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Kitzbuhel during the Hahnenkamm race
I am trying to plan our annual 2 week skiing holiday in January.
One option is Kitzbuhel which unfortunately is low and does not have the best of snow records according to the SCGB site. If we go on the 17th of January the 1st week would overlap with the Hahnenkamm race, whilst it would be fun to see this would the slopes be overcrowded by visitors? Can ski down the course during the following week? Michael Chare |
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Kitzbuhel during the Hahnenkamm race
I have to admit I never been to Kitzbuhel, but from my experience in
other resorts I'd say you will probably have the slopes to yourself. Your main difficulty will be getting accomodation at that time, but if you can find a place to stay the skiing should be fine. Some runs may be closed off for training, but it will almost certainly just be the Hennekham (sp?), I don't think they would clsoe anywhere else. I think you can ski the course once the racing is over (whether you'd want to is a different matter). Note that the slalom is on the same run as the DH, usually the day after I think. I've been lucky enough to be in Val d'Isere during the Olympics and World Cup races. During the Olympic races the moutains were deserted whilst everyone watched the racing (and during the Olympics I even got to ski the world cup course whilst it was closed off to the public, which was fantastic). In St Anton during the mens DH the slopes were slightly quieter during the racing. HTH, Steve On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 13:49:35 +0000 (UTC), "Michael Chare" wrote: I am trying to plan our annual 2 week skiing holiday in January. One option is Kitzbuhel which unfortunately is low and does not have the best of snow records according to the SCGB site. If we go on the 17th of January the 1st week would overlap with the Hahnenkamm race, whilst it would be fun to see this would the slopes be overcrowded by visitors? Can ski down the course during the following week? Michael Chare ~ If emailing, please use: Steve_A_Haigh ~ @ ~ hotmail.com ~ |
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Kitzbuhel during the Hahnenkamm race
If we go on the 17th of January the 1st week would overlap with the Hahnenkamm race, whilst it would be fun to see this would the slopes be overcrowded by visitors? Can ski down the course during the following week? We went many years ago, outside the race week. We used to get the 8.30 cable-car to the top - apart from us there were just restaurant supplies as there were no other lifts open that early, but ur kids were small then and we could play with them for an hour and then my wife would come down in the cable car with them in time for their 10 AM ski school. Meanwhile I came down the Hannenkam - a few of the steeper bits were roped off for whatever reason, so you had to go round those, but I was putting lots of turns in to keep my speed down to stay in control, so even going non-stop flat-out (for me) it took about 9 minutes to get to the bottom. I reckon that with my current skill levels and weight, on a closed course with safety netting (but not iced) I could probably halve that time, but that's still more than twice the time the racers take ! We didn't enjoy the holiday much - too low, lots of queues for lifts, not well-connected, although it's very pretty and a nice village. Some of this may have changed, but we've never been back. |
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