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Help with my shortlist

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 14:24:40 GMT

Ok, just planning ahead for next season. I intend to make 3 trips if possible, and my I will select from Austria, France, Switzerland and Italy.
I have done some research and checked out WTSS, and my shortlist has been drawn up. Here are my selctions for Austria. I would be most grateful if anyone who has been to all/some/any of these resorts would give me some feedback.
I am looking for info on the ski area in terms of ease of access, possibly ski back to resort, lift queues, snow, and any other useful info you wish to share.
I have selected the resorts based on their access to reasonably sized ski areas and offering suitable accommodation and atmosphere for me.
Heres the Austrian selection:

Schladming
Maria Alm
Solden
Ischgl
Serfaus
Bad Gastein
Nassfeld
Nauders/Reschenpass

Thanks in advance.

Re:Help with my shortlist

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 17:18:33 GMT

I liked Bad Hofgastein, nice ski area too, plenty ground to cover. Queues weren't big at all when I visited in February (don't remember exactly when).

Re:Help with my shortlist

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 17:57:13 GMT

i got a very good report from j2'ers who recently went to schladming so have ended up booking it for xmas and new year, if i can find it do you want it forwarding?

Re:Help with my shortlist

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 17:59:28 GMT

Ja wohl, danke schoen

Re:Help with my shortlist

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 19:07:48 GMT

Only been to Schladming on your list - definitely recommend it. Thinking of Bad Gastein for next year.

Re:Help with my shortlist

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 21:10:34 GMT

Serfaus and Nauders are both places with good ski areas and good altitude, but I know little about them.
Bad G was a possible for this year but St Anton won that battle.
Schladming is more than a possibility if I can find the right accommodation. Not too sure about these clubhotels.
Solden sounds "interesting"

Re:Help with my shortlist

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 21:20:21 GMT

Tony_H wrote:

Schladming is more than a possibility if I can find the right accommodation.

We stayed at the Stradtor nice **** star accommodation but i did`nt get to ski as i had put my back out a few weeks before and then got a tummy bug in resort.The rest of the gang had a blast and enjoyed the skiing.Micheal Tritcher owns and runs the ski school he used to do private lessons if you want to try slalom.

AJ Adele

Re:Help with my shortlist

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 08:32:46 GMT

How about Cortina, St Moritz, Zermatt you should find some cheap accommodation,

http://www.kulmhotel-stmoritz.ch/

They have some nice views :mrgreen:

Re:Help with my shortlist

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 08:55:54 GMT

Ian Wickham wrote:How about Cortina, St Moritz, Zermatt you should find some cheap accommodation,

http://www.kulmhotel-stmoritz.ch/

They have some nice views :mrgreen:

Stick to the shortlist please Ian :evil:

Re:Help with my shortlist

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 08:57:23 GMT

:D Which one? There are so many?! So confusing/1!?! :?: on3n1122eea1

Re:Help with my shortlist

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 09:00:35 GMT

Pablo Escobar wrote: :D Which one? There are so many?! So confusing/1!?! :?: on3n1122eea1

Its quite simple, 1 for each country I intend to visit. For now.
I am really keen to find someone who has visited Serfaus

Re:Help with my shortlist

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 09:06:40 GMT

Tony_H wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:How about Cortina, St Moritz, Zermatt you should find some cheap accommodation,

http://www.kulmhotel-stmoritz.ch/

They have some nice views :mrgreen:

Stick to the shortlist please Ian :evil:

Clear your mind take off the blinkers, I'm only trying to clear your wallet :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Re:Help with my shortlist

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 09:07:28 GMT

Yes I know how expensive those hotels are. Now stop it and help me properly or bugger off.

Re:Help with my shortlist

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 09:11:22 GMT

Tony_H wrote:Yes I know how expensive those hotels are. Now stop it and help me properly or bugger off.

Be careful of your blood pressure :shock:

Re:Help with my shortlist

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 21:00:38 GMT

Ian Wickham wrote:

Tony_H wrote:Yes I know how expensive those hotels are. Now stop it and help me properly or bugger off.

Be careful of your blood pressure :shock:

Are you going to help or not Wickers? And no, LGB is not on my list...!!!

