St. Anton am Arlberg…
…is well known as one of the best ski resorts in the world and “Cradle of Alpine Skiing”. St. Anton is 1304 meters above the sea level. Valluga 2 ( 2811 m) is the highest cable car in the Arlberg ski resort.
1. How to get to St. Anton
By train – St. Anton is very easy to reach by train. Around 30 trains including the super fast “Rail Jet” from Innsbruck and Zuerich. From Innsbruck to St. Anton it takes 1 hour. From Zuerich to St. Anton it takes 2.20. The connection from both airports to the train station Zuerich and Innsbruck takes by taxi just a few minutes and with public transport approximately 30 minutes.
By car – St. Anton is just five minutes away from the next highway. Most Hotels in St. Anton have there own parking lots.
By plane – Innsbruck Airport – 100 km, Zürich – 200 km, München – 250 km,Friedrichshafen – 130 km, Memmingen – 170 km
1.2 Skiing in St. Anton
Arlberg ski resort info
inkl. St. Anton, Stuben, Zuers, Lech:
- 340 km piste skiing
- 200 km itinary off piste
- 94 lifts and cable cars
- endless off piste for beginners and experts
St. Anton nicest on piste slopes:
- Osthang
- Happy valley in the morning (Staisbachtal)
- Kandahar in the morning
- All slopes on Rendl (watch out the itinerary ski route from the Riffle 2 in the spring time – frozen hard moguls)
- Kappal very top slopes
St. Antons best off piste
- Valluga to Zuers
- Schöngraben and Galzig after snow fall
- Hinterrendl off piste (take care, above the off piste runs on Hinter Rendl north are very steep slopes – self releasing avalanches)
- Amazing ski touring all over the place
1. 3 Lift ticket price for St. Anton and the Arlberg ski resort
Days |
Adults | Children |
1 day | 45 € | 26 € |
1 1/2 days | 71 € | 41 € |
2 days | 81 € | 47 € |
3 days | 115 € | 67 € |
4 days | 147 € | 86 € |
5 days | 177 € | 104 € |
6 days | 204 € | 120 € |
7 days | 230 € | 136 € |
8 days | 254 € | 150 € |
2. Ski resorts next to St. Anton
It is possible to ski to all those villages from St. Anton.
Stuben: on piste
Zuers: off piste
Lech: on piste from Zuers
Ischgl: off piste over Rendl St. Anton
To Ski to Ischgl from St. Anton you have to go over Rendl and Kreuzjochspitze or some other ski touring routes on the Rendl side.
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Stuben:
- Piste skiing from St. Anton to Stuben
- Little charming village
- Very nice Restaurants : Hotel Post, Sporthotel, Mondschein
- Amazing off piste terrain
Zuers:
- Piste skiing and skibus form St. Anton to Stuben or off piste over the Valluga 2
- Top class ski resort with very friendly traditional austrian hospitality
- Easy accessible off piste
Lech:
- Piste skiing from Zuers to Lech over the Madloch itinerary run
- Very sunny and friendly ski resort
- Medium steep off piste terrain and good ski touring
Warth:
- 2013/14 Lech and Warth is connected with the “Auenfeld Jet” (cable car)
- Very nice ski resort just next to Lech
- Nice off piste just next to the piste
3. Apres Ski :-)
Everybody knows that the apres ski in St. Anton is:
- fun, fun, fun
- and a never ending party
All famous apres ski bars are next to the piste just above St. Anton
Apres ski Mooserwirt:
Hard core austrian apres ski music. DJ Gerhard plays most of the time euro pop ;-) mixed with party dance floor music.
Yes, i know that doesn’t sound very amazing. But give it a go and stay there till the very end.
Apres ski Krazy Kanguruh (KK)
More international music, very nice sunny place in spring time. Party without any limits.
Apres ski in Griabli (next to Mooserwirt)
Live music just three days a week
Apres ski Heustadl (just before Krazy Kanguruh)
Live music every day
Sennhütte ( just above Heustadl)
Live music every day
4. Activities beside skiing in St. Anton
St. Anton has much more to offer than skiing.
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- Indoor swimming pools
- Indoor climbing wall
- Outdoor ice climbing wall
- Ice skating
- Cross country skiing
- Tennis/ Squash
- Bowling
- Fixed rope route climbing (Klettersteig, Via Verrata)
Arlrock St. Anton
The Arlrock in St. Anton next to the train station offers amazing in and outdoor possibilities:
- Indoor climbing wall
- Indoor boulder wall for climbing
- Tennis
- Bowling
- Iceclimbing
- Squash
Arlberg – Well
Wellness park in the center of St. Anton next to the Galzig cable car
- Indoor and Outdoor swimming pool
- Sauna
- Gym
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