Neustift - Stubai Valley

Skied a couple of times on the Stubai Glacier.

Enjoyed the skiing, the views, high quality snow. I didn't feel any "soul" for the place ~ impossible to quantify, but it's a feeling.

My preference is for lower, treeline skiing. Hence while I enjoy some visits to higher level areas, they don't always command my interest. Notable exceptions include Blackcomb, the Zermatt glaciers, and VT.

My ski buddy, Mel had several years visiting Neustift area, and I trust his knowledge enough to say there must be good sking.

Ellestine, have you been to Niederau yet, or is this yet to take place?

Dave Mac wrote:Ellestine, have you been to Niederau yet, or is this yet to take place?

3 weeks time. March the 13th we fly out. You there then?

Will be there until the 18th ellestine. Where are you staying, the Auhof?

Dave Mac wrote:Will be there until the 18th ellestine. Where are you staying, the Auhof?

oh yes.

That's cool. Will catch you when the Auhofmobile arrives at the Gondola on the 14th. That's 09.37am.

Unless you arrive early on 13th and decide to ski. Or unless you want to meet up for a beer on night of 13th.

If you do arrive early on 13th, and buy your lift pass for the following day, you can use it after 3.00pm on the 13th. Lift closes at 4.45pm.

But Jan will fill you in on all that stuff. So where do you fly into, and what time do you hit N.?

Dave Mac wrote:That's cool. Will catch you when the Auhofmobile arrives at the Gondola on the 14th. That's 09.37am.

Unless you arrive early on 13th and decide to ski. Or unless you want to meet up for a beer on night of 13th.

If you do arrive early on 13th, and buy your lift pass for the following day, you can use it after 3.00pm on the 13th. Lift closes at 4.45pm.

But Jan will fill you in on all that stuff. So where do you fly into, and what time do you hit N.?

We fly into Innsbruck quite early on the 13th and are then hiring and driving to Neiderau. The 3pm lift pass things sounds good. Might give that a go!

We skied there in the late 90's, including a New Year trip where one of our group was heard to say 'if she got the idea to go skiing at New Year again, someone please say no' - it was minus 20 up the top and blowing like mad so very, very cold! Stubai Glacier (on a sunny day) is fab, lovely skiing, amazing views and one of those 'good to be alive' places - we also did a day trip from Westendorf when we were staying there. Only gripe was that there were lots of long T bars, which kill your legs after a while but I understand some of these have now been changed to chairs.

We stayed in Neustift, in a hotel right next to the church clock which chimed every 15 minutes (very annoying in the night) and the village had quite a few bars and shops in it. We skied Elfer, Fulpmes (or Flumps as we nicknamed it) and Schlick 2000. Stubai Glacier is a 40 minute bus journey, so you are restricted by bus times (and crowds).

Short transfer from Innsbruck, an airport I seemed to remember was stuck in a 1970's time warp, but may well have been updated since. You can get the Stubaitalbahn (mountain train) into the centre of Innsbruck, which goes past Bergisel the ski jump area, which is worth doing for an interesting time off the slopes (the trip NOT the ski jump!!!)