Mowden Hall Skiing trip to Austria

Well our skiing trip for 2008 is almost upon us! We leave by coach for Manchester airport on Sunday 26th March. Our flights are through Amsterdam and to Munich. There are 38 children coming on the trip, with four Mowden staff and  six parents too. Poor Camilla Ferguson has a broken ankle after a netball tournament, which the girls won! So, sadly for her, she cannot now go skiing.

The village we are staying in is St.Michael, which is about an hour south-east of Salzberg. Our hotel is the Ski Hotel Speiereck and we will be the only group staying there. Have a look at the pictures of the hotel. It looks great! The hotel is only a short walk to the first skiing area with nursery slopes. A chairlift rises from here to the Grosseck-Speiereck area and from there you can ski down into Mauterndorf. I was able to check out the area during a very hectic weekend in January to make sure that it was all safe for our party. Our ski pass takes in Katschberg and Fanningberg and includes 190km of piste so we will have plenty of runs to see. The resort has snow-making facilities so there is always snow there. There are a full range of runs to suit all levels of ability.

In the evenings we will be busy too! We have a number of evening activities booked such as swimming and an ice cream night. This will be a fun packed week for the group. I can't wait!

Mr P.Hill
Party Leader