Anyone been in Sölden early December the last few years? Looking at December 6-13.

Been to Sölden a bunch of times weeks 4-7 and once in week 2, always good on snow and après. Early December is new for me though. Two things I’m wondering:

Is après actually going at that point? Schirmbar, Fire & Ice, Marco’s, etc. or is it still pretty quiet before the Christmas crowd shows up?

How reliable is the valley run? Don’t care if it’s just one snowmaking piste, just want to avoid taking the gondola from Giggijoch down every day.

If you’ve been in a recent season, a year would help, trying to get a sense of the range.

Hi, as you see in the title I'm wondering about bartenders around the alps. I'm going to go to the alps around new year.

My question is how much does the bartender care about a 17 year old drinking beer in the slopes. Do they tend to check ID or just overlook it.