Back to Scheffau again this Christmas at Hotel Alpin with Ski Esprit-see last year's comments. Snow superb this year with lots of wide open well maintained pistes. Virtually unbroken sunshine with some clouding over at midday on a couple of days but cleared again. Lots of mountain restaurants; cheap compared to France.
Hotel Alpin as good as ever with good breakfasts and enormous quality buffet in evening - ideal if you have ravenous teenagers like us(as well as free snacks; cakes, teas etc when you return from slopes).
Possible to ski from hotel to lifts this year but you need to bus back; not much of a problem.
Ski hire shop below hotel is very convenient with good staff and equipment; all of us got new skis.
Kufstein is worth a visit by taxi if you fancy a break from skiing.
Esprit were good again especially staff in resort. Flight timings/delays were a bit of a downer-they need to sort this out as even without delays arrival time in resort was too late in day; add a couple of hours delay and it's very tiring esp for families with young kids who are Esprits main market.