Söll,
Austria
Small, lively village with large, easy
ski and snowboard area.
Söll
has long been popular with groups of British beginners and
intermediates. Its pretty scenery, gentle slopes, small
attractive traditional village, good-value accommodation
and lively nightlife attract a mixture of young singles
looking for a fun time and families looking for a quiet
time. In the 1980s it gained notoriety as prime lager-lout
territory; it still has some loud bars but has calmed down
a lot.
Many visitors find the village surprisingly small and are
disappointed by the distance between it and the slopes
(and by the bus service).
Its
main drawback has always been snow. Because of its low
altitude and sunny slopes, slopes have often been slushy
or bare, not just in Söll but also throughout the
extensive Ski Welt circuit it is part of. But this problem
has been tackled by a massive investment in snowmaking and
half of the Ski Welt's 250 km of slope are now covered by
snowmaking - more than in any other Austrian ski area.
This ensures the region's main slopes and links stay open,
though it can't prevent slush and ice developing.
When
the snow is good Söll can be a great place for a holiday,
cruising the attractive and undemanding slopes of
Austria's largest linked area.
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What's
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What's
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Part of Ski Welt, Austria's largest linked ski and
snowboard area
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Local slopes are the highest and steepest in the Ski
Welt and north-facing so keep their snow wel
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Massive recent investment in snowmaking has paid off
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Plenty of cheap and cheerful pensions for those on a
budget
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Pretty village with lively après-ski
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Poor natural snow record - Long walk or infrequent
bus-ride to the lifts
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Little for experts or good intermediates
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Ski Welt slopes can get busy at weekends and in high
season
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Local slopes are the most crowded in the Ski Welt
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Mostly short runs in local sector
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