In times that have gone by, Ischgl was a detached farming
village grouped around a good-looking church on top of a hill overlooking the
Paznaun valley. Now, it's a dense collection of mostly smart hotels and very
rowdy bars, but still grouped around the same church. Ischgl has expanded both
sides of the hill, having a cable-car in one direction and two gondolas in the
other to make for rapid access to the slopes.
Ischgl made apres ski a worthwhile activity: the bars
surrounding the base stations announce this proudly and the music hammers out
in confirmation. Because this is a rich resort, money was spent on convenience,
featuring underground moving walkways and escalators for bad weather cover
between hot spots, and high fashion shops selling Prada, Versace and Gucci.
Two of the three town lifts take passengers to Idalp, the
busy mid-station that is both the base for the ski school and the launch point
for the wide cruiser-friendly higher slopes. It is generally recognized that
Ischgl is the next best resort in Austria
The network disperses over three mountains, Alp Trida,
Greitspitz and Palinkopf, where some extensive and often deserted red runs
begin and leads towards Fimbatal on the edge of the piste map. The isolation is
particularly welcome since the central runs are really crowded, not least the
ones that link up the Ischgl system with the long, red and usually icy piste
down to Samnaun in an obscure corner of Switzerland
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