Re:Help with my shortlist

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 21:05:39 GMT

Tony_H wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:

Tony_H wrote:Yes I know how expensive those hotels are. Now stop it and help me properly or bugger off.

Be careful of your blood pressure :shock:

Are you going to help or not Wickers? And no, LGB is not on my list...!!!

You know I have never skied Austria, But I have left a positive re La Thuile on your other thread, I am trying very hard to be a sensible old fella, really :D

Re:Help with my shortlist

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 21:07:09 GMT

You should try Austria. Its my favourite country for skiing.

Re:Help with my shortlist

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 21:02:32 GMT

Shortlist now reduced down to a choice between

Solden
Ischgl
Schladming

Re:Help with my shortlist

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 21:07:08 GMT

Tony_H wrote:Shortlist now reduced down to a choice between

Solden
Ischgl
Schladming

SCHLADMING either xmas or new year and you and mrs h can come and see meeeeeee xx no comments pls

Re:Help with my shortlist

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 21:11:01 GMT

From those 3 i would be most tempted by ischgl i think with schladming in a very close second. The main thing that puts these ahead is the ability to ski a second resort if you wished to easier then solden, as schladming is covered on ski amade pass and ischgl will also get you galtur!

Re:Help with my shortlist

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 21:14:08 GMT

what does ski amade included?

Re:Help with my shortlist

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 21:16:54 GMT

amanda n wrote:what does ski amade included?

Here you go :mrgreen:

http://www.skiamade.com/en/winter/skiresorts/slopepanorama/

Re:Help with my shortlist

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 21:29:38 GMT

you can ski all that on one pass thats excellent ! keep me busy for 2 weeks

Re:Help with my shortlist

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 21:56:01 GMT

yep you can plus there's also a salzburger superpass that covers zell am see and saalbach i believe!

Re:Help with my shortlist

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:05:33 GMT

ooooo cant wait only 275 days to go looks like i made a good choice, thanks to Scarlet fez and no snow in swindon for there pm's x

Re:Help with my shortlist

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:07:05 GMT

amanda n wrote:ooooo cant wait only 275 days to go looks like i made a good choice, thanks to Scarlet fez and no snow in swindon for there pm's x

Trouble is it's Austria :shock:

Re:Help with my shortlist

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:09:04 GMT

i adore Austria,been emailing tonight for jobs lol.

Tony it looks very promising, plenty ski area to cover, although as i am there peak times might be a bit busy but i have 2 weeks to take it all in,

Re:Help with my shortlist

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:42:49 GMT

Theres a lot on the ski amade pass I wouldnt choose to stay in, but Schladming is a serious contender. Ischgl is the wifes favoured resort out of the 3, but there is something attracting me to Solden. It may be the mention of raunchy apres ski and topless women dancing on tables.

Re:Help with my shortlist

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:46:34 GMT

haha boobs are allways an attraction for the male contingent!

I just seem to get a feeling of solden being not not very big, don't know why!

Re:Help with my shortlist

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:47:36 GMT

185km of skiing, and all high up. It even gets 5 stars for snow from WTSS.
That might be part of the attraction.

Re:Help with my shortlist

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:59:05 GMT

swskier wrote:haha boobs are allways an attraction for the male contingent!

I just seem to get a feeling of solden being not not very big, don't know why!

Who mentioned boobs :shock: :shock: :shock:

Re:Help with my shortlist

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:49:32 GMT

Ian Wickham wrote:

amanda n wrote:ooooo cant wait only 275 days to go looks like i made a good choice, thanks to Scarlet fez and no snow in swindon for there pm's x

Trouble is it's Austria :shock:

Why don't you like Austria Ian?

I have to say its usually low on my list because I like the huge areas and hight in France. My first trip to the Alps was Saalbach and I really enjoyed the place but when I went to Val D'Isere I felt like I had stepped up a league with the grandeur of the mountains.

I will go to Austria again one day though

Re:Help with my shortlist

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:16:29 GMT

Mike3000 wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:

amanda n wrote:ooooo cant wait only 275 days to go looks like i made a good choice, thanks to Scarlet fez and no snow in swindon for there pm's x

Trouble is it's Austria :shock:

Why don't you like Austria Ian?

