I had a nice run this season on Austrian slopes. Now it is the dreaded time of schools holidays, so I guess I will stay home for while.
Evaluation matrix
| Resort/Criteria | Vertical drop | Height | Artificial snow | Snowboard friendly | Lifts | Hors-piste | Parking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arlberg | Crap | Good | ??? | Crap | Crap | ??? | Good |
| Kitzbuehel | OK | Crap | ??? | ??? | Crap | ??? | ??? |
| Kitzsteinhorn | OK | Good | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? |
| Hintertux | Good | Good | ??? | ??? | Good | ??? | ??? |
| Ischgl | Good | Great | ??? | Crap | Good | ??? | Good |
| Obergurgl | Good | Great | ??? | ??? | OK | ??? | OK |
| SerfausFiss | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Great | Good |
| Skiwelt | Crap | Crap | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? |
| Soelden | Great | Good | ??? | ??? | Great | ??? | Great |
| Zell am See | Crap | Crap | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? |
| Zillertal | OK | OK | ??? | ??? | Crap | ??? | ??? |
??? : yeah should have taken some notes while I was there :-(
Hors-piste : only takes into account places you can get easily (without walking if possible)
Remarks
- Arlberg (Lech and Warth, could not visit St Anton)
- Flat, flat, flat ! Lifts are long and horizontal …
- Boring endless flat runs with snowboard
- Laugh at Strolz store (maybe they meant stronzo ?). Some people are convinced that paying a lot for gear will make you better :-)
- Ischgl
- Silly skibuses with inconvenient stops a few 100m away from the slopes
- Hard slopes are impossible for snowboard : lots of U shaped runs :-(
- Beware of swiss schedules in Samnaun side (at 16h is over)
- Moguls everywhere :-) Maybe because of less grooming given it is a carbon neutral resort ?
- Obergurgl
- Slow horizontal lift connecting the 2 side of the resort
- SerfausFiss
- Easy access to lots of powder slopes
- Better park in Fiss (waldbahn) ! Stupid ubahn system if you park in Serfaus
- Both nice long wide blue and vertical black runs (on the shade)
- Soelden
- Free covered parking next to the lift (giggijochbahn) !
Cheap and convinient places to stay
- Pfunds : easy access to both Ischgl and SerfaussFiss
- Soelden : easy access to both Soelden and Obergurgl
- Steeg : cheap but risky !
- Road from Warth to Lech is closed. CHECK connecting lifts are open !