Checking in - new member from Bavaria

[StephanS.]

Hi everbody,

while looking for reviews and reports I found this great community.
I´am living in Germany and mostly skiing in good old Europe.

I´am happy of being part of your community now!

Servus from Bavaria
Stephan

 

[Sibhusky]

Servus!

 

[dbostedo]

Welcome Stephan!

Where do you most like to ski in Europe? Have you ever skied in North America?

 

[StephanS.]

Actually I have no favourite destination in Europe. All areas are so different and I select it based on my actual preference and snow conditions.

• Austria: Many nice big sking areas, but often also very crowded.
  • Ischgl: Very negative image, but very nice slopes and very good off piste conditions (it is by far not as crowded as the top freeride destinations in Austria- but pls. don´t tell any other europeans ;-) )
  • Sonnenkopf: Close to St.Anton. Very nice freeride location
  • Kappl
  • Fieberbrunn
  • many more....
• Italy: Best locations for skiing with you family. Normally you can enjoy relaxed skiing on sunny days. Perfectly groomed slopes!! For me by far the best landscape in Europe.
  • Dolomiti Superski (Wolkenstein): Hughe area. Very easy slopes. You can ski long distances (I belive this is unique in the world). Great landscape and good food!
  • Cortina: Extraordinary landscape. By far not as big as Wolkenstein but very unique atmosphere (more italien style). I would not spend a week in this area, but for 1-2 days it is very nice (can be easily combined with Wolkenstein)
• France: Huge ski resorts. Endless slopes.High altitude skiing compared to other European destinations.
  • Tignes/Val D´Isere (Espace Killy): For me best in France. Everything is possible in this Area.
  • Trois vallée: Biggest ski area, very nice as well but I prefer Tignes (Espace Killy)
• Switzerland: Most expensive destinations in Europe. Often old fashioned and very slow infrastructure, but normally also less croweded than for example Austria.

And yes, I was skiing in North America as well . Up to now, only in USA, but I also want to go to Canada someday to experience a different area.
I wish I could do this much more often, but these kind of trips are very expensiv. For me it was always special and I enyojed the relaxed athmosphere (big difference to Europe), the perfect snow conditions and American food .

 

[dbostedo]

Thanks for the great answers! Do you have a favorite resort in the USA?

Also, you might be interested in this thread, if you haven't found it yet. It's the seasonal thread for Europe for 2018/19 :

https://www.pugski.com/threads/europe-who-when-where-in-2018-2019.11400/

 

[scott43]

Gruss dich!

 

[Philpug]

Velcome.

 

[Blue Streak]

https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/709d0693-bb0b-4716-b115-4e8c36add747

 

[SkiMore]

Herzlich Wilkommen Stephan, nice to see you here on the forum. Your post made me remember the time when I lived and worked in Munich for 4 years. My Bavarian co-workers and I would often drive down to Austria for the day or weekend and we skied in some of the resorts you mentioned. So many choices in Tirol and Vorarlberg. #greatmemories.

Servus

Matt

 

[Mark-172]

Viele Grüße ! Hope to get out to ski in Europe some time ! I'll save your post for a reference. I've wanted to ski Sölden since I watched the Bond film Spectre..