I have to say its usually low on my list because I like the huge areas and hight in France. My first trip to the Alps was Saalbach and I really enjoyed the place but when I went to Val D'Isere I felt like I had stepped up a league with the grandeur of the mountains.

I will go to Austria again one day though

I spent three or four days there August 1999 stayed at a place called Kolsass Weer just outside Innsbruck, found the people in the village very rude and unwelcoming, I never thought I would ever experience standing at a bar and the bar person looking at me then served the person behind, I just thought it was really funny, when we eventually did get served and it took a good 10 minutes the drinks were slammed down on the bar with my change, that was just one example of our experience there was a few more.
In kitzbuhel we were looked after really well , and also in Innsbruck where we watched the eclipse in 1999 out side a photography's shop with the owner and his family who brought two glasses of champagne for myself and mrs W.
So I am not naive and pretty well travelled enough not to tar all Austrians with the same brush, that would be untrue, but that is the out of season impression I have of small town Austria, I know many of you will disagree, how I viewed it was and still do " We have put up with you during the winter, we could do without you in the summer " :evil:

Re:Help with my shortlist

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 19:50:35 GMT

Mike3000 wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:

amanda n wrote:ooooo cant wait only 275 days to go looks like i made a good choice, thanks to Scarlet fez and no snow in swindon for there pm's x

Trouble is it's Austria :shock:

Why don't you like Austria Ian?

I have to say its usually low on my list because I like the huge areas and hight in France. My first trip to the Alps was Saalbach and I really enjoyed the place but when I went to Val D'Isere I felt like I had stepped up a league with the grandeur of the mountains.

I will go to Austria again one day though

Thats odd, because I felt completely the same way about going from France to Austria - big peaks, more dramatic scenery, alpine buildings, cow bells, efficient lifts....etc.

Re:Help with my shortlist

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:17:29 GMT

I just love Austria.

I've been several times but just once skiing. The scenery is beautiful and they make sure it stays that way. The people are lovely I've always found, I'm sure there's the odd exception, (in fact there is some guy in the news today). The food - now there is a good enough reason in itself for visiting Ausria.

I stayed in a 2* Pension in Mayrhofen at Christmas and the standards were great, far better than anything I've seen in France. And the beer is alot cheaper, as is eating on the slopes.

I've been to the Ski Amade area in the summer and it is a lovely place, but it's not that high, I've haven't looked up the snow record though.

I am looking for a nice small Austrian resort for next year - which is how I found this site.

Re:Help with my shortlist

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:20:54 GMT

hopfgarten is a beautiful small resort and plenty of ski miles, lift pass is for the whole of the ski welt area, which means you can ski into, soll, scheffau, ellmau, and itter and going, i loved it at christmas and wouldnt mind going back again beautiful

Re:Help with my shortlist

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:23:29 GMT

Reddy wrote:I just love Austria.

I've been several times but just once skiing. The scenery is beautiful and they make sure it stays that way. The people are lovely I've always found, I'm sure there's the odd exception, (in fact there is some guy in the news today). The food - now there is a good enough reason in itself for visiting Ausria.

I stayed in a 2* Pension in Mayrhofen at Christmas and the standards were great, far better than anything I've seen in France. And the beer is alot cheaper, as is eating on the slopes.

I've been to the Ski Amade area in the summer and it is a lovely place, but it's not that high, I've haven't looked up the snow record though.

I am looking for a nice small Austrian resort for next year - which is how I found this site.

I'm sure there will be a small resort person along in a minute :hunf:

Re:Help with my shortlist

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:24:51 GMT

If I said that, WW3 would have broken out.

Re:Help with my shortlist

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:27:18 GMT

my sons friend took this pic at dusk going over to soll to do some floodlit ski-ing, it is my fave pic i love the way the light is just over the top of the peaks, heaven :D

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3583/3368063625_f9291cd765_m.jpg

Re:Help with my shortlist

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:31:08 GMT

Thats a cracking pic, and not dissimilar from the one I posted on the Photography thread this week which I took in St Anton. Very atmospheric. I watched Hig Altitude this week, a re run of the episode that they Graham tried to climb to the peak of Mont Blanc from Italy, and some of the colours at sunrise up there were unbelievable. I'd love to be able to get up a mountain like that for sjunrise and capture it on camera.

