Skiing 9th to 16th March 2002
Next year a later week's skiing is planned, for various reasons, on the above dates. Through Inghams the following option has been selected:
Resort Bad Gastein, Hotel Krone, Basic price £408, Huggins Tours price £389.08
The party currently comprises 24 people. The standard flights are 08:15 and 08:55 from Gatwick. Please inform Paul if you require alternative flights which will require supplements. Insurance is provided free by Going Places (no reduction if you have your own).
If you wish to join the party now, you will probably have to pay the full brochure price of £408, unless there are any late dropouts from our original participants. There was still one double room available at the Hotel Krone during our week, as at early January.
Details of the hotel and resort can be viewed on the links given above. Having been to Bad Hofgastein, Paul knows that the area is full of great Austrian character.
Please note that on the paper details sent out, the resort details are reversed, but the hotels are under the correct resort column.
For an unbiassed view of Bad Gastein see http://www.liveski.com/resorts/resort.asp?resortid=2.
Bad Gastein Piste Map
Province of Salzburg 2,950-8,830 ft. (840-2,650 m.) Marked Piste: 200 kms
Number of runs: 10 Blue; 23 Red; 5 Black. Whole Valley: 14 Blue; 41 Red; 9 Black.
Lifts: 1 funicular; 5 gondolas; 9 chairlifts; 15 draglifts. Whole Valley: 1 funicular; 8 gondolas; 14 chairlifts; 29 draglifts
map also available at http://www3.inghams.co.uk/ski/AUS/BDG/piste.html which may be quicker
Transfer time (from Salzburg airport): 1 hour 45 minutes
Ski school: 4 hours daily (10am-12pm and 1pm-3pm)
Provisional additional costs: Lift pass £104; Superior ski hire £65; Boot hire £32; 4/5/6 days ski school £86