Advantages: Fantastic scenery, good transport links, not too expensive - if you know where to go... Disadvantages: Too tourist-oriented, expensive shops
Well, I've never been to Kitzbühel in the snow. But it seems extremely odd to me that, with the very beautiful natural surrounds of Kitzbühel, with the majestic Wilder Kaiser mountain range in the background and the impressive Hahnenkamm and Kitzbüheler Horn on opposite sides of the valley, the only interest some people have in them is throwing themselves down it on one or two small pieces of carbon fibre (or whatever it is they make snowboards and skis out of these days). What's all the hurry?
It took us three hours to climb up the Hahnenkamm, and I'm glad to say that for once we were not overtaken by any old German ladies steaming up there on zimmer frames. (It's happened before? far more frequently than I'd like to admit!!), but every second of it was well spent. Going to the cable-car station at the bottom of the Kitzbüheler ...
CaptainDisaster 01.05.2005 (04.07.2005)
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Kitzbuhel (Austria)
Advantages: Good Slopes, Good Bars, Short airport Transfer Disadvantages: Dated Ski Lift System
Ive been heading to the slopes 2/3 weeks a year for the past 20 years and have been all over the world, but until now never to the infamous Kitzbuhel.
Booking last minute, I expected big things of this place , so famous for its runs and its village style resort.
The slopes did not dissapoint, nor did the weather, skiing in early march is risky and with Kitzbuhel being at 'low-level' I was worried. The amount of snow seemed to suprise even the locals.
Pistes of varying degrees of difficulty were well kept, but changed in difficultly with every corner, which made it great fun for the more experienced of us, but hard going for begginers.
There were a lot of 'Tracks' which were very flat in places and walking was common, Snowboarders beware!
The lift system was also very dated, with one main gongala giving access to the mountain ...
Advantages: Great skiing for intermediates, fantastic night life, brilliant resort Disadvantages: Some queuing for lifts, crowded buses
evening so we sampled the local beers and visited the casino. The casino has a good deal in that you get 25 euros worth of chips for 21 euros as an introductory offer.
The ski hire fitting took a long time and we didn't get on to the slopes until lunchtime. This wasn't too much of a problem as the visibilty wasn't very good. There is a tremendous choice of pistes available, particularly for the intermediate level skier, 260 lifts covering 420 miles. If you enjoy wide open motorways then you will love this resort.
We particularly enjoyed going over to the Kitzbuheler Horn which provides a fabulous natural snowbowl including a time trial section. On the other side of the valley there is a ski safari, marked with an elephant symbol and offers the chance to cruise the entire skiarea from the Hahnenkamm to Pass Thurn and Breitmoos. A new 3S ...
