Ski Season 2018/2019

Dial Hard

andyd12 wrote:

And the snorkel perhaps!!

You nearly would! I went arse over tea-kettle in the trees yesterday and ended up in a drift about a metre deep. Took me about half an hour to get out.

Jizique

random_banter wrote: »

The poster who recommended Zell Am See was bang on, it's a fabulous place, although I tend to get through a fair bit of distance and I found I covered the whole place twice in 3 days when I was there before, so was looking for something a little bigger. Definitely being too picky methinks

Zell am See is now linked to Saalbach-Hinterglemm

a148pro

Jizique wrote: »

Zell am See is now linked to Saalbach-Hinterglemm

It seems only one way though? You can ski from Zell down in to Saalbach satellite but they haven't built the lift back yet

andyd12

Dial Hard wrote: »

You nearly would! I went arse over tea-kettle in the trees yesterday and ended up in a drift about a metre deep. Took me about half an hour to get out.

Haha alot of work for sure. We had conditions like that in St.Anton last January, almost too much snow:D

Dial Hard

And I'm done Lost a ski off the chairlift on our first trip up of the morning. Lift operator said I should get it back around May *Dawson crying face*

andyd12

Dial Hard wrote: »

And I'm done Lost a ski off the chairlift on our first trip up of the morning. Lift operator said I should get it back around May *Dawson crying face*

Rent a new set 🀔

prunudo

Dial Hard wrote: »

And I'm done Lost a ski off the chairlift on our first trip up of the morning. Lift operator said I should get it back around May *Dawson crying face*

Perfect opportunity to rent another brand and try them out. Also may be worth skiing down under the lift to check. Did you get a chance to see the number of the lift pole it happened at.

Dial Hard

andyd12 wrote:

Rent a new set ðŸ€â€

I won't have the money to after I pay for this one!

In other news, it's absolutely bucketing snow.

Dial Hard

jvan wrote:

Perfect opportunity to rent another brand and try them out. Also may be worth skiing down under the lift to check. Did you get a chance to see the number of the lift pole it happened at.

It's our last day anyway.

The snow is drifting to about 2m around where it fell. Don't think there's a hope in hell of getting it. My brother is going to try and ski over to the fence then go in on foot.

andyd12

Dial Hard wrote: »

I won't have the money to after I pay for this one!

In other news, it's absolutely bucketing snow.

That sucks buddy

prunudo

Dial Hard wrote: »

It's our last day anyway.

The snow is drifting to about 2m around where it fell. Don't think there's a hope in hell of getting it. My brother is going to try and ski over to the fence then go in on foot.

Sounds like an adventure to me

a148pro

I'm booked to tomorrow night - any tips dial hard? Was it busy? Easy to ski side piste, many forests?

Check your travel insurance btw I'm pretty sure mine insures me for ski loss (probably theft though, not theft by powder!)

Macdarack

Donie75 wrote: »

Saalbach might be worth checking out too.

Heading to Saalbach Austria for the second time. A group of four of us were there last year, great skiing, we skied hard for 6 days and covered 90% of it,without only doing a few runs twice, great town too for restaurants, bars ,sji show, etc. Bring earplugs though, they're party music is shiiiiite.

Dial Hard

a148pro wrote:

I'm booked to tomorrow night - any tips dial hard? Was it busy? Easy to ski side piste, many forests?

Bring goggles! It's not mad busy. Thursday was the busiest day and even then the longest wait we had for any of the lifts was about 20 minutes and that only happened once. Avoid the bar/restaurant beside the CityExpress lift like the plague, it's an overpriced kip with the rudest staff ever. Panorama at the top of the Areitbahn lift is marginally better but there's a really nice restaurant called Das Franzl in the same building, but make a reservation. Plenty of side piste forest trails. Off-piste the snow is probably too deep to ski. There's a CRAZY amount of powder.

If you want bonkers Apres Ski, the Crazy Daisy in the middle of town is like Coppers on crack.

Anyway, update on my ski: my brother and nephew went back up to try and retrieve it. He borrowed a shovel off the lift operator and tried to dig his way in for it. Got in about four feet and then hit a drift that he reckons was over seven feet high. So that's that

Billy Mays

Macdarack wrote: »

Heading to Saalbach Austria for the second time. A group of four of us were there last year, great skiing, we skied hard for 6 days and covered 90% of it,without only doing a few runs twice, great town too for restaurants, bars ,sji show, etc. Bring earplugs though, they're party music is shiiiiite.

