Join the CMSC Clubs in Europe for 2011!


Join us for a week of skiing or sightseeing when we leave  O'Hare on Jan. 21, 2011 and arrive in Munich at 12:30pm.  The trip continues to Bad Gastein via motor coach.

Bad Gastein is situated 90 kilometers from Salzburg and is one of the most famous spa towns in Austria.

The Hotel Weismayr is located in the center of town.  The hotel features an indoor pool, sauna, steam bath, spa and is less than a half mile from the closest ski lift.  The bus stops right in front of the hotel.

There are optional day trips planned for those who wish not to ski or need a day off.  These day trips include; Innsbruck, Salzburg, Kitzbuhel, Austria and Cortina, Italy.

Base Price Includes
  • Round Trip on Lufthansa Airlines
        taxes, transfer fees and fuel surcharges.
  • 7 nights lodging at the Hotel Weismayr
  • Daily Buffet breakfast and dinner
  • Round-trip transfers, Munich - Bad Gastein
     
Trip Leader
Patti McKnight
815-979-8764  ~ or ~  email me
Payment Schedule
$300 at Sign Up**
$340 by 7/1
$340 by 8/1
$340 by 9/1
$340 by 10/1
& bal. by 11/1

**You must be current with what
is due at time you sign up.

Make checks payable to: CMSC
mail to:
Patti McKnight
5211 Gingeridge Lane.
Rockford, IL. 61114


Return check fee is $35.00

 
Application & Waiver (PDF)
Optional Day Trips being considered
  • Innsbruck, Austria
  • Salzburg, Austria
  • Kitzbuhel, Austria
  • Cortina, Italy
 
 Available Options:
  • Day Tours in Bad Gastein or Munich
  • Lift tickets - price will be available 9/10
  • Discounted ski equipment rental
  • 3 night extension to Munich - $300
  • Single Room Supplement
    (Bad Gastein $175 / Munich $175)
  • Trip Insurance & Medical Insurance
     
*Fine Print
Price of base trip is with a minimum 40 people, exchange rate & fuel surcharge as of 4/10.  Price of extension is based on min. 20 people.  Price may increases with fewer people.  Price based on double occupancy. 

If you do not sign up with as roommate, one may be assigned to you.  If no one is available you may be charged the single supplement rate. 

Tips for hotel and dinner service not included in base price.

Price increases can occur due to, but not limited to, currency rate fluctuations, airline fuel surcharge increases or airline tax increases. By signing up for this trip, you agree you will pay any such increases.  Any airline charges for baggage are not included in price (2 free as of 4/10)

Any refunds due are paid after trip returns and unrecoverable costs are determined.

 


Skiing in Bad Gastein
Gastein greets its guests with a unique variety of pistes, cross country and winter walking paths.  If there is one thing you'll be pondering over in Gastein, it will probably be deciding which ski area to head to next! There are actually four areas in the Gastein Valley! On approximately 125 miles of slopes, some taking you to elevations as high as 2,700 meters, there is something for everyone:  beginners, pros, skiers, boarders or carvers.  Ski slopes offer a broad range of difficulty: 60 km easy, 117 km intermediate and 24 km  difficult, including family-style hills, carving hills, deep-snow and mogul runs, all just waiting to be conquered by you. You can look forward to descents down a great variety and perfectly groomed slopes!
 
 
Bad Gastein
The largest of the ski areas begins on the Stubnerkogel Mountain above Bad Gastein and is more-or-less linked via the small Angertal Ski center to the skiing on the Schlossalm above Bad Hofgastein. 
 
Dorfgastein
A second lower area, reached by train or bus down the Dorfgastein at the bottom of the Gastein Valley, over the Kreuzkogel Mountain.
 
Sportgastein
The third and highest ski area is the small sector above Sportgastein which has a base at 1,600 meters and a snow-sure top lift at 2,685 meters on the Kreuzkogel Mountain.

The off piste powder trails in this area are  held in particular high regard.
 
Bad Gastein Spa's    
In the center of Bad Gastein there are eighteen thermal springs containing radon, which are particularly well-suited to underwater therapies.  The Gastein Steam Gallery has proven its worth convincingly when it comes to healing qualities.  The high altitude along with water temperatures
 
 
from 37°C (98°F) to 41°C (106°F) and relative humidity between 70% to almost 100%, combined with the high radon creates a climate which is unique.

Conditions that are claimed to be healed here include: arthritis, asthma, rheumatism, damage to the vertebrae and discs of the back and nerve inflammation.