Day 1

The flight to Muchen was slightly delayed but not for that 2 hrs that would have required a €250 refund and effectively a free flight! Mr P can provide more details of the 'why and how' of refunds for delayed flights. Unlike Geneve, Munchen airport provides both a beer selling supermarket, a McD's & a short hire car queue - things have started well! Cheapo hotel was 5 miles away and ticked all the reqd boxes.

Short ski trips required max time on the piste so the alarm went off at 05:30 - and the little Corsa was rolling by 06:00. It's been at least 15 yrs since I last drove on the autobhans - they are the motorway that every country should aspire to. A Corsa would not be my vehicle of choice for a 100mph blast but it was OK!!!!!! A quick pit stop at the Austrian border for a vignette (€8.70 for a 10 tag vignette puts the swiss to shame) and a coffee then press on to Wargain.

The carpark in Wagain was looking promising...

Yup, that's fresh snow!!! The uncharitable might suggest that Wagain had more snow in one night than Whistler has had this year! The top of the mountain was 1000m higher so D:Ream pretty much summed it up... http://youtu.be/Dl-ai9HuR60 The first run confirmed there was powder a plenty so it was time to tick a few runs. 3 hrs later, the legs were feeling it & the fuel tank was empty - not a total surprise as brekkie hadn't made past the good idea stage. I grabbed some Goulash souppe met wurst und Brot - this is the 'before'

And the 'after'

Tank full, it was off for more runs. I happened across this pair 

Not entirely sure what/who they are, but you could stand with them and and have a selfie taken by a automatic camera that linked the pic to your ski pass - no Nigel, I didn't try it out. Talking of lift passes, Ski Amade use the Skiline lift pass system (same as Zermatt) so stats for the day are easy to find - the detail is here http://www.skiline.cc/skiing_day/1dhutjimdq3 The headlines are 27 lifts ridden & 10,729m of ski descent - not a bad day! :-)

This is a recce trip so what have I gleaned:

The runs are not challenging - most are red on the piste map but for one brought up on French skiing they are more like Blues or Val d'Isere Greens! 

The lift system is impressive - i though apAustria was land of T Bars - the reality of today was gondolas and chairs - the latter were very impressive - numerous 6 & 8 packs with heated padded seats, a restraining bars that auto releases and a canopy is the biz - Whistler, are you listening?

The whole thing was well wired up - car parking, signs, piste plans, runs, lifts, bars, eating huts etc was very good.