Ski/Boot Hire in Soll...

i_steal_sheep

I picked up one of them last minute 'second person for €1' ski deals to soll for week after next. Was wondering where is the best place to hire gear in Soll. Has anyone hired from the place that is based at the Gondola station? I have skied into Soll before but have never stayed there so I do not know the village well. Any advice appreciated!

bovril

Hired in Stoll(http://www.skirental-soell.com/) and Sport Edinger (http://www.sport-edinger.at/). Stoll are where the ski schools meet. I didn't like the boot fit experience with them if you could call it that and the boots were years old. Sport Edingers at the gondola were fantastic the next year. The fitter guy spent a good bit of time helping me out and I got a comfortable pair of boots. They also have a really good/efficient locker system for boots and skis so you can leave them in when you get off the gondola, ski down and collect them in the morning. The boots are handed to you heated

I can't comment on the skis as I was only learning and whatever I got did the job.

Snowbride 2011

Hi,

Was in Soll last week. Hired from Stoll. Its handy as its across from the ski school meeting place and they have a large boot room to put everything in overnight. But don't expect the best of gear, i thought the stuff was somewhat worn.

Also, by all accounts the 5 star gear is pretty much the same as the 4 star...just one year newer. Was told not to waste our money. Watch this when paying as despite instructions they tried to give me the higest price skis...they were very apologetic for the error but was possibly lucky I caught it

Also, book your skis online and save youself 10%

HybridHumour

Just back from the annual Soll pilgrimage and the Edinger shop under the Gondola proved, yet again, to be the handiest place to rent & store our gear. Great quality of gear of gear and service is great. V.Helpful staff for fitting and the ski garage is brilliant.

Oddly, we had a run in with a big lad working the garage this year (he was having a bad day and took it out on us) but apart from that it's been flawless service for the last 8 years running - can't recommend it enough!

If there are a few of you and you don't want to be dependant on the ski-bus, it's only 1.50 p/person for a taxi up from the central crossroads (near the PostWirt) up to the gondola - best 1.50 ever spent after a late night!!

Hope that helps...

loobylou

+1 for Edinger.
Was that a rather round Austrian guy you had the run-in with? Saw him cause a little trouble in one of the pubs last week.

HybridHumour

Nah, wasn't an Austrian lad. Just a bad day I think but made for an awkward customer experience...

i_steal_sheep

Cheers all. Yep, I think Edinger is where we are going to go to. Have been in there before, I think (at night time). We go to SkiWelt (usually Westendorf) every year, but with so much work on could not go this year. Then that topflight €1 deal arrived and it suited. Hitting off on Saturday morning.

loobylou

Book it online so, its cheaper.;)

robinph

HybridHumour wrote: »

If there are a few of you and you don't want to be dependant on the ski-bus, it's only 1.50 p/person for a taxi up from the central crossroads (near the PostWirt) up to the gondola - best 1.50 ever spent after a late night!!

It's only a couple of minutes walk, and if your boots are in the ski garage then shouldn't be a problem at all. Wouldn't even consider it that far to walk in ski boots either, although I'd put the cat-tracks on first to save them wearing on the tarmac.

The walk will certainly wake you up a bit if you're suffering from morning-after-itis.