Anybody been to Scheffau?

Just back from Soll after a long weekend. Its our 5th year going and we love it and I would happily recommend the Skilwelt area to anybody.

The only reservation I would have is going so late. While they do an amazing job maintaining the snow, it is very low down and conditions by late March could be very poor - they may even by closed by then depending on conditions next year.

If you stuck with those dates, you might want to consider a higher resort or one with a glacier. St Anton is pretty impressive and should still be good at that time of year. Its expensive by Austrian standards but probably not if you are used to Swiss prices :shock:

Last ski day yesterday :( Toured around Hopfgarden, Brixen, Hohe Salve and Soll. All runs on top were brill, still plenty of snow, and 3/4 cm's on thurs night certainly helped. Skied to middle station above Scheffau, with intention of hopping on gondola, but snow was still in good nick so carried on skiing down. As can be expected, snow got porridgy and V wet, and the water skiing skills were required by time at the bottom. Plenty of other people skiing down as well though. Will only get worse. Season closes 9th April I believe.

Well I still haven't managed to convince my wife that it's time for a change but if we do go it'll probably be 1st week of Feb so hopefully the snow should still be pretty good

Keeping the OH happy while you're racing round the mountains, hugely important :thumbup: There's 2 restaurants/lodges in walking distance of top of Brandstatl gondola. First one has the deck chairs out front.
Ski gear getting put away now for at least 9 months :-(