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Is Hintertux the best resort on earth?

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ski0
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Ive never been skiing in europe. But jeez, Hintertux sounds so badass.

- year round skiing
- insanely good looking park
- 1750 M vert (about the same as whis)
- a 10 km cave
- a natural ice palace
- thermal baths
- austrian beer


You guys want to move there?
Oct 11 2013 6:30PM
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90053
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Perhaps
Oct 11 2013 6:52PM
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seanahue.
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so when do we leave?
Oct 11 2013 6:53PM
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ski0
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like a week man, we shud get some other ppl too if possible.
Oct 11 2013 9:27PM
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SnowMiser
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Count me in!
Oct 11 2013 9:46PM
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Mag
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not to mention everybody in austria is so fucking awesome to you
Oct 11 2013 10:03PM
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ttave514
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dude, you're just starting a "youtube-style" fight on which is the best resort on earth. you know erryone is gon have a different opinion
Oct 11 2013 10:27PM
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dvx100
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year round skiing has my vote.
Oct 11 2013 10:32PM
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Rachy
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Already on it. Up to level 5 German on Duolingo, and have looked into long term residence permits. Austria seems to be one of the easiest nations in the EU to move to. Although it doesn't seem they respect women too much or value skilled women, so that could be weird.
Oct 11 2013 11:18PM
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seanahue.
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reeheeeheeeally...? so what is the typical term-length for a working visa? 6months? a year??FOREVER???

goddamn, i was joking before but now i actually want to make it happen.

my dream of spending a season in japan pretty much shat the bed when it came to getting a visa... the one and only time i wished i was part of the commonwealth :'(
Oct 12 2013 1:44AM
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Rachy
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The long term resident visa is one that can be extended. They said you typically need to apply for it as close to Jan 1st as possible while in Austria as they have a quota on them. You need to be able to prove you wont be seeking work in the country and you need to be able to pass a pretty basic german test. But other than that, they kinda just let you keep renewing it. But again, you MUST NOT look for work or you'll be kicked out immediately. You can purchase a house on a tourist visa but apparently this has a tendency to piss people off so they don't recommend it.

So pretty much show up on Jan 1st and apply for a long term residency visa and hope you get it.

Then it was something like after 3 years you can begin nationalization and that takes another 5 years or so. Or you can just get married to someone out there.
Oct 12 2013 2:03AM
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~bagelz~
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I went there at Christmas last year and they didn't have a single feature in the park set up. I might agree that the hintertux valley is sick but I wouldn't move there. Plus the night life isn't that great
Oct 12 2013 3:05AM
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Vinci
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Year round skiing always sounds better than it actually is.
During summer there is nothing but pure glacier ice with a couple of snow patches on it...

Plus Hintertux
- is extremely crowded which tends to people being fucking dickheads and sneak in all the time
- only has shitty rails
- costs way too much
- is icy from October on, because the park gets shaded from a close peak

And going into the backcountry can be dangerous if you don't know the glacier... for obvious reasons... and the terrain isn't even that good.
Oct 12 2013 3:49AM
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LC.
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Decent for late-summer kickers, average for everything else.
Oct 12 2013 4:26AM
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Ghini
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Hintertux yesterday: [not me :(]

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Oct 12 2013 5:23AM
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FrankerZ
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It just snowed so much in hintertux that the rails got buried
Oct 12 2013 9:04AM
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freeskibum82
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park rat problems.

go ski the rest of the mountain already!
Oct 12 2013 9:29AM
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JDA
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Go to Chamonix...
Oct 12 2013 9:37AM
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Spiri7o
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NS vacation? Whose down?
Oct 12 2013 9:42AM
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90053
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that is a seriously cool website, spent way to long on it today already

Oct 12 2013 9:53AM
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k2andcannoli
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Fuck that noise
Oct 12 2013 3:31PM
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MothaHucker
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Stop saying this
Oct 12 2013 9:11PM
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MVeith
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Skilled women are always appreciated even in Austria so that's not true. The Zillertal valley has tons of great ski areas Mayrhofen, Kaltenbach, Hochfügen). Hintertux is one of the best glacier resorts in Europe and by European standards I'd say the night life is pretty good too. However it's true that the valley gets super crowded during vacation time and it's pretty expensive.
But after all I'd definitely recommend spending a seaon there. I know tons of people who spent a season or several seasons there and they said it's definitely worth it. There are actually a lot of people from Britain and also from the US and Scandinavia who live there. That pretty much speaks for itself
Oct 13 2013 9:18AM
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Pastucka
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It seems you know very little about Austria. How did you come to the conclusion that skilled women are not valued and women are not respected? Please explain.

Hintertux is part of the zillertal which consists of several large interlinked ski areas. The world class park at mayrhofen is around the corner. The zillertal resorts and 30 others in the tirol are all covered on one ski pass that costs about $900 from October 'til May. Skiing in Austria is much much cheaper than the US. The backcountry is endless.
Oct 13 2013 4:27PM
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Rachy
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I suppose I said it quite harshly, but from my reading and the information the consulate supplies on work visas is that women share a smaller proportion of the work force in which they thatke up a majority of unskilled labor. It appears women in the technology industry are very minimal. Also, culturally, the older generations of males are still in the mindset that a women's place is in the home despite the attempts by the government to catch up with the rest of the EU. Among younger generations, it's the same, but among the older catholic men who make up management... It's a quite different place.

I would be a female doing a job almost exclusively done by males in a culture where they are less thrilled about it, not to mention I'm American. I imagine telling a 40 year old man this and him asking why I'm not home taking care of my husband.
Oct 13 2013 5:20PM
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Pastucka
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Please go there, work there and form your own opinion from experience.

Just because women choose to have families instead of peruing careers doesn't mean they have no opportunities or are down-trodden.
Oct 13 2013 6:08PM
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Rachy
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I agree with you and that's what I'm trying to do...

However, the women at the consulate who assists with getting visas told me I'd be better off not trying to find a job there even though I could technically get a work visa due to my education. However, she said that if it is really important that I have a work visa rather than a long term residency visa, I could potentially get a position in design if I can get the second degree.

Her reasoning was that in the technical fields, no one would hire a female when there is a salary requirement on the visa, and the newer companies that are "modern" that do hire females can't afford the wages that they would be required to pay me. But in the world of graphic design and digital media, there would potentially be more of those positions available to a female.

My plan is to put in my application Jan 1st 2015. I've already lived in Switzerland (for only 6 months), am quickly picking up German as well as French and should have a second degree in Graphic Design by then (unless I can pick up a long term, stable, US contract in the mean time.

I'm sort of preparing for a few places though. I'm looking at Austria, Interior B.C., N. Washington... I'd love to just move to Switzerland as I already have friends, know the country and customs... but they are incredibly strict on residency visas.


My one potential option is to get a ski industry position for an american company with a european headquarters. There are a few different ones with offices in Austria, Switzerland, France, and Germany. Sort of my reason for learning French as well.

Or I'll just win the lottery. Money seems to make every option possible.
Oct 13 2013 7:13PM
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Nikkekoivisto
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short park if you consider the length of lift. too big lines for lifts. bad rails.
Oct 14 2013 11:05AM
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Pastucka
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Short but sweet.
Oct 14 2013 3:14PM
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