 GMT

amanda n wrote:http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3596/3357339518_5dc742e3dd.jpg

my parrallel lines. it does start at the top on the far left not next to the lift naff photo

Well done looks great Amanda :thumbup: :thumbup:

Re:The Niederau Experience

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 20:57:13 GMT

thanks ian still makes me giggle looking at

Re:The Niederau Experience

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 20:58:03 GMT

Remember Amanda that people can look at all your flickr photos from the static link!

Re:The Niederau Experience

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 21:04:49 GMT

nothing on there thats a problem i think,

hang on lol yes the one of me in curlers isnt uploaded lol,

thanks i made that mistake again a while ago so make sure nothing bad there

Re:The Niederau Experience

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 21:07:51 GMT

:lol: You should let the lad have a decent sized beer! :wink:

Re:The Niederau Experience

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:23:18 GMT

Hi acarr

Stayed at the Hotel Austria 5 times now - it's in a great location, across the road from the ski school, nursery slopes and gondola. It's also handy to have the ski hire shop and storage right underneath which has access through the hotel. If you're a light sleeper make sure you don't get a room on the church side. The bells seem to ring constantly - once on the quarter past, 2 times on half past and 3 times on quarter to and then 4 times on the hr + the hourly rings (i.e. 5 times for 5 o'clock). It also rings for ages at 6 a.m. every morning (hubby counted 84 times once). The rooms are clean and have everything you need. The resaurant and seating area in reception are no smoking. The pool is open all the time and the sauna and steam room is free on a Mon and Thur but 6.50 euro at any other time.

Re:The Niederau Experience

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:56:05 GMT

Thanks skigirl. Obviously you really like it if you've stayed there 5 times :lol:
Being a light sleeper is a real curse (unless you work night-shifts!)
Allie