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
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.