Bad Hofgastein just got better
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| The bear has a new home. |
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| Who's looking for Honey? |
We are back for a December ski trip but it was definitely not a case of 'same old'.
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| Lunch fit for a sKING at the Baerstein |
A brilliant new gondola lift has been installed to get us to the top of the mountain - but that is not all.
There is a wonderful re-invention of the Baerstein. Same old welcome - but a new beautiful building.
A refurb at the Kleine Scharte lift station restaurant got the thumbs up from us.
There was a new restaurant in town, the Aurum, very nicely fitted out by Sendlhofer, a bit too pricey for us but very nice as a special treat.
Oh, and a new Weitmoserin bar in the valley lift station, very convenient for a pre-ski coffee and a well earned post ski beer.
We do miss the old HaitzingAlm chair though. TW loved her ride up through the trees for a bit of virtual skiing and a coffee.
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| Snow scene from the 'other side' in Bad Hofgastein |
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| Heading to the top in our bright new lift |
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| Under the sun in the Haitzing Alm |
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| Haitzing Alm for coffee with the snow piled high |
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| The Kleine Scharte Restaurant gets a refurb. |
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| Gastein Valley in December |
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| Keeping it sweet at the Stubneralm, one of the best strudels |
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| The Grabneralm - The best reason to go to Dorfgastein |
Of course it wasn't all coffee and strudel. We did break off for a bit of skiing as well. Ski conditions were ok. We had one dump at the top of about a metre but a lot of the snow was artificial so, by lunchtime, the busier slopes were getting polished to blue ice. A good excuse for an early lunch and a dust buster or two.
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| Aurum - the new Restaurant |
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| Hirschenhutte an old favourite |
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| Cheers |
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| TW on foot due to a broken wrist! |
