Anyone been to Mayrhofen

Ian Wickham wrote:I'll scrub Mayrhofen off my list then ..........

As if it was on it -)

scarletgirl wrote:Back from Mayrhofen yesterday. Thanks to Tony H for the great advice all round. Well worth heeding his advice on getting up early to avoid the lift queues. Unfortunately I couldn't quite manage that myself so had to endure long waits at almost every lift I went on :roll: Stayed at the Villa Strass which was a great location next to the Penkenbahn (even closer than the hotel itself) & we had a huge room at the back so nice & quiet with great views of the mountain. The weather wasn't the best for me - dare I say too much snow :shock: :shock: It snowed most days (& a few nights) and I found the red runs more challenging than I expected with them being so "chopped up". Visibility was also poor and as someone who lacks a bit of confidence when I can't see where I'm going, getting about was hard work. That said I managed to get about on most of the runs Tony suggests & had a great couple of days going up the Tux 150 over to Rastkogel - lots of practice on the lovely blue & red 6 & red 2 then skiing to Heidi's Skistadle for lunch. My (brave!) OH enjoyed the Black 17 - whilst I enjoyed a Hot Chocolate waiting for him :) Après Ski, for us, was a bit disappointing - TBH probably 20 or even 30 years too old to make the most of it -) We like listening to live bands and, with the exception of Brian Christopher in the Sports Lounge we struggled to find anything else other than DJs playing loud music :!: 1 other downside to the week was the Penkenbahn breaking down at 4pm on Wednesday - 100s had to ski back to Horberg, queue for the lift & then the bus - took almost 2hrs to get back; then on Friday, it was working at half capacity :evil: Overall though we both had a great week though I doubt we'll go back again - really do think that you need to be an early bird to get the most out of the area :-)