Austria: Loferer Alm 2016/17

A snowHead

With johnbarr and another friend I skied today on the Loferer Alm. There had been a dusting of fresh snow overnight, so that the pistes were in good condition early on. However, with the area moderately busy they became scraped in places as the day progressed. That wasn't a great problem but more frustrating was the fact that about a quarter of the runs (and both T-bars) weren't open as they hadn't received enough snow yet. This meant that some of the more interesting bits of piste weren't skiable.

Even more saddening was a notice announcing that Haus Gertraud in der Sonne, a hotel and restaurant that I have recommended on snowHeads, has been closed. A sad loss Sad

However, the skiing which was available was enjoyable. Here's a view looking down the Schwarzeck piste, with the cloud-covered Loferer Steinberge in the background...

Actually, the clouds largely disappeared in the afternoon, though it was pretty cold (-8°C).

There is a large beginners' area at the Loferer Alm, shown in the photo below, and a good selection of pistes to progress to after the first days...

For us the run down to the valley was one of the best runs of the day. It has a couple of steeper sections and much of the rest is a track. Today it was easy enough to ski (assuming you're not put off by being overtaken by racing eight-year olds). Here is one of the lower sections with skiers going down at the end of the day...

Roll on the new snow forecast for the next days whcih should fill out the area.

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Austria: Loferer Alm 2016/17

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