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Ellmau village is a 20 min walk from one end to another. There are lots of lovely little coffee shops for lunch and apres ski meals. Ski lifts are less than 2 minute walk from sport hotel. Slopes are not crowded. Beginners runs are spectacular. Ski equipment and rentals are good value for money service is fast and efficient with options of storing equipement at slopes instead of at hotels. I spent seven days exploring different runs and still didnt cover all slopes and areas,

A lovely town on a lake with the mountain - the Smittenhoe behind. If you are going independently it is very easy to get to - cheap flight to Salzburg - bus from airport to train station and then direct train (they run every hour) to Zell. It is a great resort for intermediates but the nursery slopes are challenging with several of the blues more like easy reds. The quality of the snow (January 5th) was excellent and we all found that our skiing had improved immensely by the end of the…

The town is lovely; very atmospheric in the lead up to Christmas. There was plenty of snow once you took the Penken or the Ahorn lifts up to the slopes. Snowboarders found plenty to occupy themselves for a week. Ski teaching was excellent and there were several nice gentle blue runs for a beginner to enjoy. There were no queues for the lifts out of the village, on several occasions I had a gondola to myself. We went to a different restaurant most nights; the food was very good and the…