Where in austria?

breadmonster

Hey All,

I am looking for an Austrian resort which might suit my requirements:
4 lads on the trip
2 flying into innsbrook and 2 flying into salzburg (were not all flying from ireland so thats the best we could do).
A good mix of blue slopes + some easy reds would be nice - We've all been sking before but want to give snowboarding a go this time round.
Some Nice views, long easy crusing slopes.
Good nightlife/apres/vibe/fun
We will have a car to get around.

Any thoughts? i was looking at Mayrhofen initially but open to ideas.

Thanks

Fattes

Mayrhofen would be spot on. Saalbach St Anton & Skiwelt would probably be the other options

CardinalJ

Fattes wrote: »

Mayrhofen would be spot on. Saalbach St Anton & Skiwelt would probably be the other options

Mayrhofen probably perfect. St Anton probably not an ideal place to learn boarding.

mahoney_j

CardinalJ wrote: »

Mayrhofen probably perfect. St Anton probably not an ideal place to learn boarding.

+1 for mayrhofen,great skiing ,great après reasonably cheap and fairly near Innsbruck and Salzburg.st Anton if you've very deep pockets but maby not for first snowboarding trip

mahoney_j

CardinalJ wrote: »

Mayrhofen probably perfect. St Anton probably not an ideal place to learn boarding.

+1 for mayrhofen,great skiing ,great après reasonably cheap and fairly near Innsbruck and Salzburg.st Anton if you've very deep pockets but maby not for first snowboarding trip

Fattes

I think all the hardcore stuff available distracts form the fact that there is some excellent, beginner terrain in St Anton and home to Europe's first ever ski school!

CardinalJ

You're probably right. It's certainly a more 'challenging' resort.

One of my mates learned to board there and took up skiing the following year. Hahaha.

breadmonster

Thanks all i booked Mayrhofen.
Found some cheap accom also so will give it a go

6480

breadmonster wrote: »

Thanks all i booked Mayrhofen.
Found some cheap accom also so will give it a go

if you dont mind me asking where.....?

Fattes

breadmonster; dont forget the Deli opposite the Penken Gondola as a great snack stop at the end of the day food is great!

6480; zillertal tourist office has a list of accomidation most of the pensions are seriously cheap

mahoney_j

breadmonster wrote: »

Thanks all i booked Mayrhofen.
Found some cheap accom also so will give it a go

Good choice on mayrhofen ,top place.question on the accommodation was it in mayrhofen or mayrhofen ski area???.you could be stuck down in Ramsau.or further afield -and have to taxi in and out of it if your out and about in mayrhofen after ski buses finish.happend one if our group last year and it was a pain

mahoney_j

breadmonster wrote: »

Thanks all i booked Mayrhofen.
Found some cheap accom also so will give it a go

Good choice on mayrhofen ,top place.question on the accommodation was it in mayrhofen or mayrhofen ski area???.you could be stuck down in Ramsau.or further afield -and have to taxi in and out of it if your out and about in mayrhofen after ski buses finish.happend one if our group last year and it was a pain

Fattes

could be stuck down in Ramsau.

On a powder day I can think of no where better to be stuck!!!!! But your right a bit of a pain at the end of the night to get back too.

Russman

There seems to be a lot of love for Mayrhofen, would it be a good place for beginners/second timers ? Slightly more snow sure than Skiwelt ?
I can't help but think that having to queue for a gondola up and down each morning and evening would somehow take something from the holiday. I'm happy to be completely wrong though !!
My only ski trip before was Westendorf and the nursery slopes were right in the village, and being able to ski to within 50 yards of the hotel seemed great. Although now that I see what I've typed, I guess you'd have more of a sense of actually "going somewhere" each day rather than simply skiing outside the hotel

breadmonster

6480 wrote: »

if you dont mind me asking where.....?

mahoney_j wrote: »

Good choice on mayrhofen ,top place.question on the accommodation was it in mayrhofen or mayrhofen ski area???.you could be stuck down in Ramsau.or further afield -and have to taxi in and out of it if your out and about in mayrhofen after ski buses finish.happend one if our group last year and it was a pain

