J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by SkiGirl

Question for any of you living in Austria or who are in the know - is the no smoking ban to come into effect in Austria in June? I think I read this somewhere but can't remember where.

Oh yes, and we are intending to go back to Mayrhofen at some stage!

Hi Tony

Yes used a few of your tips - especially useful one to get to Rastkogel. (However, did get manhandled and elbowed several times in the ribs by an eight year old determined to get on the Tux cable car before me :evil:). A lot of the runs were icy but it was below freezing 24/7. Some of the days it snowed the visability was just a few feet and the light was very "flat" so it was hard to see the bumps! Did 3 and 5 a couple of times and fell on my behind a couple of times cos of the bumps! Red 7 good but again visibility rubbish. We only did it once because any other time we were at the Scheekar chair the queues were about 10-15 min. Reds 1 and 11 good also. Didn't attempt 16 just because it was hard to see and quite icy anyway. Nice long reds at Egglam but the blue/red 5 to the village was awful on the last few hundred yards - icy, hard and very bumpy. Nice little run through the trees from Rastkogel to Egglam. Stayed in Landhaus Roscher (one of the snowhouses) - great place, basic and a bit dated but clean and quiet. People who ran it were lovely, really friendly. Great views from our room onto the mountains towards Finkenberg. Ate in several places but Kramerwirt twice - food fab and service excellent. Oh and the Irish coffees in there are cheaper than Mo's! :) Thanks again Tony.

PS - Ray Mears and Sir Steve Redgrave were also skiing in Mayrhofen last week

I think the ice freaks me out a bit because when skiing last Jan in Niederau it was only my second time skiing from a complete beginner and the snow was crap. We were skiing on ice on fairly steep reds and it was the horrible feeling of being out of control sliding all over the ice. It probably won't be busy when you go but when we were there it was the week before Easter (I think there were a lot of Germans already there on their Easter break) and the Saab ski challenge was on. Penken mountain was busy but up Raskogel and Egglam it was much quieter. :-)

For any of you going to Mayrhofen soon, there is plently of snow there. We are just back from Mayrhofen on Saturday and it snowed 4 out of the 6 days we skiied. It's still snowing but even if it didn't, there's enough to last through the next 3-4 weeks. It's cold at the moment at well, between -5 and -10. However, hubby and I, as early intermediates, found some of the runs fairly bumpy and others fairly icy. Advanced skiers won't find it a problem, I'm sure 8)

Did I mention that my OH and I are flying to Mayrhofen tomorrow? :D Woo hoo!!!

Can't help you re the ski hire and eating out info but talk nicely to Tony H. He was very helpful to me when deciding about Mayrhofen.

Helen

Hi Dave, will do. Only 1 week and 6 days to go! )

Hi, thanks for all your info. We're off to Mayrhofen after all but had to book from Bristol to get a decent deal :)