Jynxx 4 Posted September 29, 2011 Author Share Posted September 29, 2011 If it is for a week , self-catering and the place must have a bathtub. Not into 4 star hotels. Have done "half-pensions" meaning breakfast and dinner included and we get disappointed with dinner. We cook better than most restaurants. So, if it´s for a few days, we just do the breakfast option. Dinner time is when we wish we were in Japan. Link to post Share on other sites
Jynxx 4 Posted October 2, 2011 Author Share Posted October 2, 2011 Waiting for a fresh dump .. Tirol glaciers are open now (some lifts and runs) , reporting 50 - 100 cm. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 nice....how far from there are you jynxx? Link to post Share on other sites
Jynxx 4 Posted October 2, 2011 Author Share Posted October 2, 2011 If I drive, 2hrs to Hochzillertal. Missus driving, hour and a half. 2-3 hours will get us to a lot of places. 3 and a half, we will be in Italy. Link to post Share on other sites
xxx 2 Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 I hear they are worried about lack of snow over there right now... Link to post Share on other sites
oo 1 Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 Lots of deals as well I hear. Link to post Share on other sites
gnarly-dude 1 Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 Just on the news here.... Snowless skijo! Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 they've had dumpage the last 3 days in the French alps Link to post Share on other sites
sand 17 Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 read on the bbc earlier this week, Swiss have big shortage of snow: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-16018453 Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 webcam at Tignes http://www.tignes.ne...ebcams-290.html Posted on a UK Snowboard forum What a change in 48 hours! The long awaited snowfalls in the Alps began at the weekend and have gathered pace with the biggest yet reported over the past 24 hours (to 8 Dec) with some of the biggest accumulations including 60cm in 24 hours at Meribel and 70cm in 24 hours at both Les Arcs and St Anton. In Northern Europe, some resorts in Scandinavia have in fact had more snow than either the best in the Alps or North America in the past week and at least two of Scotland’s ski areas plan to open at the weekend. Huge snowfalls of up to 70cm in 24 hours across the Alps. Biggest snowfalls of past seven days in Norway – 1.4m at Strandefjellet. Up to a metre (3.3 feet) of new snow at Swiss resorts in past seven days. Most of Dolomiti Superski’s sectors opening in next 24 hours. Glencoe and The Lecht expect to open to start Scotland’s ski season this weekend. Link to post Share on other sites
SKI 15 Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 Yes they had a few days of snow but it was desperate before then Skiers and staff in resorts alike breathed a collective sigh of relief as winter finally arrived in the mountains, one month behind schedule. Tour operators, who have been battling for business against the twin beasts of economic gloom and lack of snow, could barely conceal their joy as telephones started to ring again. Next weekend marks the start of one of the busiest weeks of the season. Awkward dates over Christmas and New Year coupled with some bargain offers mean that the week beginning December 17-18 is almost sold out. The prospect of skiers arriving in resorts and finding bare brown pistes with – at best – a narrow, icy strip of artificial snow has receded. But a word of caution: my advice to anyone planning on booking a last-minute trip in December is to aim for one of the higher resorts. One storm does not a winter make, and in the majority of resorts this one did not entirely live up to expectations. Link to post Share on other sites
panhead_pete 27 Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 Staiber Glacier OK? Was a great place in mid Nov last year. Thanks again Jynxx. Link to post Share on other sites
Neil Tilley 0 Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 Hochzillertal is where I leart how to snowboard from my Missus. I have fond and painful memories - not exactly a place for beginners.But the place starts early, so it is one of the places we go. Hochzillertal and Hochfugen is connected and gives us a lot of places to go. Off piste is easy access and more like ungloomed sidecountry. Still, it´s a big mountain. Off to hockfugen in jan , and hoping for a chance to try out the ungroomed stuff in preperatation for Japan in feb, any pointers where to find the best spots there ??? Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 Thats a good name Hockfugen. Next season going to get 2 weeks in @ Europe. Link to post Share on other sites
