Soll 2014/2015. Please read first post!!

Hi All,

Right. In anticipation of the season of 101 questions about Soll commencing very soon, here is a starter guide for Winter 2104/15. Some info has changed since last year, but most of this has been posted a hundred times before. BUT since (understandably) nobody seems to trawl through previous threads for info, I hope it's helpful.

Flights:
Munich: Aer Lingus, 2 flights daily Mon-Sun, morning and evening.
Salzburg: Ryanair 2 flights weekly, Sat & Sun (Subject to change, who knows. It's Ryanair).

Memmingen is an option, but much further out than Munich Airport.

Airport Transfers:
From Salzburg: info@andis-taxi.com or office@ski-transfer-salzburg.at
From Munich: www.tirol-taxi.at or http://www.loackertours.at

Trains:
www.db.ie
www.oebb.at/en/

Take train to Kufstein (or Worgl), and then taxi to Soll. Kufstein is closest to Soll, so will be cheapest for taxi transfer.


Accommodation:
Email tourist office http://www.wilderkaiser.info/en/, give them dates, numbers & requirements and they'll respond with a list of available accommodation.

My favourite hotel is the Postwirt. For short self-catering stays check out
Schoenblick: http://www.schoenblick-soell.com/
Mirabelle: http://www.mirabell-soell.at/
SportMayr: http://www.sportmayr.info/ (Also does equipment rental)

Apartments: As above, best to check with tourist board for options, but if you fancy keeping it Irish you can check-in with the lovely Lenny at Bergview Haus: http://www.bergviewhaus.com/


Lift Pass:
http://www.skiwelt.at/en/normal-tariff.html. Can be bought in Snow & Fun next door to Salvenstadtl (after your third beer when you arrive), or at the Kasse at the gondola station the next morning ;-)


Ski school:
http://www.skischule-soell.com/skischule-ski-school-snowboard-soll-skiwelt-wilder-kaiser-tirol-austria-en/15


Equipment Hire:
http://www.snowfun.biz/en/ Next door to Salven Stadtl Pub, gives online discount on hire, Martin Steinbacher is an excellent boot fitter if you're thinking of buying, you can also buy your lift pass and book ski-school here.


http://www.sport-edinger.at/index.ph...to-go/Skinacht Underneath Gondola, also excellent fully-serviced ski garage with heated boot storage.


Equipment Storage:
http://www.sport-edinger.at/index.ph...to-go/Skinacht As above, best storage in town, located underneath gondel station. Staffed by a flock of very pretty Essex boys, who provide random impromptu entertainment.

The guys are fussy about procedure. Learn The System here ;-)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awRC6cKsqa8

Apres-ski:

Umbrella bar (at GrundlAlm): For people who have progressed to the middle station, yay! The umbrella bar is opposite the entrance to the Grundlalm at the middlestation, and is usually heaving by 3pm. After you have your jagers, leave the empty bottle on the windowsills & watch them build up as your holiday progresses. If you are not a confident skier, try to remember the last gondel down leaves at 5pm. Otherwise you will have to wait for the piste-machines to clear the home run, and then ski down drunk. And scared. In the dark ;-)

Oberhausberg: Small bar halfway down the blue family run. Great for a few cheeky beers for the way home, and serves the best schnitzel in town.

Salven Stadtl: Main meeting point for apres,outdoor heated beer area, , free wifi, live music, breakfast rolls & tea from 8am, BBQ steak semmels (excellent soakage) outside from 3pm, pizza from 8pm, home of the 'Hammer Game', where groups of very drunk people swing a hammer at a nail in an upturned tree trunk for hours on end, endless varieties of shots and lots of ridiculousness :-)

Toboggan Run:
A must. Great fun, rent your toboggan at the gondel station (different speeds & types to choose from), and then hurl yourself down the mountain on the dedicated 11km toboggan run. Wear solid footwear, waterproof trousers and close the snowskirt inside your jacket. Best avoided if you have a bad back ;-)

Night skiing & Tobogganing:
Wed - Sat from 18.30 - 21.30
http://www.skiwelt.at/en/night-skiin...brixental.html

Alpin Igloo:
Another must-see, for anyone confident to ski reds: A bar in an Igloo http://www.skiwelt.at/en/alpeniglu-i...tractions.html

Please feel free to endorse these links for other users, or to add others if you have additional suggestions, the more information the better! If there are any errors or omissions I apologise in advance.

Happy skiing folks, stay safe and have fun!!! :-)