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That's it then for this Ski Season Last day Blues on top of H5 It was a very good year. Lets face it, every year that we are able to strap on the ski's and tour around Gasteinertal is going to be good. Only 49 Ski Days this year. We delayed our New Year trip until the 12th January and then the March trip was truncated due to a combination of illnesses and the early Easter. As always we skied hard and ate well on the mountain. The Haitzingalm is my favourite coffee stop, Tom and Waltraud always give us a warm welcome. Elevenses at the Haitzingalm In Summer or in Winter the Baerstein is very hospitable. The season was no exception. Its new extension is all ready for the new lifts that we hope to see in 2017/2018. The snow person takes some beating. Johanna insisted she did not model for it! Tough last Day? A cold front at the Baerstein. In the evenings, the Berglift was as good as ever. We used the Gastein Alm a few times as well as it is more livel

Zell am Ski - Life by the Lake Heading for the See Always time for elevenses Zell is pretty close to Gastein, only about 45 minutes by car. It is a very different sort of place and is the local commercial centre with a big shopping area that sprawls along the valley. A good place to buy a TV but also, I now know, a great place to ski. We were lucky to have a bright sunny day with great snow. There were plenty of trees and nice wide slopes with plenty of space to accommodate the various standards of skier. We are fortunate that Gastein is quite a tricky resort so when go elsewhere its not too daunting a challenge. The blacks into the village were quite steep but had plenty of width. The scenery is beautiful and definitely my favourite 'out of valley' experience of the season. Zell - good enough to be rated 94th for the season