Winter holiday in Bavaria (or Tirol), with kids.
 

I would welcome comments/advice on our proposed trip this coming February.

Having stayed in Ruhpolding in July, we quickly booked flights back to Munich for February. We were really impressed with this little corner of Germany and thought we may even try a little skiing- not having really done a ski trip with our 6y and 5y old kids yet.

May well end up back in Ruhpolding but having done a bit of research wonder if we would be better choosing another town to base ourselves in? Perhaps Reit im Winkl or other.....

We are not intending on having a car so somewhere with easy access to ski/childcare and a swimming pool would be ideal. Typically we use self catering appartments for that extra space.

If you have any experience of this area, or even in Tirol I would love to hear your comments.

Thank you.

Reit im Winkl is probably too much out of the way, if you won't have a car. If snow conditions are not the best, you are sort of stuck. The only good ski area easily acessible by bus will be the Winkle Moos Alm.

Take a look at Oberstdorf and the kleine Walsertal, in the Allgaeu Region of the Alps (most western part). The Kleine Walsertal is an 18km long Austrian enclave, only accessible by bus from Oberstdorf, but with a wide variety of skiing. There are four village in the valley --Riezlern, Hirschegg and Mittelberg with frequent bus service. The fourth village , Baad, is a bit out of the way. The bus takes about 20 minutes from the Oberstdorf station to Riezlern.which has the Fellhorn, a major ski and varied ski site. Oberstdorf also offers good and varied skiing. The Nebelhorn cable car takes you to the top of the mountain with the same name. There is some skiinmg at the top, the long run to the valley is, however, for intermediate and better skiers.

PS: There is a direct train connection from Munich to Oberstdorf. Check www.bahn.de. You can use the discounted Bayern Karte/Bavarian ticket.

Treplow - might wandererwith[young]kids also consider Oberstaufen in the 'pre-Alps'? -

http://www.oberstaufen.de/en/nature-hiking/winter/

http://www.oberstaufen.de/en/service/oberstaufen-plus/

Thanks so much for your replies. Will check your ideas out.

>Reit im Winkl
The area is called Winklmoosalm/Steinplatte and is rather extensive. The Winklmoosalm itself is mainly for childen and beginners, all blue runs. Steinplatte is the Austrian part and has all you'd want. You can access the Steinplatte from Winlkmoosalm or from Waidring/Tirol. Slopes are looong and most of them are red, with some Bucklpisten. A fav. Sunday excursion for us Münchners. Sonw is no problem in Febuary. If there's no snow early in the season, there'll be a bus from the lower terminus that takes you up halfway.

Logos, good summary.I'm originally from R.i.W area.

farrrermog, re Oberstaufen. There is some wintersport on Oberstaufen, but because of its altitude I would rate Oberstaufen snow conditions "iffy".