The Niederau Experience

Tony_H wrote:Poor old Ellistine. He flies to Innsbruck on Friday 13th, his skis dont turn up at the airport and when he arrives in Niederau......


......its raining.

Something tells me he shouldnt have gone.

Tony are you saying that a certain place could be cursed :shock: :shock: :shock:

Hello All. Im back ! What a fantastic week we had !! Snow evey day/night until Friday when sadly on our last day it rained :cry:
However, I am happy to report the Little `un , aged 9 , dumped the snowboard went back to his skis and did the blue loop at the top of the gondola, got fed up with that and graduated to the little red run which he managed twice in quick succession. Not bad considering its his first time out !

I loved red 19 and my other half did 24 and the black a few times. ! Conditions were absolutely fabulous until Friday when it was blizzards at the top of the Gondola but the other half still managed the red 19 down but only once. !

Hotel Austria was a brilliant location for us and is a fine hotel for families.
Will post some pics as soon as ive downloaded them !

Roll on next year !!
Cheers all, have a great summer, Love Ava xxxxxxxxxxx

Congratulations Amanada !!! Lets hear it for the girls !! xxxxx :mrgreen:

Ian Wickham wrote:

Tony_H wrote:Poor old Ellistine. He flies to Innsbruck on Friday 13th, his skis dont turn up at the airport and when he arrives in Niederau......


......its raining.

Something tells me he shouldnt have gone.

Tony are you saying that a certain place could be cursed :shock: :shock: :shock:

Whickers, you are a troublemaker, don't do this it will only encourage him.

Tis true that N. was ever so slightly damp, along with Maryhofen and the rest of the NiederTirol. So nipped up to A. where the piste machines couldn't keep up with the snow dump. Knee deep between pistes. Amanda territory.

N. has fully recovered, good on the piste machine crew. Really good local GS race event on today.

Skied with a hot shot skier from the West of Scotland today, called Ross. Is Pablo aware of this person?

Hi Ava
I'd be really interested to hear what the hotel Austria was like. We stayed at the Harfenwirt, which was a bit of a hike from ski school (thank goodness for the storage room beside O'Malleys!). The Austria would have been much better from that point of view, but I was wondering whether there was much noise, either from O'Malleys or from drunken revellers in the early hours? Sorry but I'm too old for that sort of thing now and I'm a light sleeper so everything wakes me up :oops:
If we were going back to N I'd consider the Austria for location. Maybe we could request rooms at the back, away from the street...

Allie

Hi Allie.The Austria was really very nice. I didnt hear much from anywhere even though O Malleys was only a stones throw from my balcony .I seem to remember on one night there may have been a bit of jollification from a couple of young uns but it was for only about 2 minutes and didnt bother any of us.

I can heartily reccommend the hotel.The only tiny drawback is that if on half-board you have to order dinner at breakfast time !

Overall its location is ideal for the nursery slopes and the Gondola about 3-4 mins walk away.

The rooms are very clean and comfortable ( we had one that overlooked the slopes) . The ski/boot/hire shop is attached to the hotel down a set of steps.Absolutely ideal.If you can get a LOCKER its safer I guess,but we were unable to have one due to lack of availabilty but the ski room is locked at 6pm when the shop closes so its safe enough.The ski /boot room is free and gratis to all who are staying at the Austria accessible from inside the hotel.A pool,sauna,solarium and back therapy cabin are all available.Afternoon snacks available in the cosy bar area ranging from Tomato soup to tuna salad are welcome after a days skiing.

So all in all, a very good place to stay.The only closer place would be the Alpenland,but I heard that it isnt quite the standard of the Austria.

I would have no hesitation in staying there again.Hope this helps.
Love Ava xx

hi dave mac and all,
i've been off work for a week and have tried to find a last minute flight to enjoy these stupendous conditions, but alas, a flight for £450-plus to munich is not within the realms of reasonablesness!
so it's a drool over these fab pics sent by all N fans until blodwyn and i head for N at new year, and at februalry half term 2010.
see you there, L.

Ian Wickham wrote:

Tony_H wrote:Poor old Ellistine. He flies to Innsbruck on Friday 13th, his skis dont turn up at the airport and when he arrives in Niederau......


......its raining.

Something tells me he shouldnt have gone.

Tony are you saying that a certain place could be cursed :shock: :shock: :shock:

No. I wasjust saying that travelling on Friday 13th may have its shortcomings.

Dave, wind your neck back in.