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Ski Resort Recommendation ?
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13-08-2008 1:59pm#1
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Thanks for the reply ShayK1, i had a look at the website for Oberstdorf, to be honest it looks a bit basic, not too many challenging runs and not really a large selection of runs either, myabe im wrong have you been there your self?
What i thought was great about Saalbach was that everyday i was on a different Ski run, there were so many to choose from. I was all over the place snow boarding from Saalbach to Hinterglemm, one side of the valley to the other.
If anyone has been to the resorts i mentions can you give me your opinion which you thought was the best.
Thanks again.
Yeah I've been there. There's 4 mountains to choose from but I've been stickin' to Fellhorn because it suits beginners and advanced beginners
What site were you looking at?
The 4 moutains are Fellhorn, Nebelhorn, kanzelwand and Sollereck (not 100% on the spelling). I'll see if I can find full piste maps for you.
here's they are:
http://www.bergfex.com/kanzelwand/panorama/
http://www.bergfex.com/nebelhorn-oberstdorf/panorama/
http://www.bergfex.com/soellereck-hoellwies-oberstdorf/panorama/0 -
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Yeah I've been there. There's 4 mountains to choose from but I've been stickin' to Fellhorn because it suits beginners and advanced beginners What site were you looking at?
The 4 moutains are Fellhorn, Nebelhorn, kanzelwand and Sollereck (not 100% on the spelling). I'll see if I can find full piste maps for you.
here's they are:
http://www.bergfex.com/kanzelwand/panorama/
http://www.bergfex.com/nebelhorn-oberstdorf/panorama/
http://www.bergfex.com/soellereck-hoellwies-oberstdorf/panorama/
Well i was'nt looking at the site Yeah actually it does look pretty good. Are all 4 mountains accessable from each other, i mean can go up one ski down to the next etc etc?
Also is there a town in the resort or do you have to take a bus to it everyday?
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Well i was'nt looking at the site Yeah actually it does look pretty good. Are all 4 mountains accessable from each other, i mean can go up one ski down to the next etc etc?
Also is there a town in the resort or do you have to take a bus to it everyday?
Thanks
The first time I went we started on one and boarded to the other and I think we started on Kanzelwand and boarded to Fellhorn but I can't be certain on that. If Don1 comes online he'll remember better. I don't think Sollereck or Nebelhorn are accessible from each other but I know of another boards user (I'll get his name in a minute) who ski's there regularly are he sometimes take the bus to Nebelhorn in the morning and then comes back to fellhorn for the afternoon.
Buses run every 30 minutes from the town to the mountains in the morning and return every hour up to lunch time, in the afternoon its reversed. Buses run from the town every hour and return every half hour. They're free once to half you're gear with you.
I think the first bus is at 8:35 to the mountains and the last bus leaves the at 5:35.
The users name is "am i bovvered"0 -
Also is there a town in the resort or do you have to take a bus to it everyday?
The Nebelhorn is at the top of the town, I have stayed within walking distance of it every time I have been in oberstdorf.
The sollereck is a 10min bus ride and the Fellhorn is a further 10 mins.
The fellhorn is the biggest area ( you can ski into Austria on one run ).
I have ski'd the nebelhorn and the fellhorn on the same day with the one ski pass.
The nebelhorn
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The fellhorn
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I have never ski'd any other area so cannot give you a comparison.
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am i bovvered wrote: »The Nebelhorn is at the top of the town, I have stayed within walking distance of it every time I have been in oberstdorf.
The sollereck is a 10min bus ride and the Fellhorn is a further 10 mins.
The fellhorn is the biggest area ( you can ski into Austria on one run ).
I have ski'd the nebelhorn and the fellhorn on the same day with the one ski pass.
The nebelhorn
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The fellhorn
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I have never ski'd any other area so cannot give you a comparison.
Hi ShayK1, are ye going back this year
Sweet, its looks great, nicely groomed slopes and it looks very quite, what time of the year do you normally go? When is the best time for snow?
But i really love to just wake up stick on my gear and walk outside to a ski lift, but it sounds like they have the transport pretty organized there, well what do you expect they are Germans
I wish i could say the same for Saalbach, the transport there is not very reliable but the good thing about the place is you can litrally ski everywhere in the resort, everything is interconnected, we spent the whole week there boarding from one side of the vallet to the other and then at the end of the day we boarded right from the top of a slope down into the town and out apartment.
We only had to get the bus there once because we boarding into Hinterglemm late in the afternoon and got stuck there because the lifts closed.
If you want to try something different and with a huge variety you should try Saalbach next year, you will be blown away, i will go back there again myself but ive never been boarding in France and would love to try a resort there.
