Here’s the view out our window at the Alpinresort.
Liz and I started up the same Schattberg gondola I used Wednesday, but turned south to ski the scenic 2b trail toward Vorderglemm, overview from opposite side.
The is no lift coming back up, so evidently the route is very popular early in the morning for those following signs to “Ski the Circus” passing though all of the connected resorts.
All of these big Austrian ski complexes have designated routes to plan your day linking most if not all of the sectors. I generally prefer to cut these plans at least in half, so as to run extra laps in sectors that look interesting or time the runs to maximize sun exposure. I look at the Saalbach complex more like a figure 8: do the upvalley half and Fieberbunn one day and the lower valley/Leogang the next day as we are doing today.
From Vorderglemm we take the gondola up to Wildenkarkogel, and then a couple of short lifts 23 and 55 in the morning sun to reach the top of Leogang.
Liz liked this sign there.
We skied two long north facing pistes into Leogang. Top of 88 here:
We then returned via the short lifts 54, 56 and 25 to Wildenkarkogel. From there we crossed to the #9 chair and skied to the Panorama restaurant recommended by Where to Ski and Snowboard. Panorama did not disappoint.
Panorama also has a Champagne bar.
After lunch we skied to Saalbach under the #7 lift, which is a pulse gondola similar to that at La Grave.
Once in town you need to take a couple of elevators and walk a block to get to the #11 gondola going up the valley. Liz wanted a quick tour to Hinterglemm, which took about an hour round trip. We skied 29,000 vertical and still had time for a nice Euro lunch. The last 3 days totaled a record 101,900 vertical for me.
After dinner we went out for some authentic Austrian entertainment.
