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Vacation planning in Austria

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cornholio
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Right now there's a good chance I'll be in Austria the last week of February. I'm trying to find a good resort/area to visit that I can get to by train with a decent amount of lodging options. A few places I'm looking at are:

Arlberg, Austria
Innsbruck, Austria
Ischgl, Austria
Kitzbuhel, Austria
Söll, Austria
St Anton, Austria
Somewhere else, Switzerland

I'm looking for intermediate/advanced terrain, don't really need park skiing on this visit. Wanting to do this relatively cheap, let me know if you have any good suggestions. I'm also considering Switzerland as well so tell me why Austria is better.

Also I've heard that some places charge extra for optional insurance when you buy your lift ticket? Otherwise ski patrol won't help you? Sounded weird to me any additional info would be great


Dec 11 2012 10:49PM
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HWW
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Never heard about extra costs for optional insurance. I'm pretty sure ski patrol will always help you; of course it's possible that you may be charged afterwards, should said insurance be required. Where I ski in Austria, extra insurance has never been offered at a price.

Seems like you got a lot of hits in regionals? lol
Dec 14 2012 6:28PM
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skitoggrob
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St. Anton has some of the best terrain.

Kitzbuhel is the Aspen/Deer Valley of Austria. Very nice but very expensive. Not where the die hards go.

The Gastein valley has several ski resorts very close to one another. No crowds, solid terrain, and not extremely expensive.

http://www.gastein.com/en/ski-resort-gastein-austria
Dec 21 2012 7:02PM
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