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Today in Soll :-)

  • 10-01-2014 10:00am
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    fannymagee
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    LOL!! :-)

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    Stick a saddle on and get a refund on your lift pass!!!

    Will be in Soll in three weeks, been keeping a close eye on cams/reports. A few more pics/reports of the area if you can :)

    Kitzbuhel is in good shape at the moment too, might be worth a trip if you got the All Star pass.

    Jesus Mary and Joseph.

    Where the hell are they?????

    Haha, it's the moving crib, Soll-style!! Steveirl conditions are great at the moment!! Off-piste still needs a but more snow to cover the rocky parts but it's getting there! Friend of mine destroyed his board at the weekend- he got too impatient to wait, the big eejit lol. Sun is forecast till Sunday & then hopefully more snow. Have a vid I took a couple of days ago of the snowfall, i'll post it from the PC later if I can figure out how..! Have more pics too so I'll post them later as well- am not great at figuring out the technology on here!!

    :)

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    fannymagee wrote: »
    :)

    Super pics, is that Westendorf in the background ?

    Nightlife over the weekend:

    Perchtenumzug (Devil's Night):

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    Advent Gluhwein & Brass Band:

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    Russman wrote: »
    Super pics, is that Westendorf in the background ?

    Thanks Russman! And yes it is, well spotted! Taken from the back of the Hohe Salve :-)

    Great pics, fair play to ya for putting them up!! Getting excited now.... :D

    Pics look great thanks for sharing them, flying out there on Saturday

    Brilliant Alan! Yeah I'm back next Thursday, can't wait! :)
    fannymagee wrote: »
    No worries, sure it's great distraction for me while I'm home! Heading back next week (just have to get Christmas out of the way, lol), when do you arrive?

    Just another 2 weeks.... (4th Jan) I started the Advent Calendar a week late!! :P
    stevire wrote: »
    Just another 2 weeks.... (4th Jan) I started the Advent Calendar a week late!! :P

    Haha! Well I'll be there till the 6th, we might cross paths yet! ;)
    fannymagee wrote: »
    Haha! Well I'll be there till the 6th, we might cross paths yet! ;)

    Potential there to give ya a good send off on the 5th ;)

    Hopefully there's a good dump over the next week give the place a fresh layer

    Yes hopefully! I'm an eternal optimist, but I'm not sure it's gonna happen... Either way, the pistes are in great shape, it's just off-piste that's lacking.

    I'm just going home for a few days on the 6th, will be back a few days later- sure you never know you might stay on?! Lol ;) My friend has opened up an Irish Bar behind the Red Horse- drop into her for a Guinness if you get a chance!! It's just past the SalvenStadtl so not too far of a crawl for a change of scenery!! :-)

    Random video of the day: Piste bashing in Soll ;-)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0aJlLbdi7M

    Today in Soll :)

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    fannymagee wrote: »
    Random video of the day: Piste bashing in Soll ;-)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0aJlLbdi7M

    Love chilling out on my balcony watching those machines' headlights crawl up the side of the mountains. Real holiday feeling!

    It shouldn't, but that kinda nonsense always makes me laugh.
    CardinalJ wrote: »
    It shouldn't, but that kinda nonsense always makes me laugh.

    Me too, I looked over the edge & had to blink a few times to check my eyes weren't deceiving me- it's feckin HUGE!!

    A lot of effort went into that piece of immaturity :D

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    Hi there looking to go to Soll on 18th with a few mates (22-25)
    How is the nightlife? Also do you board and if so any good??
    Cheers

    Nightlife is great there Am_I_Will!! Apres centers around the SalvenStadtl, head there when you arrrive & you won't go wrong! I'm not a boarder, and I guess a lot depends on your own level of boarding but if you're competent you'll be grand. The main issue is for beginner boarders, and that there are a few runs that go through the forest on the flat, but the Skiwelt is huge so lots for everyone. If you're confident, take the red home run down & not the blue family run, that has long flat parts that look really tedious on a board!! BUT it also has a great little bar with amazing Schnitzel & Gluhwein halfway down, so worth it IMO!! ;-)

    Excellent sounds good thanks for the info and swift reply ! :)
    Yeah we all have beginner - intermediate experience so should be fine! Looks like hotel,is only option left accommodation wise :( did Mayrhofen last year in apartment was really handy! How's the snow cover these days?
    Am_I_Will_ wrote: »
    Excellent sounds good thanks for the info and swift reply ! :)
    Yeah we all have beginner - intermediate experience so should be fine! Looks like hotel,is only option left accommodation wise :( did Mayrhofen last year in apartment was really handy! How's the snow cover these days?

