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Help please: Lech or Hinterglemm for easy intimidated beginner
Hi there,
As probably everyone else I am about to book my Christmas ski holiday. I have had a few lessons on indoor real snow slopes and am now about to do the real thing for the first time to which I look extremly forward. Thing is however I am frightened of height and feel very easily intimidaded by steep slopes. As I have become to understand there can be quite a bit of difference between the steepness of blue slopes in different areas. I am trying to find a place which has very flattery wide unintimadating blue pistes but does have enough blue pistes to entertain for 7 - 10 days. I have heard Lech or Saalbach-Hinterglemm are very easy for beginners. Is this true? Would these areas do it for me? Any other areas which can be advised? Any word of advise in respect to the snow sureness? I am not so much interested in a intense apres-ski but do like a lively enviroment. In that aspect I fear that Lech which has no restaurants on the piste might be a bit dull... Any comments would be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks Michael |
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Help please: Lech or Hinterglemm for easy intimidated beginner
michaelr wrote:
Hi there, As probably everyone else I am about to book my Christmas ski holiday. I have had a few lessons on indoor real snow slopes and am now about to do the real thing for the first time to which I look extremly forward. Thing is however I am frightened of height and feel very easily intimidaded by steep slopes. As I have become to understand there can be quite a bit of difference between the steepness of blue slopes in different areas. I am trying to find a place which has very flattery wide unintimadating blue pistes but does have enough blue pistes to entertain for 7 - 10 days. I have heard Lech or Saalbach-Hinterglemm are very easy for beginners. Is this true? Would these areas do it for me? Any other areas which can be advised? Any word of advise in respect to the snow sureness? I am not so much interested in a intense apres-ski but do like a lively enviroment. In that aspect I fear that Lech which has no restaurants on the piste might be a bit dull... Any comments would be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks Michael Curious where you are traveling from? Christmas can be somewhat early, conditions can be good, or not. We visited Lech 3 years ago during the 2nd week of January and had very good snow conditions. That said, I recall watching weather sites closely through December because there was very little snow until very late December or early January. We visited Saalbach last year and given it's lower elevation, I would think snow would be a bit less certain than Lech. Last year there was very good early season snow. Saalbach certainly has some easy slopes down near the villages but I think many of the blues might be quite challenging for timid intermediates. I my opinion, many of the blues were fairly hard blues, the reds were only slightly more challenging. There were some easy blues, but you might want some guidance finding the easier blues. Tons of intermediate terrain but I'm not sure it's ideal for folks transitioning from the bunny slopes to the big mountain. Apres ski is VERY lively but fun. The easiest blues in Lech were above Oberlech and were fairly gentle. Some of the blues back down into Lech proper were fairly steep for blues and were pretty crowded at certain times of the day. But you can ride the tram down from Oberlech. The terrain on the Zuers side tended to be steeper, as I recall. Unless you're looking for heavy duty partying, I don't think you'd be bored in Lech. Though the on mountain dining options are somewhat limited in number, we found the ones we visited to be excellent. I recall some spinach dumplings up on the Rufikopf (SP?) that were outstanding. And there are lots of dining options in Lech and Oberlech. We'd go to the ice bars in Lech for a cup of gluhwein or two after skiing, then go clean up and have dinner, and then maybe stop for another drink before heading home. Lech doesn't have the wild party scene that you'd find in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, but I their are great restaurants and sufficient bars to keep me happy. Lech is very charming. We preferred Lech but Saalbach is an amazing ski circuit for intermediates. If you choose one of these resorts, take lessons so that the instructors can take you to suitable terrain. I'm not sure either is really the ideal place for timid intermediates. You might take a look at Schladming. I've not been but I believe they have very extensive snowmaking (which should insure that lots of pistes are open by Christmas) and is reputed to have lots of pretty gentle blue terrain. It's also reputed to be a pretty charming village with enough going on to keep people entertained. |
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Help please: Lech or Hinterglemm for easy intimidated beginner
Thanks for your extensive answer, appreciate it! Based on your feedback
and that of others we might actually go to Courcehevel instead. It appears to have quite some green pistes around the village to get started. Cheers, Michael SkiHound schreef: michaelr wrote: Hi there, As probably everyone else I am about to book my Christmas ski holiday. I have had a few lessons on indoor real snow slopes and am now about to do the real thing for the first time to which I look extremly forward. Thing is however I am frightened of height and feel very easily intimidaded by steep slopes. As I have become to understand there can be quite a bit of difference between the steepness of blue slopes in different areas. I am trying to find a place which has very flattery wide unintimadating blue pistes but does have enough blue pistes to entertain for 7 - 10 days. I have heard Lech or Saalbach-Hinterglemm are very easy for beginners. Is this true? Would these areas do it for me? Any other areas which can be advised? Any word of advise in respect to the snow sureness? I am not so much interested in a intense apres-ski but do like a lively enviroment. In that aspect I fear that Lech which has no restaurants on the piste might be a bit dull... Any comments would be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks Michael Curious where you are traveling from? Christmas can be somewhat early, conditions can be good, or not. We visited Lech 3 years ago during the 2nd week of January and had very good snow conditions. That said, I recall watching