St. Anton am Arlberg reviews

I have been coming to arlberg since 1968. I haven't been here in over 15 years. This year was a shock. SLOPE PREPARATION IS ATROCIOUS. Ice and slush all over. It is sad to see this once fine resort ( especially the st anton side fall on hard times). This is widely known by locals. What happened is that the mountain was sold to investors who are squeezing it . Predatory capitalism. Grooming is the worst I have seen at any major resort and baf accidents are happening frequently. Beginners and intermediates should not go here . I am heartbroken. I was planning to stay for the winter but after only a week, im planning my exit strategy.

Apres and nightlife overrated!

St Anton have a lift/slope system that is very poorly conected and unpractical, you need to go up and down in strange ways to acctually get somewhere, and often the pists are badly marked out, once you are on 64, and then you are on 63 and no signs of 64, and 56 that all of a sudden is 59 and so it goes... The price level is substantially higher than ex Sölden or Schladming, everything from ski rental, hotel, skipass, lunch etc etc. Rather tight slopes and many transport slopes rather meaningless to ski in. Many show off super rich people - you wonder if they actually ski or if they just think its fancy to go to St Anton. It is also easy to get the illusion that you get long runns in St Anton since the high elevation, byt the slopes are not that long since the village is also highly elevated. The runns are way much longer in Sölden or Scladming. Summary..Not impressed, St Anton is severly overrated.

Stronger than ever.

St. Anton got hit by a big storm last week and the skiin after was fab. I have to say this is the best snow on earth and the coolest skiing I have done in a long time. Locals are cool and share their runs (if you can keep up).

Since last Friday the sun was pretty much all we saw every they. Pretty cold still so the snow stays good, but now all the hiking starts. Still good as they have plenty of lifts takeing you real high up.

Right now town seems to be packed full with familys which is good because they will stay onpiste 4 sure. But the ladys r getting more and hotter.

Stoked to be here and c all the riders from Oakley doin their shootings over in Stuben.

ski you later
the one and only
Powderking of the World

For me best over-all ski resort in the world: Extreme freeride possible, vaste amount of challenging runs, nice views, typical environment, lively apres-ski, easy to reach. One negative aspect maybe is the high ratio of freeriders there, meaning that you have to be qucik on the mountain after fresh snow falls, if you want tp have some powder.

St. Anton offers all: Extreme freeride, difficult runs, lively apres-ski, wonderful views, typical environment. For me the best skiing resort in the world. Difficult to find some negative aspects: Maybe the hight percentage of freeriders, which means that you have to quick to ski in fresh powder after snowfalls.

Best combination of skiing and Gemutlichkeit.

Freeride ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Piste skating ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Weekly tourist⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Season ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Park ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Spending three months in St Anton in the winter of 2024. 58 years old and my first season after 55 years of downhill skiing.
Even though the month of February was the warmest month since they started measuring 157 years ago, we skied untracked cold snow all the days we wanted except for three.
Thought it would be more side country than it was due to meager snowfall. November and December had dumped and created many areas with crevasses and avalanche risk.
Overall, the avalanche risk was mostly at level 1-2.
If you are willing to venture a little, there are large areas to discover.
Up on a top and down the back.
Buy the two classic freeride and peak tour books for inspiration (available at Jennewein).
St Anton's backcountry is magnificent.
If it snows, there are of course the classic runs in Stuben, Rendl and Schindler.
The piste skiing did not impress. For a week's riding, that's enough and it's over. I would like slightly wider slopes and fewer bottlenecks (Kandahar). They could also build away some counterslopes in the slopes.
The slopes are not as well planned as I would like.
If you're in the resort for a week, that's enough and it's over.
Seasonal visitors are advised to get equipment so that they can tour. Of course, avalanche equipment regardless.
The park up on Rendl was rejected by the son who did the season five years ago. I don't agree. Lengthwise like Kläppen park and with everything from small jumps and rails to large black jumps with good shape.

I rode a lot in Zürs and Lech as well.
On my Instagram account I have some film clips as a form of diary. 🙂
@patriklind

Been to Anton about 12 times now it's been 12 years since the last time. Going down 2/3 24 exciting to see how it is to ride the "ski route" to Leah. It has become a fantastically large area. Is an excellent place, no. 1 for me, would just be a little more timbered "water holes" in the slopes. Out of ten possible, it becomes fifteen!!

The world's best après ski.. what more needs to be said?

Spent the 22/23 season in St Anton and had so much fun! Fantastically beautiful environment, large ski area with slopes for all levels, lots of nice freeride areas and fantastic tours. Met friends for life who you hung out with on après ski almost every day.

The atmosphere is absolutely fantastic and in my opinion that is the best thing about St Anton. It feels like the whole resort vibrates with energy and joy, especially after skiing when the après-ski festivities get underway. Sitting there with friends, surrounded by skiers from all over the world (however VERY many Swedes), creates a community and a feeling that is hard to find anywhere else.

Do not miss:

Skiing: Good off-piste and tours in Stuben and Rendl. I liked going over to Zürs when chilling around the slopes. Otherwise fun to drive run of fame and such.

After-ski: Like all the places are terrible. We hung out a lot at KK and Mooser at the beginning of the season and then switched to a lot of Taps and Heustadl at the end - a little older clientele at Heustadl, though.

St Anton will always have a special place in my heart.