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Looks great. I’ve always wanted to ski the High Tatra in Slovakia, where there’s at least one village with enough skiing for a few days and a reasonable top to bottom altitude differential.

Of my many years being into skiing and mountains, I’ve never seen heavy snow settle in The Alps just a week into September (away from glacier mountains such above Solden and Hintertux). So it’s amazing to see it currently dumping on the slopes above Hochgurgl, altitude c. 2,500m...

We stayed in the very same hotel last New Year (already had pm's with @HWT). A great ski holiday. With my kids, one day we skied the recent and long link to Zurs. A decent English chalet-hotel (not an Austrian in sight). Bitterly cold skiing at that time of year at that altitude, but we wore...

I would imagine that view to be heavenly, especially in the last two winters, where Austria had metres and metres of the white fluffy stuff. I’ve had great ski holidays in St Anton, Obergurgl and Hochgurgl.

An alternative in Austria is 'club hotels' where the operator e.g. Inghams or Mark Warner lease/own the entire premises, and their management/staff take the place over. We stayed the Inghams owned St Christoph chalethotel last winter.

:thumbsup: We now go to Schladming ever winter, we're already booked for New Year. A lovely village and fantastic skiing. Can't wait!

Austria is the best, but as we stay in hotels I haven’t any specifics on chalets. In terms of resorts, in early January everywhere will be fine for snow and you’ll get a bargain. But because most Austrian resorts are at a lower altitude, only a few will guarantee you non-slush at the end of...