weather sites closely through December because there was very little snow until very late December or early January. We visited Saalbach last year and given it's lower elevation, I would think snow would be a bit less certain than Lech. Last year there was very good early season snow. Saalbach certainly has some easy slopes down near the villages but I think many of the blues might be quite challenging for timid intermediates. I my opinion, many of the blues were fairly hard blues, the reds were only slightly more challenging. There were some easy blues, but you might want some guidance finding the easier blues. Tons of intermediate terrain but I'm not sure it's ideal for folks transitioning from the bunny slopes to the big mountain. Apres ski is VERY lively but fun. The easiest blues in Lech were above Oberlech and were fairly gentle. Some of the blues back down into Lech proper were fairly steep for blues and were pretty crowded at certain times of the day. But you can ride the tram down from Oberlech. The terrain on the Zuers side tended to be steeper, as I recall. Unless you're looking for heavy duty partying, I don't think you'd be bored in Lech. Though the on mountain dining options are somewhat limited in number, we found the ones we visited to be excellent. I recall some spinach dumplings up on the Rufikopf (SP?) that were outstanding. And there are lots of dining options in Lech and Oberlech. We'd go to the ice bars in Lech for a cup of gluhwein or two after skiing, then go clean up and have dinner, and then maybe stop for another drink before heading home. Lech doesn't have the wild party scene that you'd find in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, but I their are great restaurants and sufficient bars to keep me happy. Lech is very charming. We preferred Lech but Saalbach is an amazing ski circuit for intermediates. If you choose one of these resorts, take lessons so that the instructors can take you to suitable terrain. I'm not sure either is really the ideal place for timid intermediates. You might take a look at Schladming. I've not been but I believe they have very extensive snowmaking (which should insure that lots of pistes are open by Christmas) and is reputed to have lots of pretty gentle blue terrain. It's also reputed to be a pretty charming village with enough going on to keep people entertained. |
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Help please: Lech or Hinterglemm for easy intimidated beginner
I've always heard that Courchevel had good and extensive beginner/early
intermediate terrain. Have no first hand experience. Have a fun trip. michaelr wrote: Thanks for your extensive answer, appreciate it! Based on your feedback and that of others we might actually go to Courcehevel instead. It appears to have quite some green pistes around the village to get started. Cheers, Michael SkiHound schreef: michaelr wrote: Hi there, As probably everyone else I am about to book my Christmas ski holiday. I have had a few lessons on indoor real snow slopes and am now about to do the real thing for the first time to which I look extremly forward. Thing is however I am frightened of height and feel very easily intimidaded by steep slopes. As I have become to understand there can be quite a bit of difference between the steepness of blue slopes in different areas. I am trying to find a place which has very flattery wide unintimadating blue pistes but does have enough blue pistes to entertain for 7 - 10 days. I have heard Lech or Saalbach-Hinterglemm are very easy for beginners. Is this true? Would these areas do it for me? Any other areas which can be advised? Any word of advise in respect to the snow sureness? I am not so much interested in a intense apres-ski but do like a lively enviroment. In that aspect I fear that Lech which has no restaurants on the piste might be a bit dull... Any comments would be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks Michael Curious where you are traveling from? Christmas can be somewhat early, conditions can be good, or not. We visited Lech 3 years ago during the 2nd week of January and had very good snow conditions. That said, I recall watching weather sites closely through December because there was very little snow until very late December or early January. We visited Saalbach last year and given it's lower elevation, I would think snow would be a bit less certain than Lech. Last year there was very good early season snow. Saalbach certainly has some easy slopes down near the villages but I think many of the blues might be quite challenging for timid intermediates. I my opinion, many of the blues were fairly hard blues, the reds were only slightly more challenging. There were some easy blues, but you might want some guidance finding the easier blues. Tons of intermediate terrain but I'm not sure it's ideal for folks transitioning from the bunny slopes to the big mountain. Apres ski is VERY lively but fun. The easiest blues in Lech were above Oberlech and were fairly gentle. Some of the blues back down into Lech proper were fairly steep for blues and were pretty crowded at certain times of the day. But you can ride the tram down from Oberlech. The terrain on the Zuers side tended to be steeper, as I recall. Unless you're looking for heavy duty partying, I don't think you'd be bored in Lech. Though the on mountain dining options are somewhat limited in number, we found the ones we visited to be excellent. I recall some spinach dumplings up on the Rufikopf (SP?) that were outstanding. And there are lots of dining options in Lech and Oberlech. We'd go to the ice bars in Lech for a cup of gluhwein or two after skiing, then go clean up and have dinner, and then maybe stop for another drink before heading home. Lech doesn't have the wild party scene that you'd find in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, but I their are great restaurants and sufficient bars to keep me happy. Lech is very charming. We preferred Lech but Saalbach is an amazing ski circuit for intermediates. If you choose one of these resorts, take lessons so that the instructors can take you to suitable terrain. I'm not sure either is really the ideal place for timid intermediates. You might take a look at Schladming. I've not been but I believe they have very extensive snowmaking (which should insure that lots of pistes are open by Christmas) and is reputed to have lots of pretty gentle blue terrain. It's also reputed to be a pretty charming village with enough going on to keep people entertained. |
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