Ski Week. Personal impressions. The streets of Zell am See at night

"May" holidays in Austria - the beginning of the ski-season, 90% Hotels closed, respectively, are closed and all the facilities available at the hotel. A few small clubs with fast music - that's the whole "night" life. Saves us from boredom in the evenings that the participants of "Russian" of the week was quite a lot - more than 100 people since the majority knew at least a little of each other, it brings people together in companies that have a great time.
7. Job snow groomers. Criteria: quality of work, convenience for tourists.
Imagine a cup of ice 2 km and a width of 2 km. And all of this bowl is always in perfect, "tabular" state. This is despite the fact that the weather this May - this time at the top of the glacier in Kaprun, near the top of Kittsshtaynhorn was 10 degrees Celsius. Neither you muddy porridge or ice mounds, or frozen chunks of snow. Snow "tire" redress the glacier twice - day and night - around 15.00. Since the lifts close at 16.00 from skiers who dokatalis to 15.00, it is possible to make a few more runs on just a "paradise" of the surface that remains after the column snow groomers, smoothing slopes. In addition, since the Russian and Austrian side were organized amateur ski competitions, snowmobiles mitigated the additional track specially for this event with such a quality that has made travel Competitive trail 90 skiers without the appearance of very large mounds and pits.
8. Equipment Rental and Service Center. Criteria: quantity and quality.

typical Austrian hotel

How to the city and at the top on the glacier there are many rental agencies, which are filling with high quality and modern. Stamps, mostly Austrian - as skiing and snowboarding. Participants of "Russian week" more fortunate in the sense that, firstly, the company was able to bring Rossignol from Moscow a number of test equipment and gave it to all who wish to sample, and secondly, this time on the glacier were a few companies promo Tests with an opportunity to compete on the amateur circuits, consult a specialist. Service center is in the "Big Apple" - multifunction center that combines the shop "Intersport", rental, storage, self-service restaurant.
9. Storage for equipment. Criteria: money, theft of equipment availability, ease of working hours. The presence in the resort able to quickly repair the skis or snowboard.
In the same "Big Apple" is a repository for equipment, where you can leave everything in a fairly small Money - 20E per week. Moreover, the lockers are quite big and they can easily include two sets, which we enjoyed. You can carry equipment with them and leave them in a hotel in storage. In the service center "Big Apple" can do small repairs skis, grease, paraffin. Since on the snowfields of Kaprun absolutely no stones, mounds, etc. to repair equipment we need has not been.
10. Accommodation in hotels. Criteria: the breadth of choice, quality/price ratio, distance from the lifts.
District Zell am See - Kaprun offers the widest selection of hotels - it is possible live in pathos, four-star "Grand Hotel", as you can - in a cheap apartment. System on-line reservation site allows the resort to see the various options and select the correct one. However, I would have still enjoyed the services of the organizers of the "Russian Week". Firstly, because they are pros in terms of selection of hotels and are well aware that area, and secondly, it is more convenient to find a hotel as large as in our case or a small company, if you are traveling with friends and do not want to make new acquaintances and thirdly upon arrival big companies are always discounts are available. The fact that all parties to "Russian Week" lived in three hotels located close to each other was quite a lot of advantages: first, people always went to each other "guests", and secondly, do not create the feeling that nowhere never left Russia. Generally, in this moment the organizers managed to keep the "golden" middle, and I personally really liked this version.
Hotels in Zell am See averages cost. They are cheaper than in France, in the Three Valleys, but more expensive than, say, Slovakia. Also note that we have come in the offseason, and the prices at this time to the minimum hotels. Incidentally, this also applies to the price of lift and transfer.
On the "May" holidays skiing in this area is possible only on the glacier in Kaprun, which is located in 20 -25 minutes from the Zell am See. Every morning, a comfortable bus drove us up at night and pick up again. By the way, another plus for leaving the "big" companies, such as the "Russian" weeks - no need to worry about ski-buses or take a car. Went himself in the morning, went to the bus plunged, and after 20 minutes already putting on shoes, and evening all - in reverse order. You can live in close proximity to Kaprun, in an apartment or small otelchik, but this is for those who wish to complete the distance from civilization, and is ready to hear only the drone of a small airplane, which carries tourists, showing them above the surrounding mountains.
11. State trails at the resort. Criteria: the number, diversity, grooming, snow cover, the availability of working snow guns.