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Skiing in Austria -Innsbruck need help with planning
Hi everybody
I am planning a skiing trip to Austria and I need some opinion about this. Any help will be much appreciated. My plan is to fly to Munich or Vienna from Toronto. From there I want to rent a car and to drive to the place where I will be staying. Period 16 Dec-23 Dec 2006, one person. I am intermediate (I had no problems at Whistler on the blue rated trails) I would like to drive around every day and to try a different trail each day(or area with trails). I had a short look at Innsbruk and the slopes around and it seems to be OK. I need some advice from those of you who went there before. I need to know if the trails are OK for my skills, I would like to know if it is worth renting a car (I heard that there is a shuttle that takes you to the slopes) I need some recommendations regarding a place to stay ( I do not need much confort, shower, one bed and a table to take a meal are enough- internet and TV will be considered luxury :-) ). I still need privacy so a dormitory is out of question. I don't know Innsbruk at all of course, I guess I am not wrong if I assume that a city of that size would have a big store where you can buy all your groceries and food so you can not depend on food provided by hotels and restaurnats. I am planning a budget vacation so this really counts. I also heard that the skiing pass covers the area not a specific trail ? How much does it cost ? Any recommendations or links to sites that I can use to plan this vacation are usefull. please don't hesitate to post them. (renting a car, booking my acommodation..this are things that I am working on) One more question: I believe that the snow will not be a problem for that time of the year. Am I wrong ? Thanks to everybody NP PS I decided to go to Innsbruck because of the scennery. Any other suggestions regarding this ? |
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Skiing in Austria -Innsbruck need help with planning
There are many questions you asked, I can't answer all of them. Just a few
hints. Skiing at that time of year will be no problem. There are glaciers you can ski on all year round. Your level of ability is also no problem. I am a strong intermediate and the slopes are relatively easy there if you stay on the groomed trails. If you're an intermediate you won't have a problem. I strongly suggest you go ski at St. Anton's and Lech and Zurs which are approx an hour away from Innsbruck by car. The skiing here is almost endless. You can ski from resort to resort but only with a guide. I would ski St Anton's and then drive over to Lech and Zurs and ski there on another day. The city of Innsbruck is beautiful, safe and the people are extraordinarily friendly. It is one of my favorite cities. I don't remember the name of the hotel where I stayed. The ski areas have shuttles which stop at some hotels. You should check with the hotel to see if they have a bus stop at the hotel. You can walk almost the entire town if you wish so shopping won't be a problem Ask at the hotel. A lift pass cost $25 when I went in the mid 80s, who knows what they cost now but you can bet they cost far less than a lift ticket here in the states. wrote in message oups.com... Hi everybody I am planning a skiing trip to Austria and I need some opinion about this. Any help will be much appreciated. My plan is to fly to Munich or Vienna from Toronto. From there I want to rent a car and to drive to the place where I will be staying. Period 16 Dec-23 Dec 2006, one person. I am intermediate (I had no problems at Whistler on the blue rated trails) I would like to drive around every day and to try a different trail each day(or area with trails). I had a short look at Innsbruk and the slopes around and it seems to be OK. I need some advice from those of you who went there before. I need to know if the trails are OK for my skills, I would like to know if it is worth renting a car (I heard that there is a shuttle that takes you to the slopes) I need some recommendations regarding a place to stay ( I do not need much confort, shower, one bed and a table to take a meal are enough- internet and TV will be considered luxury :-) ). I still need privacy so a dormitory is out of question. I don't know Innsbruk at all of course, I guess I am not wrong if I assume that a city of that size would have a big store where you can buy all your groceries and food so you can not depend on food provided by hotels and restaurnats. I am planning a budget vacation so this really counts. I also heard that the skiing pass covers the area not a specific trail ? How much does it cost ? Any recommendations or links to sites that I can use to plan this vacation are usefull. please don't hesitate to post them. (renting a car, booking my acommodation..this are things that I am working on) One more question: I believe that the snow will not be a problem for that time of the year. Am I wrong ? Thanks to everybody NP PS I decided to go to Innsbruck because of the scennery. Any other suggestions regarding this ? |
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Skiing in Austria -Innsbruck need help with planning
Lech and Zurs are awsome, the Madloch wich takes you from Zurs to Zug
and then back to Lech is a great upper intermediate adventure. St. Anton is much more crowded but has excellent guided skiing (Expert?) for a great price through their ski schools. There is also fine skiing right outside Innsbruck I have been told. Innsbruck is a fun town, have a great trip. |
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Skiing in Austria -Innsbruck need help with planning
When I tried to post in the resorts group I got a message saying that
the group was in archiving mode. Today it worked...let's see what feedback I will get from there. T Thak you NP BrritSki wrote: wrote: Hi everybody I am planning a skiing trip to Austria and I need some opinion about this. Any help will be much appreciated. Sorry, can't help, but there are lots of people over at rec.skiing.resorts.europe who will be happy to. |
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Skiing in Austria -Innsbruck need help with planning
Hi everybody
Thank you for your suggestions. One more question: how are the parking lots located in the close proximity of the chairs. I believe that a good plan would be to have the base camp in Igls and from there to drive every day to an other resort. I would like to know about the parking lots located at the bottom end of the chairs in the following resorts Patscherkofel Stubaier Axamer Lizum Kuthai St Anton My plan is to drive to St Anton for one or two days. I may also drive to Innsbruck and take the train from there to St Anton. In the eventuality I decide to drive I would like to know if there is enough room for parking or I have to be there early so I can catch a spot. I believe that this this plan may cover the situation when Innsbruck doesn't have snow at that time of the year. Is there a parking fee ? How much ? How long it will take me to drive to St Anton from Innsbruck ? How is the road at at that time of the year ? (December 16 - december 23 ?) Thank you NP |
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Skiing in Austria -Innsbruck need help with planning
Hi everybody
Thank you for your suggestions. One more question: how are the parking lots located in the close proximity of the chairs. I believe that a good plan would be to have the base camp in Igls and from there to drive every day to an other resort. I would like to know about the parking lots located at the bottom end of the chairs in the following resorts Patscherkofel Stubaier Axamer Lizum Kuthai St Anton My plan is to drive to St Anton for one or two days. I may also drive to Innsbruck and take the train from there to St Anton. In the eventuality I decide to drive I would like to know if there is enough room for parking or I have to be there early so I can catch a spot. I believe that this this plan may cover the situation when Innsbruck doesn't have snow at that time of the year. Is there a parking fee ? How much ? How long it will take me to drive to St Anton from Innsbruck ? How is the road at at that time of the year ? (December 16 - december 23 ?) Thank you NP |
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