hellyer 216 Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 Thinking about a Europe trip this season. Where would you recommend, Jynxx? Di Griz, I thought i recognised this. It was covered last year also http://www.snowjapanforums.com/index.php/topic/19003-swissaustria-advice/page__p__365708__hl__engelberg__fromsearch__1?do=findComment&comment=365708 Link to post Share on other sites
Slippery Jim 65 Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 Yes, thanks for that! Every year I think about going to Europe to ski, and then somehow Hokkaido, Nagano & the Rockies always get in the way. This year, it's the ability (need!) to use up airline miles that's probably going to mean the Rockies again instead of Europe. Too many mountains, too few seasons left, but if I can keep going to 100... Link to post Share on other sites
Jynxx 4 Posted December 23, 2011 Author Share Posted December 23, 2011 Howdi, ひさしぶり ! I kinda fell into a rut ... But... It started snowing locally this week and I have been waiting, waiting ... for some base accumulation and fresh cover. Today was the day. Went to Sudelfeld. http://www.snowjapanforums.com/index.php/topic/18561-tr-upper-bavaria-germany/ Snowed all day. Grey and visibility so so, Boot top to knee deep, Not Hokkaido fluffy but it got better. Fresh tracks all day. Didn´t see anyone where we went. (Maybe 20 cars in the parking lot.) I know the place better now but still clipped rocks underneath and flipped a couple of times. Loved it. It was like waking up. Not much base. Maybe 20cm with 40 on top. If you are heading towards Austria. I reckon no probs. Go for it. As for our local Sudelfeld and Spitingsee, Brauneck, etc ... Weekdays not much lift action happening. Very limited. This weekend will see temperature warming (not good) and likely no snow until after X´mas. If I am not so buggered ( all day T-bar ). I would go again tomorrow. Link to post Share on other sites
Jynxx 4 Posted December 23, 2011 Author Share Posted December 23, 2011 Hochzillertal is where I leart how to snowboard from my Missus. I have fond and painful memories - not exactly a place for beginners.But the place starts early, so it is one of the places we go. Hochzillertal and Hochfugen is connected and gives us a lot of places to go. Off piste is easy access and more like ungloomed sidecountry. Still, it´s a big mountain. Off to hockfugen in jan , and hoping for a chance to try out the ungroomed stuff in preperatation for Japan in feb, any pointers where to find the best spots there ??? The run that goes from Hochzillartal side to Hochfugen. (When there is plenty). Top of Hochfugen is good. I reckon there will be more snow in Jan. Link to post Share on other sites
Neil Tilley 0 Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 jynxx, cheers , they have had a further .5m snow in the last two days , so looking good for jan Link to post Share on other sites
Jynxx 4 Posted December 23, 2011 Author Share Posted December 23, 2011 Coudn´t get out there today Bad news is that the day already got warmer. I´m at 600m and it was 6 degrees C. (Probably at 2000m it´s 0 degrees. ) Not a good sign for avi conditions in the future. Scblurlt, Hochzillartal still needs an additional 50cm to really get going. The freeride run is still not ready yet. It´s just too warm this year ! Link to post Share on other sites
Neil Tilley 0 Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 Fingers crossed , it has three weeks to lay down a better base Link to post Share on other sites
Jynxx 4 Posted December 24, 2011 Author Share Posted December 24, 2011 Very windy and foggy weather today along the German/Austrian Alps. Additional new snow up higher. Snowing now (evening) at 600m where we are... Link to post Share on other sites
Slippery Jim 65 Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 See the January 1 World Cup races near Munich canceled due to warm weather & lack of snow. Link to post Share on other sites
Jynxx 4 Posted December 25, 2011 Author Share Posted December 25, 2011 Heard that on the news yesterday. Another warm day today. I get a bit sluggish here when it´s not cold in winter. Link to post Share on other sites
Jynxx 4 Posted January 3, 2012 Author Share Posted January 3, 2012 We are in the holiday season now so the highway got a bit jammed. Today it´s bloody warm again Last weekend was warm and it rained on the lower mountains, the potential for full depth slide became great and we had avi level 4 alert. Today is level 3. It will snow again this week, so where it had not slided might get covered up and more dangerous. This is not a very good year. This snow,wind, warm, rain, snow... cycle is bad. I´ve only once had to clear the driveway from snow this year. Link to post Share on other sites
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