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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@chad_user23, welcome to the forum. You might have some luck posting your question to this thread:
https://snowheads.com/ski-forum/viewtopic.php?t=165727&start=0
While I ski Kaltenbach most Saturday's I ski basically the same slope over and over training, so don't actually know the area very well. However @SaraJ teaches in the Hochzillertal and hopefully might be able to answer your question
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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@chad_user23, I went to Kaltenbach a long time ago (like 30 years!) when I was on my second week of skiing but no more experienced than you as my first week had been so poor! I recall that the blue slopes above Kaltenbach near Zentralstation were perfect for beginners. The beginner runs at Hochfugen were also good.
Hopefully someone who has more recent experience in this area will be able to answer your questions more fully.
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I've never skied at Spieljoch, but of the other areas I'd suggest Blue 5 in Hochzillertal to start with. It's wide and pretty gentle, and served by a couple of drag lifts. You get to it by taking either Hochzillertal gondola (they start in the same building) to the top, then the very gentle Blue 14 down to the bottom of the 2 drags (Zirbenlift 1 and Zirben lift 2). A progression would be to then take the Mizun chair and Blue 6.
After that I'm not so sure. The other blues in Hochzillertal either need you to go via reds to access them (or get back), or are connecting routes that are often busy. Maybe in Hochfugen, start on blue 9, then maybe take the 8er Jet gondola up and blues 11 and 13 using the Waidoffen chair. If taking blues 11 and 13, you'll probably want to take the 8er Jet gondola to get back down to the valley. If you take the Waidoffen chair, you'll probably find the start of the run down to be the steepest part. A gentler alternative could be to take the Achteralm drag (again after using the 8er Jet gondola up and then back down).
Be aware that the piste numbering is a bit weird. Each of Hochzillertal, Hochfugen and Spieljoch number their pistes starting from number 1. Also, in Hochzillertal they may use the same number for parts of the piste with different difficulties - e.g. there's a blue 6, red 6 and black 6
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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@viv, thank you for your recommendations!
It was great.
Writing it here for any reader in the future:
Was staying in Kaltenbach, took Hockzillerthal gondola 3.
1) This gives you access to the blue slope n14. This was the easiest slope. It has magic carpet and t-bar lift.
2) Blope 5 is the next one in progressions. It is nice and wide, just try to go there in the morning. After 13h it becomes so bumpy.
3) Blue 6 is much longer and real enjoyment in the morning. It degradaes pretty quickly. Lot of bumps in some sections can be challenging for total beginners. I used it later for traninig my skills.
At the end, I used blue Z to come back to the central station.
All in all amazing destination, would recommend to anyone.
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