    The pistes are in great condition, and are being really well maintained but the off-piste has suffered the lack of snow. It's been snowing all day though & more due tomorrow so that's a welcome lift!! I'll post a few pics from today now in a minute :)

    Re: accommodation, have you emailed the tourist board?! They'll send you a list of available accomodation, great service. I'm sure there's still availability for that week, I'll PM you a couple of apartment/B&B options you can try too :)

    Looks pretty good to me :)

    Christ I'm jealous :( .. Fannymagee what you doing there ? Love your posts by the way ... Right now I'm packing the bag for this sat to France for this sat :)

    Haha thanks D-Don! Ah not long till Saturday now so, hope your communications kit arrives before then though

    I live between Soll & Dublin, hence my enthusiasm for the place!! You'll have to come over sometime, it's addictive ;)
    fannymagee wrote: »
    Haha thanks D-Don! Ah not long till Saturday now so, hope your communications kit arrives before then though

    I live between Soll & Dublin, hence my enthusiasm for the place!! You'll have to come over sometime, it's addictive ;)

    Me and my cousin went to book soll until he seen the whole Austrian beds haaha ... So much for family eh :) . Definately got to check this place out . Going again in march is it decent then too ?

    Haha!! Ah it's not all Austrian beds lol!! If you're coming in March, Paddy's weekend will be great craic. There's a charity Rope Race organised for the Saturday which is gas, basically teams of 3 drunk people tied together & slalom racing down the mountain, then a ski parade on Monday for Paddy's Day. It's a really laid back place, great all-round fun and seperate beds for everyone ;)

    Ok Ok , hang on right there , you just said SEPERATE BEDS .... Right Ger ( D-Don ) .. Soll is looking up

    AND if you get a third person you could do the rope-race on blades, lol! ;)
    fannymagee wrote: »
    AND if you get a third person you could do the rope-race on blades, lol! ;)

    Are you over there for the season? We're heading to Westendorf in less than two weeks, so your snow updates are well appreciated :)
    fannymagee wrote: »
    I live between Soll & Dublin, hence my enthusiasm for the place!!

    Without wanting to invade your privacy, at a higher level, how did you manage to get into that lucky position?

    Hey Fanny

    Keep those updates coming. Heading to Soll on the 25th and the weather reports make for grim reading. But your updates and pics are keeping me positive.

    Cheers

    Also heading the 25th but haven't been keeping an eye on weather reports, what are they saying?
    fannymagee wrote: »
    Ah weetabix and lstaunton that's good to hear!! I'm a believer in looking out the window for the weather, lol! ;)


    Unfortunatly looking out the window in Dublin makes things look even worse :P. Forcast have been poor, this time last year in Kitzbuhel which is pretty close to Soll there was over 150cm of snow in high areas where as this year in Soll its only 40. But thanks to Fanny I'm not overly concerned so long as he keeps me excited with whiteout pics :D

    Read online that snow depths in Austria are down 50 % on the same time last year

    Albeit I think last year was a particularly good year

    Lads going on the 25th I wouldn't really bother worrying this far out, weather cannot be effectively predicted at this despatch, though around now longer term guesses are beginning to come into play

    Anyway its very warm at moment there which is going to have a negative effect on the snow, but due to get cold again later this week, so all you need is for some precipitation during that period and you'll be fine

    Edit: Some informed, and also some uninformed long term weather speculation in this thread:

    http://snowheads.com/ski-forum/viewtopic.php?t=100826&start=1200

    Exactly! And as I'd said earlier, Soll is on pasture terrain so it needs a lot less snow than other resorts to maintain well-groomed pistes :)
    a148pro wrote: »
    Edit: Some informed, and also some uninformed long term weather speculation in this thread:

    http://snowheads.com/ski-forum/viewtopic.php?t=100826&start=1200

    Dear Lord I just read a snippet of that thread- what in God's name are half of them on about??! Lol ;-)

    Weather is only accurate in the alps to 3 days max, there is a drop in temps and some snow coming on the 10th
    cormee wrote: »
    Love chilling out on my balcony watching those machines' headlights crawl up the side of the mountains. Real holiday feeling!

    One for you Cormee ;-)

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    fannymagee wrote: »
    Olaola, glad to be of help! The earlier photo on this thread of the 'snowscaping' was taken looking over Westendorf direction. I haven't been over there in a while but apparently conditions over there are equally good! There has been a lot of panic and speculation about conditions in Austria (mainly by people not actually there) but you can really only go by current conditions, everything else is speculation. Doesn't sound like you'll be looking for much off piste yourself this year so you'll be grand, lol! A big dump of fresh snow would be great, but with the current avalanche warnings as long as the pistes are ok that's the main thing ;)

    VERY jealous of your situation! Sounds like a dream, I always wonder should we up sticks & head to the alps...

