St. Anton am Arlberg reviews (Page 2)

Incredibly nice ski resort with a large system and cozy village. The ski system is more than enough for a week's skiing with 300 km of pistes, with several nice resorts you can stop in for a coffee, lunch or a beer. Varying difficulty to suit all types of riders.
St. Anton's après ski is also nice, more good restaurants and some really good live music.

Large amount of varying slopes, green down in the valley. Efficient lift system. Quite a few people on the hill that leads down towards Stuben and further towards Zurs. Fantastic area to ride in, felt like a ball of yarn at times. Went wrong when I was going back to Zurs.

Despite more than 300 kilometers of slopes, you have the feeling of skiing the same slopes every day. Furthermore, one rides more lifts than skis. Madloch ski route partly exposed rocks. Flexenlift partially closed.

Huge area with varying degrees of difficulty and easily accessible off-piste.

Just returned from a week in St. Anton (First week of February).
The first few days we were limited to central St. Anton area due to strong winds that prevented us from moving forward in the system. Okay warm-up days but that's about it's enough.

Then came the payment with large amounts of snow and sunshine for the rest of the week. The lift system opened up and Arlberg showed his true self. A large variety of long pleasant slopes along with slightly steeper slopes. A long drive from Schindler Spitze down to the picturesque alpine village of Stuben is recommended.

Due to the great risk of avalanches, I did not make major excursions outside the piste, but there are large nice areas in close proximity to the slopes, especially around Stuben, Alpe Rauz and st. Cristoph.

The downside I would say is a lot of people (especially around St. Anton, move away from there as soon as possible).
Some popular slopes are quickly discovered. The riders in St. Anton likes to pile up the hump piste just in time for lunch.

I can not say much about the nightlife as corona restrictions at the time of writing are in place. However, there were many restaurants in different price ranges.
Flexible and free ski buses that make it easy to stay cheaper away at St Jakob and Pettneu.

The absolute favorite in the Alps - St Anton has it all! Superb skiing both on and off the piste, a cozy village center, après ski on different levels (both for party prices and those who want to take it a little calmer), easy to get to and also the area is gigantic!
If you like to go on long, easy slopes, there are such - if you like cruel off-piste on slopes that fall down, there are such and also everything in between! In some places in the system there are easy queues at certain times but the system is large and the lift capacity is huge and with a little planning it is easy to avoid the worst rush. You get easily and quickly to Lech, Zürs, Stuben and St Christoph if you are a slightly better skier who can stand on a bit. It's nice to explore all areas when you're still there and often the queues are smaller when you get away a little bit in the system
If I were to come up with a single disadvantage, it would be drunk Englishmen trying to ski down from the afterskin to the village - downright deadly :-)

Gigantic large and varied ski area that has something for all tastes and levels, both piste and off-piste, from beginner to expert.

A mecca for the freeride enthusiast looking for off-piste skiing. The immense large areas with off-piste combined with, statistically, one of the alps most snowfall days makes it a great place for powder skiing. Of course, there are many who are there to go off-piste. A few days after snowfall, most of the lifts are up close but I can highly recommend renting a guide, they find pillows long after snowfall.
Since the construction of the Flexenbahn, it is possible to get to almost all locations within Arlberg (with the same lift pass), if you do not want to go with the buses that operate between the resorts.

There is a lot of piste skiing too, over 300 km within Arlberg, but because of a lot of snowfall they are quickly uplifted. The village in St. Anton is very pleasant with many restaurants and shops to use during down days.

PS.
Don't miss out on "Star Wars" in Stuben, classic!

Went to St. Anton in late January and we just missed the dump that had come before. The review is based on 10 days of sunshine and almost just piste skiing and icing. We also got in contact with some seasons with the help of a facebook group, and it was really full of that. So you are going to the season it is a place with a lot of people and good community.

Skiing - Nice slopes, but nothing stands out. The possibilities for easily accessible lithographed off-piste are great.

Nightlife - This is one of the places you go to in the Alps to party. Here you will find good après ski, bars and nightclub. We went to a bar in the evening that ran live rock, which was totally unlike the crowded club.

Village - A cozy town with classic "alp-style" buildings. What I dislike about this village is that it is at such a low altitude and you have a lot of trees right outside you. Trees I have seen enough of in the Swedish mountains.