I booked this place - no frills but its about 20 quid a night includes free toboggans + there a bus 50 meters away
http://www.tiscover.com/at/accommodations/eberler-danis-ziegenhof#?map


According to google maps its a 20 minute walk (not so bad)
https://maps.google.ie/maps?saddr=Laubichl%2FZillertal+Str.%2FB169&daddr=Zillerpromenade&hl=en&sll=47.169235,11.864419&sspn=0.017972,0.038581&geocode=Fa7UzwIdEw21AA%3BFZiozwIdRvq0AA&dirflg=w&mra=dme&mrsp=0&sz=15&t=m&z=15

CardinalJ

Ramsau a MAAAAAASIVE pain in then hole if some of your group are stuck down there. Happened to 3 of our 9 last year.

Russman, Mayrhofen is a pretty good place for beginners. There are easier resorts, but it's good. There's a nice easy run called Harikiri…..

From a beginners point of view something I noticed while skiing there is that a lot of the main runs go down easy blues that a lot of the schools use, so they can get a bit busy especially around lunch. That said I wouldn't let it at all put you off going, it was just something I noticed. The group I go with is a mixture of people on their 2nd time on skis up to people who've been out a lot and we all like Mayrhofen.

mahoney_j

Russman wrote: »

There seems to be a lot of love for Mayrhofen, would it be a good place for beginners/second timers ? Slightly more snow sure than Skiwelt ?
I can't help but think that having to queue for a gondola up and down each morning and evening would somehow take something from the holiday. I'm happy to be completely wrong though !!
My only ski trip before was Westendorf and the nursery slopes were right in the village, and being able to ski to within 50 yards of the hotel seemed great. Although now that I see what I've typed, I guess you'd have more of a sense of actually "going somewhere" each day rather than simply skiing outside the hotel

On the queuing for the gondola up and down just be on it before 8.45 and come down around 3.45 or else 17.30 and you'll be fine..I'd avoid the pen ken altogether as there is excelkent skiing a short train or bus trip away in kaltenbach,zell am ziller or up in hintertux.penkeb gets overcrowded and rutted out by dinber from feckin boarders!!

fannymagee

CardinalJ wrote: »

There's a nice easy run called Harikiri….. .

You are EVIL!! I love it. Harikiri is a great place to practice your exercises from skischool :-)

Russman

CardinalJ wrote: »

There's a nice easy run called Harikiri…..

Even I know what that is !!
I'll leave that one til 2015 maybe

Fattes

Gondola Q's are only really an issue during peak weeks but even if you get there and there is a q jump on the ski bus and its 10 min to Finkenberg and access to the same Penken area with no Q.

The reason so many people reccomend it is because it is probably the best Austrian resort in terms of everything for everyone, It has about 800 meters on the Ski Welts highest point Skiing goes from 1,000 Meters to 2,600 Meters and the safety back up of a gondola up the road. On average over the past 10 years it has gotten 30-40cm more than the ski welt in snow depths.

Penken is probably the best all round area in the Ziller valley an incredible mix of Blues, Reds and a few blacks with a ton of off piste and one of the best parks in Europe. It is for want of a better description 3 separate valleys listed below. The great thing is all are connected by lifts or really easy blue runs so you can explore the whole resort!

1 A mix of easy enough and mid ranging reds and blues running back to the gondola

2nd Valle a few blues one particularly good one 8 for beginners some blacks the Hari Kari the the even harder Devils Run Black 17 much worse than the hari, The Hari is only really steep for about 100 meters

3 A ton of cruisy reds and blues above Finkenberg.

mahoney_j

Never bothered with the harakiri as your only doing it to tick a box,The devils run or black 17 is much more of a challenge

Fattes

The only really good thing about the Harikari is the Off piste through the Avalanche barriers at the side of it

CardinalJ

Yea black 17 is a far nicer run.

Harikiri is 100% a box ticking exercise.

Peace

Stayed here in Mayrhofern:
http://www.rauchenwalderhof.at/en/

Very nice, had a single room and was spacious. Short walk to the gondola as well.