    But your updates are great, I'm still the chief organiser, even though I'm not skiing this year. So I've been keeping them abreast of all your info. We're not an off-piste kind of gang tbh. We like to keep to the slopes, and stop many, many times for Gluhwein along the way :D Would love to hear of any good mountain huts in the SkiWelt that are accessible by myself (not too much of a walk from a Gondola) if you knew of any? Thanks!
    fannymagee wrote: »
    One for you Cormee ;-)

    Cheers, Fanny! Almost down to single digits on the countdown to my holiday so this is very timely indeed! :D
    olaola wrote: »
    VERY jealous of your situation! Sounds like a dream, I always wonder should we up sticks & head to the alps...

    But your updates are great, I'm still the chief organiser, even though I'm not skiing this year. So I've been keeping them abreast of all your info. We're not an off-piste kind of gang tbh. We like to keep to the slopes, and stop many, many times for Gluhwein along the way :D Would love to hear of any good mountain huts in the SkiWelt that are accessible by myself (not too much of a walk from a Gondola) if you knew of any? Thanks!

    Haha thanks Olaola, glad they're helpful! And the pistes are in nice shape again today, there really isn't any need to panic about them :-)

    The mountain huts question is a bit tricky- there are two at the top of the Westendorf gondola that are about 200 meters walking distance from each other. After that you could consider taking a taxi to hopfgarten & taking the gondel up to the top of the Hohe Salve & meeting your friends there, and doing the same from Brixen another day? It's prob best if you ask locally when you're there, I'm sure you'll find a few options!

    Re: heading to the Alps- if you can at all, do it!! Sounds like you're a proper mountain couple, and once you get the baby on skis you might not want to leave!! ;-)
    cormee wrote: »
    Cheers, Fanny! Almost down to single digits on the countdown to my holiday so this is very timely indeed! :D

    Nice one Cormee, where you off to?! Hope the countdown flies in ;-)

    I'm off tomorrow. It may be Mr freeze like conditions but I cannot fcuking wait.

    Will be singing this while tearing the **** out of the pistes up and down the zillertal valley, if you're out there watch out! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZIhwXZ7MzI:

    Haha a148pro, enjoy!!! Hope you get great weather- don't forget your air guitar lol ;-)
    fannymagee wrote: »

    The mountain huts question is a bit tricky- there are two at the top of the Westendorf gondola that are about 200 meters walking distance from each other. After that you could consider taking a taxi to hopfgarten & taking the gondel up to the top of the Hohe Salve & meeting your friends there, and doing the same from Brixen another day? It's prob best if you ask locally when you're there, I'm sure you'll find a few options!

    Sounds like a plan - we're renting cars, so will be mobile.
    fannymagee wrote: »
    Re: heading to the Alps- if you can at all, do it!! Sounds like you're a proper mountain couple, and once you get the baby on skis you might not want to leave!! ;-)

    That's a serious danger!! We'd never come home. We always said if we win the lotto, the first purchase is a ski chalet :D

    Living in the alps is easy! You just have to start by accepting money will be tight by life will be amazing and you will never be happier

    Tons of contract work when you get home that pays pretty well during the summer

    Ah if you're renting cars that's much easier, you can go round the other side of the mountain to Sheffau, Ellmau, Soll etc, and meet them at the top of any of the Gondolas :-) If I think of any little random mountain huts accessible by foot I'll get back to you ;-)
    a148pro wrote: »
    Will be singing this while tearing the **** out of the pistes up and down the zillertal valley, if you're out there watch out! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZIhwXZ7MzI:

    Above 1,500 conditions are pretty good in most resorts right now it's when you get below that it starts to break prettying everywhere bar Italy right now is the same have skied in France and Austria this week and Swiss land in then morning

    By the way I am asking for you to be barred for comparing yourself to Shane!! Ha ha
    Fattes wrote: »
    Above 1,500 conditions are pretty good in most resorts right now it's when you get below that it starts to break prettying everywhere bar Italy right now is the same have skied in France and Austria this week and Swiss land in then morning

    By the way I am asking for you to be barred for comparing yourself to Shane!! Ha ha

    Not comparing fattes just doing my best to enjoy myself to the extreme! He'd approve!

    Besides i'll be on super gs!

    Sunrise from the top of the Hohe Salve this morning :-)

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    fannymagee wrote: »
    Nice one Cormee, where you off to?! Hope the countdown flies in ;-)

    A small village called St. Martin de Belleville, which is part of the 3 Valleys ski area, lovely spot. 17 days and counting :D

    Hey Fanny

    There is 11 of us arriving in Salzburg and leaving from Munich. Any chance you might know the best shuttle / Taxi company for us to use?