Re:Help with my shortlist

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:34:05 GMT

Cheers, I will look up Hopfgarten..

Anyone been to Heiligenblut?

Re:Help with my shortlist

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:42:35 GMT

i saw your pics very good, hopfgarten top is 1820m so snow is quite good from early on and they do have snow machines nearer to bottom if required, didnt see them working and that was at the beginning of the season 19th december.

Village is very quiet, one very rowdy pub called the silver bullett, but plenty of little romantic restaurants hidden away, a beautiful church with those all too familiar erratic chimes and a few nice shops, i think soll is about 10km by road and our rep said a return taxi is about 30 euros no matter how many get in so if would be quite easy to ski over on the last lift, have a look around in the evening and taxi back, although beware you have to buy an extra evening lift pass to do the floodlit skiing. but overall i fell in love with austria in hopfgarten, and it is only 5ish kms from cough cough you know where !

i thought ski-ing was excellent some extremeley scarey blacks from the top, wasnt very busy, hardly any queues for lifts, lovely mountain restaurants averagely priced. we did a ski safari instead of the usual last day skool race day and wish i had booked one earlier n the week as our instructor took us on some fantastic runs we would never of found. overall 9.5 out of 10

Re:Help with my shortlist

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:57:15 GMT

Jeez, how expensive does Ischgl accommodation want to be?????
:evil:

Re:Help with my shortlist

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 22:54:13 GMT

Not that this should have a bearing on it, but taking into account Mrs Tony-H. Schladming is a working town which includes its own brewery and as a result is not quite as picturesque as some of the other Austrian resorts. That being said its skiing is vast and varied, not to much on the black adrenalin runs. My group have been there 5 years on the trot so it must have something going for it. Brits are very much in the minority, so depending on how u like your Apres. We enjoy ourselves over there but then again we are slightly older than your average bears!!We are thinking of a change this year and considering Salbach!!

Re:Help with my shortlist

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 10:25:35 GMT

Yes I have seen some much better priced accommodation in Schladming, and its a place that definitely appeals. Mrs H likes her beer so thats fine! I am shocked by the prices for Ischgl, and I am struggling to find anything much cheaper in Solden either. Hmmmmm.

Re:Help with my shortlist

Sat, 21 Mar 2009 01:04:32 GMT

Tony_H wrote:Shortlist now reduced down to a choice between

Solden
Ischgl
Schladming

I've not read the rest of this thread (a little bit tipsy) but I know when we were in Obergurgl one of the local instructors was dissing Solden as it was similar in size to Obergurgl/Hochgurgl but with much more traffic. After driving through the town I could believe him.

Saalbach Hinterglem. You know you wanna.

Re:Help with my shortlist

Sun, 22 Mar 2009 21:22:03 GMT

dont know if this helps , but just returned from bad hofgastein,bad gastein, and must say all in all the best ski holiday i have had in many years.not just the skiing but supurb wellness hotel that done a great all in deal including full lift pass.
dorfgastein just down the road was absolutley supurb with long long red runs and a couple of blue runs also if you wish.
people were great , plenty of snow and sun.
if you or anyone else wants anymore info i will do best to help.

Re:Help with my shortlist

Sun, 22 Mar 2009 23:58:24 GMT

Bad G has been on the shortlist, but it hasnt risen higher than about 6th for Austria.
Ischgl looks like its going to be taken off now, as its proving stupidly expensive to get a holiday there.
Solden has a couple of better priced hotels.
I did my research regarding Solden and Obergurgl, and there is half as much skiing again at Solden and a more interesting place off the slopes too.
Schladming is however looking like becoming the Austrian number 1 now.

Re:Help with my shortlist

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:24:55 GMT

Tony_H wrote:Bad G has been on the shortlist, but it hasnt risen higher than about 6th for Austria.
Ischgl looks like its going to be taken off now, as its proving stupidly expensive to get a holiday there.
Solden has a couple of better priced hotels.
I did my research regarding Solden and Obergurgl, and there is half as much skiing again at Solden and a more interesting place off the slopes too.
Schladming is however looking like becoming the Austrian number 1 now.

Don't forget to add Hochgurgl to the Obergurgl ski area. It's a gondolla ride away.

Having said that, Schladming for the night race is well up on our list.