Quiet skiing for beginners

Putting quiet and skiing together is probably mad, such places might not exist. However, perhaps somebody can give me some clues.

I've recently arrived with the family, we all want to learn to ski and have a short course of lessons arranged at Reit Im Winkl for early Jan 06. However, after that we will be looking for some simple slopes where we can practice our moves.

A big appeal will be places that are easy to get to. I hate the idea of spending the first few hours of our ski day sitting on the autobahn in an endless traffic jam. Somebody has said that there is a very simple slope at Berg, near Starnberg. I can't find this on the web and so wonder where it is, if it is still going.

Other than that, can anybody recommend a small complex/resort where a few bungling amateurs can make fools of themselves on skis?

St. Johann in Tirol is pretty good and easy to reach, 1 hour away from Mü. Try the MISC, we always go with a bus to various places.

There are several small places that you can get to on the BOB train e.g. Lenggries. They have a free transfer bus from the station and there are some nursery slopes at the bottom of the mountain, so you don't even need to get onto the cable car if all you want is an easy run.

Details of some of the Bavarian ski areas are on www.alpenplus.com

Bron

P.S. Lenggries is open this weekend, and the cross country loops were in a good state last night.

Grünten-Lifte near Oberstdorf or Fischen? Allgäu may well be your best bet (that where folk took me to fail to learn).
Where is gideon? He'd know.

Grünten-Lifte are quiet, but they are all drag-lifts and there is no restaurant unless you walk a few hundred yards across to one from the top of the lift.

The general problem here of course is that "quiet" and "easy to get to" kind of rule each other out.

Biberweir is a nice, usually quite place for beginners.
Biberweir

St. Johann was my first thought as well.

Hey, I know how it's like. Go to Seefeld. The train station to the slope is like 5/10 min walk. The slope is great for beginner:
- Pretty flat (not steep) - easy to learn
- Very very wide - you don't knock into someone
- Very very huge - you will not get bored
- Quiet - not "touristic"

Just want to say Reit im Winkl is a great place to learn. You can also buy a ticket there for the whole of the Steinplatte, which is excellent for beginners. It gets more snow than St. Johann, the lifts are a lot more modern and the scenery is stunning. Also food is resonably priced compared to other resorts. Was there today with over 70cm of deep snow - excellent day!

Winklmoos resort near Reit im Winkl opens on the 10th December, skied there last week end, no people, excellent snow and the slopes are ideal for beginners. Also new high speed 8 seater chairlift on the Austrian side of the resort is the newest thing around.

are those resorts (reit im winkl, winklmoos) reachable via public train? or one needs own car to get there? I actually was last year at steinplatte and really loved the place, it's really wide and huge, we were there by car though! and didn't see any train stations nearby.

@Zimmer what is the train station for seefeld?

Beuerberg - a perfect "idiotenhügel" for practicing. A95 Seeshaupt exit, or Penzberg on the Bahn and then buses.

@Saturday: Seefeld is Seefeld Seefeld in Tirol.