    Cheers

    From Salzburg: info@andis-taxi.com or office@ski-transfer-salzburg.at
    From Munich: www.tirol-taxi.at

    HTH ;-)
    fannymagee wrote: »
    From Salzburg: info@andis-taxi.com or office@ski-transfer-salzburg.at
    From Munich: www.tirol-taxi.at

    HTH ;-)

    Sound man thanks

    We've used Loacker Tours for a few years too - always reliable.

    Do they do Munich or Salzburg Olaola? Or both?! Always worth comparing prices! :)
    fannymagee wrote: »
    Do they do Munich or Salzburg Olaola? Or both?! Always worth comparing prices! :)

    They do all airports, Zurich etc... As long as you're travelling to Austria in the end :)
    olaola wrote: »
    They do all airports, Zurich etc... As long as you're travelling to Austria in the end :)

    Sent them a mail Thanks. will put up the quotes i get back from all the companies

    Nice one istaunton, that'd be great! :-)

    I think it also depends on your size of group - we were kinda snookered this year with 9, it was just one too many for the mini buses. So all the quotes were for 18 seaters, which was just too pricey.

    So we rented cars in the end. BTW Auto Europe have a good sale on. We got an Opel Insignia estate (or similar) for €201 for the week.

    Yeah our group size is a little awkward its 11 passengers also but here are the prices i have so far. Prices are for Salzburg - Soll - Munich

    Tirol-Taxis Shared €607 Private €960
    Andi's From Salzburg €33 pp to Munich €50 pp
    Ski-Transfer Salzburg Only offered €360 to or from Salzburg
    Loacker Tours Replied saying they dont do transfers from Salzburg


    So Andi's is pretty good for private transfer from Salzburg but a little pricey to Munich. Tirol seems good for the shared one but i have no idea how long the journey could take or we could be lucky and be the only ones but i doubt it.

    Hope this helps any one else looking
    Fattes wrote: »
    Hidden gem that village and great value

    Lovely place, yes. Authentic French village, old & not designed around tourism.

    Gets very quiet at night though. There are one or two apres-ski pubs that are empty by 7pm, and one or two other pubs that get a few dozen people later on in the night, that's the extent of the night-life. There's a small group of us so we don't tend to notice the lack of crowds.

    Is that in Soll, Fattes?

    istaunton that's a good price from Andi's, it's always going to be more expensive to Munich because it's further (although it's a better road). Tirol-taxis charge €49 one way to Munich in a shared transfer so same difference- esp if that's for a private transfer.

    Also, re: the shared transfer, that tends to be in a minibus not a coach, so even on the shared transfer there doesn't tend to be many stops. My friends often use them, and they've often been the only one in the bus, so don't worry too much about that :-)

    Fair enough, although the Soll part seems to be outweighing the today part on this one! ;-)

    This evening :-)

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    Fattes wrote: »
    Probably not as the sunrise here looked different to your earlier shot

    Nice sunrise, and very old-school looking bubble lift in the background!

    cormee Its less than 10 years old I think and it rotates 360 degrees it is actually a strange feeling as you go up with a pretty impressive view of the Jungfrau in the distance
    istaunton wrote: »
    Loacker Tours Replied saying they dont do transfers from Salzburg

    Oh, that's a pity! They picked us up from Salzburg a few years ago.

    I love this thread! People are free to start one for their destination of choice. So lets keep this Soll!

    Keep up the good work on the update Fanny!! :)

    Roll on Feb 1st! Can't wait.. :D

    I have to agree with Snoozerface. This thread has certainly been a big help to me and mostly thanks to Fanny. Keep up the good work.

    Only 16 days and 17 hours till i get to fall down some sort of slope. Cant wait :D
    istaunton wrote: »
    I have to agree with Snoozerface. This thread has certainly been a big help to me and mostly thanks to Fanny. Keep up the good work.

    Only 16 days and 17 hours till i get to fall down some sort of slope. Cant wait :D

    Same here - 16 days! Hell yeah!

    So, with thanks to the mods, here is the brand new, shiny Soll specific thread, yay!

    To start it off, here's a pic of the village in all its glory ;-)

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    Take it away, folks! :-)

    Are they current shots fanny? Serious question btw in case you think I'm taking the proverbial

    Good point a148pro, I should have stated that the photo in the churchyard is from last year, but the rest are recent.

    I opened the thread with photos of recognisable Soll landmarks rather than 'today' photos, to reflect the change in the title in the thread. I think the daily photos were useful to others though, so I would imagine they'll continue to be a significant part of the thread as the season continues :-)

    EDIT: Photos changed to photo of village, taken last year

    I only ask because I'm at 600 meters in austria right now and I can barely see the snow on the mountains around me let alone on the roofs above me. It's like summer here.

    The million dollar question is: is there snow on the pistes?! The fields may be green, but as long as the pistes are smooth and white that's the main thing. Hopefully you'll be pleasantly surprised when you head up in the morning :-)
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