 Poster: A snowHead
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I'm thinking of a 4 day solo skiing trip to zillertal, i'm 66, i've previously done mahrhofen and zell, so now i am looking at the hochzillertal area, so where should i stay out of fugen or kaltenbach, i like a beer in the evening, i'll be going b&b so need a few restaurants or take a ways, i fancy doing a tandem paragliding flight, i'm an intermediate skier so i can ski anything except moguls, flying in to innsbruck, so should i choose fugen or kaltenbach....thanks.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@philusher76, personally I think Fügen has a bit more going on than Kaltenbach. There is the Postalm at the bottom of the ski area in Kaltenbach which is usually quite lively, but there's not a huge amount else going on there.
Fügen has the umbrella bar at the bottom of the Spieljochbahn that is popular, and there's a few bars and restaurants around the village, and definitely a kebab/pizza place too.
If you stay in Fügen you'll either have to get the bus up to Hochfügen or bus/train to Kaltenbach to start your day.
If you want to do a tandem paraglide, I've seen this advertised next to the Spieljochbahn. I can't remember the name of the person, but I can walk past on the way home if you want details? The landing spot is in the field below the Spieljochbahn just above the Mia Alpina hotel, so I regularly see them coming in to land when I'm working from home.
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thanks for that,
i"ll find out about the paragliding on the internet.
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Something that I had no idea about before about a week ago was that on Thursday nights there's an evening show in Hochfügen.
https://www.hochfuegenski.com/en/plan-book/experiences-courses/good-morning-gondola-1/
Last night was the first show of the season, and I took part for Ski Check, the school i'm working for.
Lots of synchro skiing, paragliders, fire dancers, music, synchro piste machines etc etc A really fun evening and great atmosphere. There's also night skiing available free of charge to everyone else before the show too.
Well worth checking it out if you happen to be in the area and can get up there. I understand there's bus services that run up there from Fügen.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Somewhere in the region of 10-20cm of snow fell again last night up the mountain. Probably around 5cm down here in the valley. It's not too cold today in the valley, so it's melting a bit, which means the roads are nice a clear.
A nice top up again, which we'll never complain about! 
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How’s the conditions? Is there an off piste base at all? Would like to come down for some touring the next dump if it’s good.
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@Legendarry, I haven't skied since Sunday, and I was teaching then so was only on piste. It's pretty low tide in general, there's off piste available in the right places, but it'll need a real big snowfall to be anything decent and there's nothing in the forecast at the moment.
I'd say it's our worst season so far of the 3 we've been here, but even so, the piste skiing is pretty decent.
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@Legendarry, What @swskier, said...
There's also a persistent weak layer in the snow pack which is a serious concern off piste at the moment.
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We've been in the Zillertal for the last two weeks and whilst the overall snow cover is very poor (looks more like the end of March than the end of Jan/beginning of Feb with the temperature in the valley on Tuesday 13C!) the piste skiing is still very good. Whether this will remain true once the school holidays begin and after Fasching remains to be seen. But if it doesn't dump snow soon then I think skiing at Easter in eastern Austria this year will be over. One of the reasons is that the reservoirs for snow making look very empty.
Last edited by snowHeads are a friendly bunch. on Thu 5-02-26 6:27; edited 1 time in total
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Thanks all. I owe you a beer next time I’m out 
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Hi snowheads,
Anyone in Mayrhofen next week fancy meeting up for a half day skiing? We were there two weeks ago and my daughter fell and broke her collarbone. So myself and the wife are splitting our time skiing and looking after her during the day. Not a big lover of skiing on my own. 52 year old Irish male. Good intermediate. Been skiing on and off from 12. Would love to meet up cheers!
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You know it makes sense.
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Arrived in Munich tonight but our luggage hasn't. So might be looking for gloves, goggles, trousers, etc. Any suggestions if anywhere hires these or best places to get reasonably priced gear in Mayrhofen?
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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| jaggycolin wrote: |
| Arrived in Munich tonight but our luggage hasn't. So might be looking for gloves, goggles, trousers, etc. Any suggestions if anywhere hires these or best places to get reasonably priced gear in Mayrhofen? |
Bummer, which airline did you fly with and from where ?
Hope your gear arrives ok
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Poster: A snowHead
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BA, Belfast-Heathrow-Munich. Hopefully it's on a flight to Munich today which means we'll be scrambling for some gear for a day or 2, just need to find cheap gloves and trousers for me, wife and son. Was hiring skis and boots so all fine with that.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Ah ok, I have the same journey in a couple of weeks but EJ Edinburgh to Munich for a couple of nights before getting the train up to Mayrhofen for a couple of weeks.
Hope you find what you need and the snow is good for you
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Hello snowheads,
Looking forward to arrive in Kaltenbach on 1st March. How are the snow conditions are there ? Heard it's pretty dire this season
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@carvetoz, it's a bad season, but the snow making in the Zillertal is very good, so the piste conditions in all areas are good, albeit it's mainly artificial snow.
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