I absolutely hate all that cheesey Austrian apres music

Went to Mooserwirt in St Anton once last year to see what all the fuss was about. Left after 20 minutes. Awful.

prunudo

Billy Mays wrote: »

I absolutely hate all that cheesey Austrian apres music

Went to Mooserwirt in St Anton once last year to see what all the fuss was about. Left after 20 minutes. Awful.

Shocking statement! That cheesy music is what makes Austrian Apres so good.

Hey, wir wollen die Eisbären sehen (ohohohoho)

Macdarack

jvan wrote: »

Shocking statement! That cheesy music is what makes Austrian Apres so good.

Hey, wir wollen die Eisbären sehen (ohohohoho)

Here you go bud enjoy https://youtu.be/31BDX4vHMhI

prunudo

Macdarack wrote: »

Here you go bud enjoy https://youtu.be/31BDX4vHMhI

Haha, never heard that one before, should be used by the tour ops to promote their Austrian ski trips although can't really credit the Austrians as it's in Dutch.

a148pro

Billy Mays wrote: »

I absolutely hate all that cheesey Austrian apres music

Went to Mooserwirt in St Anton once last year to see what all the fuss was about. Left after 20 minutes. Awful.

You really have to leave your cynicism at the door of the moosewird. If it has a door? I wanted nothing to do with it but, in fairness, it is a cultural phenomena. Its past of what makes austrian skiing! (I wonder do they do similar madness on their summer holidays or do they just do it to warm up in the cold?)

Billy Mays

a148pro wrote: »

You really have to leave your cynicism at the door of the moosewird. If it has a door? I wanted nothing to do with it but, in fairness, it is a cultural phenomena. Its past of what makes austrian skiing! (I wonder do they do similar madness on their summer holidays or do they just do it to warm up in the cold?)

I was willing to give it a go but it wasn't for me. Could barely move in the place and took ages to get served. It's also a sweatbox which doesn't work too well when you've base layers and a big jacket on.

In fairness I might've been more into it 15 or 20 years ago. Bit older now plus I really go hell for leather when I'm out on the board during the day so by apres time I'm usually fairly b0ll0cksed and prefer sitting down with a few pints and a chat rather than dancing on tables to the worst music imaginable

mollser

Macdarack wrote: »

Here you go bud enjoy https://youtu.be/31BDX4vHMhI

Classic! here's another one big on the circuit

https://youtu.be/CE70PHlgrlo

mollser

Could barely feckin ski around ellmau today with the amount of snow on the pistes. Shame given it's Saturday and generally very quiet. Still, awesome trip and best of luck heading to Austria in the next few weeks it's awesome

Macdarack

What was that Johnny Depp, song, jesus ya.
Depp Depp Depp Depp, Johnny Depp Depp Johnny Johnny. Depp depp. My god I might see can I rebook for France maybe...

Macdarack

Macdarack wrote: »

What was that Johnny Depp, song, jesus ya.
Depp Depp Depp Depp, Johnny Depp Depp Johnny Johnny. Depp depp. My god I might see can I rebook for France maybe...

https://youtu.be/CE70PHlgrlo
Mother of Satan.....

Billy Mays

Macdarack wrote: »

https://youtu.be/CE70PHlgrlo
Mother of Satan.....

prunudo

Billy Mays wrote: »

At least we only hear it for a week, imagine being there all season.

Macdarack

Billy Mays wrote: »

I'm in bits, brilliant!

CardinalJ

jvan wrote: »

Haha, never heard that one before, should be used by the tour ops to promote their Austrian ski trips although can't really credit the Austrians as it's in Dutch.

How could you possibly have not heard that.... :D
It's on spotify and all...

dzer2

Timmaay wrote: »

I was gonna go with the ucpa to France on the 13th Jan, but snow looking a hell of alot better in Austria at the min. Any suggestions for a solo trip to Austria?

We are heading to Westendorf on the 12th you might fing a place in Kitzbuhel as they are setting up for the race the following week. Loads of guides and a few Irish over that week usually

andyd12

What are peoples thoughts on the snow forecast in Austria, I am going Saturday week to the Mayrhofen. 70-80 cm forecest for the next 7 days:eek:.
Dare I say it... too much snow!!?