Ill defo put Oberstdorf on my list of places to go.0 -
am i bovvered wrote: »
Hi ShayK1, are ye going back this year
And there he is
Hey, yeah I'm going for New Years this time. Again bringing some beginners. My sister and her boyfriend want to have a go.0 -
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Sweet, its looks great, nicely groomed slopes and it looks very quite, what time of the year do you normally go? When is the best time for snow?
the last 2 times I have been were in mid february. Early Feb is the National Ski week and its MENTAL busy so try avoid that. I arrived on the saturday when all the germans were going home this year but the rest of my party were there the thursday before that and said the queues were massiveIf you want to try something different and with a huge variety you should try Saalbach next year, you will be blown away, i will go back there again myself but ive never been boarding in France and would love to try a resort there.
You've made Saalbach sound pretty damn good maybe you could give some info?
Where to fly to, who to fly with, etc etc etc.
I'm off to find my post with all my links for you
The thread:
http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=55086533&highlight=oberstdorf#post55086533
Post 8 of the above thread:
http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=55086533&postcount=8
However, Ryanair change the dates and times of the flights I had booked for New Years Eve 08/09 so I've cancelled those flights and I'm flying Aerlingus to Munich and getting a train direct to Oberstdorf. I think it works out slightly cheaper too because the bus company that do the Friedrichschafen to Oberstdorf run have upped their prices0 -
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Saalbach:
The Schattberg piste (I think it's Piste 1) is my favourite - black but very interesting. I don't remember ever taking the black top part as it's usually very cloudy up top. Instead I very gingerly come down the red bit generally when there's 0 visibility. There's also a few lovely pistes right at the end past Hinterglemm (Hochalm or something like that) - steep red/easy black type stuff up top. Basically take the bus to the end. The sun is on them in the mornings too.
Google "holiday shuttle saalbach" for transfers from Salzburg. Aer Lingus used to fly in to SBG as well.
Other:
With regard to other locations. I can only help with Austria but Ischgl and St. Anton are the places that are similar to Saalbach (a bit more expensive). Obertauern is also good and always has snow (seems to have a weird microclimate). Runs aren't as long as in Saalbach but are still ok.
If you go really early in the season Solden is the place to go. I was never there so so can't comment on it.
I'm perfectly happy to go back to Saalbach every year 0 -
Saalbach:
The Schattberg piste (I think it's Piste 1) is my favourite - black but very interesting. I don't remember ever taking the black top part as it's usually very cloudy up top. Instead I very gingerly come down the red bit generally when there's 0 visibility. There's also a few lovely pistes right at the end past Hinterglemm (Hochalm or something like that) - steep red/easy black type stuff up top. Basically take the bus to the end. The sun is on them in the mornings too.
I would have to agree that the Schattberg is a great piste and quite steep! Our apartment was right next to the Schattberg Express which was great!Other:
With regard to other locations. I can only help with Austria but Ischgl and St. Anton are the places that are similar to Saalbach (a bit more expensive). Obertauern is also good and always has snow (seems to have a weird microclimate). Runs aren't as long as in Saalbach but are still ok.
If you go really early in the season Solden is the place to go. I was never there so so can't comment on it.
I'm perfectly happy to go back to Saalbach every year
I just checked out Solden, it looks fantastic but the snow seems to be unreliable, i checked the historic snowfall for that resort for Jan - March this year and the lower slopes had between 3cm-13cm ! But up top it seemed to be ok. I guess January is the best time to go there then ?
I have also just checked out Val Thorens in Les 3 Valees, its the highest resort in Europe with gauranteed snow aparently I looks fantastic, does anyone have any experience with Les 3 Valees or Val Thorens in particular?
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Hehe you got to love some of the translations on these Austrian websites, i was looking for an apartment to rent and found this one:
http://web.utanet.at/landhaus-agnes/Landhaus_Agnes/Landhaus_Agnes/landhaus_agnes.htmThe apartment are for 2-6 person ( most of the apartment are new furnished ) with shower/toilet, kitchen or kitchenette TV and almost with balcony.
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Other:
With regard to other locations. I can only help with Austria but Ischgl and St. Anton are the places that are similar to Saalbach (a bit more expensive).
I can wholeheartedly recommend Ischgl. A group of about 16 of us went last year and we all agreed that it was one of the best resorts we've ever skied in.
Great range of runs from beginners to more advanced. Great Apres Ski - plenty to choose from. The runs over to Switzerland are great too.
We're heading to St Anton & Saalbach in 2009. Saalbach is a re-visit, the lads liked it so much the first time we're heading back. Which never happens! So it must be good 0 -
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