Food - Here you will find an incredible number of affordable restaurants on the slopes if you compare with many Swiss and French ski resorts. My tip is to settle down on an outdoor dining area with a nice view and order a "gröstl". Amazingly good after a few hours on the slopes.

We went to St. Anton (Ski Arlberg) now in New Year 2018-2019. We stayed centrally at a guest house (Haus Genwein, highly recommended), with only about 50 meters walking distance to three different lifts which all led up to three different peaks. (Galzigbahn, Rendlbahn and Gampenbahn). In any case, even though it was early in the season, it was extremely snowy, it snowed in a great way every day, and even though St. Anton is considered one of the ski resorts with the most powder in the world, there were such large open spaces so that in combination with more snow every day there were always fresh powder. In the afternoon, of course, it will be quite busy in large parts of st. The Anton part of the ski resort, but away from Lech / Zürs is not as much people. It was a very large and modern lift system, and the lifts swallowed so much people that we almost never had to stand in any longer lift queue (with the exception of the Nassereinbahn). I would arrange the lift system for all types of skiers, both powder foxes, park rats and even families with children. Several cozy villages but still a large modern lift system that suits everyone. We must have been lucky with the weather, but whatever a fifth is quite clear! ????? PS. Check in my videos from the trip on youtube, erikweiland.

Sankt Anton am Arlberg I visited week 9 in 2017. There was plenty of snow and it came more during the week. The weather was varied and the temperature was between -8 to -10 C. The resort is located in the middle of a narrow valley ending in a mountain pass over to the next valley. The ski areas are located mainly north of St. Anton, but also south of. The slopes in the surrounding ski areas are halfway above and half below the tree line. It is therefore easy to adjust the skiing due to sun and wind.

The area north of St. Anton consists of two parts. From the mountain Kapall 2330, it goes down the entire color palace slopes. At the top there is an open ski area which then looks down via slopes through the forest to St. Anton. The other part is the north-western part down from the mountain Galzig 2185 m. Here are mostly nice pistes. You can go further up the system to the mountain Valluga 2841 möh. Here it is usually at the lift station to get to the top so it is good to be here early in the day. Up to Valluga you have a lovely high altitude feeling. To the last lift up to the view building there is also a queue, since the lift is both small and slow. From the view you can see in clear weather the Bodensjön. For skiing, here is a mountain guide recommended. From Ullmer Hytte, a long classic ski route runs along the cliff side parallel to the ski lift Valfagehr down to the Flexenbahn. However, it is easily harvested.

The stump is a smaller ski area with wilderness feeling as there is open mountain around. A new lift for the season takes a quick up to the top. From the bottom station, Flexenbahn goes new to the season. It allows St. Anton's ski system is connected to Lech / Zurs, which usually has even better snow conditions. Together they form one of the absolute largest skiing systems in the Alps, so much more than one week to drive through the system.

South of the resort is the smaller part of the system. The whole area is open and easy to understand with nice slopes. There is a short but good ski route down from the mountain Riffelacharta 2646 m.

Everything is well maintained on the slopes and the lift system is in the top class like the gondola up to Galtzig. There are plenty of mountain guides and instructors. The negative is that it's easy to get the last part down to the village. The entertainment offer is great and for all purses, tastes and ages. Up in the hill there are the classic afterski stands like Mooserwirt and Krazy Kangaroo. Down in the village there is a plentiful selection of live music and live music pubs. There is a large activity house at the train station to visit in the evening. Many branded sports stores are available with a wide range for all ages and at all prices. One of the evenings they had a skiing show that was very good, where they told us that St. Anton had the world's oldest ski club founded in 1901 and ski school from 1921.

The first time in 2005, I visited St. Anton alone. Now I traveled with a 16 year old relative who drove snowboarding. Which he thought was fun and it worked well with quite a little dull for him. The positive with St. Anton is that the resort still holds a high class and has developed for the better. It was nice to show the place of a younger relative who visited the Alps for the first time as an uncle.

In summary, St. Anton is a classic ski resort with top class skiing with good lifts and slopes. The area is very big and snow proof. Many international guests for many years have created an international environment with a wealth of shops, entertainment, restaurants and services. There is something for all ages and in varying prices. The resort has good rail links and close to the airport in Innsbruck. St. Anton is a classic ski resort that every ski enthusiast should visit sometime. Rating 5 of 5 possible. By Börje Hammarling