The Village of the World
St Anton am Arlberg is located at an altitude of 1300 meters above sea level in the west part of Austria, in the western end of Tirol on the border of Vorarlberg.
This review will show you everything you need to know before planning a vacation in St Anton, and if you read until the end of this article, you will get some great tips that will help you make better decisions and save some time and money!
St Anton am Arlberg. Cradle of the Alps.
How to get to St Anton?
The closest airports to St Anton are Innsbruck, Friedrichshafen, and Memmingen, with transfer times of 1 hour and 15 minutes, 1 hour and 30 minutes, and 1 hour and 50 minutes accordingly.
Another two big airports close by are Zurich and Munich, with transfer times of 2 hours and 10 minutes and 2 hours and 35 minutes.
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From the two latter as well as Innsbruck, you can also come by train directly to St Anton.
Arlberg ski area
Saint Anton, aka the Cradle of the Alps, a.k.a Weltdorf,
It was one of the best ski resorts in the world, even before the building of the Flexhenbhan lift in 2016.
Flexhenbahn system, St Anton side.
The latter lift system connects St Anton to Zurs, Thus, making the Arlberg ski area 305 km of connected ski runs, And the largest in Austria.
Above all this, the Arlberg ski Area has 200 km of ski routes. Ski routes are checked and marked off-piste areas.
Ski Route 170 over Zug. 200km of ski routes .
The Arlberg ski area has 88 lifts and 141 runs. 52% are blue, 35% red, and 13% black runs.
St Anton gets around 7 meters of snow every season, thus making it one of the best places in Europe for free riders.
Rendel. best off-pistes in St Anton area.
The Arlberg ski area connects several ski resorts and villages. The most outstanding are Lech, Zurs and St Anton. Lech is the area with the gentlest slopes.
Lech. best for beginners, with the most peaceful slopes
Zurs located on the middle of the Arlberg ski area, and the best off-pistes surround it.
Heliski in Zurs. best off-pistes in Arlberg ski area
Where to stay?
For our opinion St Anton is the best place to stay, because it has the only pedestrian area as well as the best nightlife.
St Anton. Pedestrian area with the best nightlife
The best area to stay in St Anton is on the west side of the pedestrian area, where three ski lifts going out to 3 different peaks carries their names:
The circle, west of the pedestrian area is the best location
The Gampen 4 seater chairlift, The Rendelbahn,
Rendelbahn valley station
And one of the most famous and innovative ski lifts:
The Galzigbahn, which resembles a ferry wheel.
Galzigbahn. State of the art system.
Where to Apres ski?
In the pedestrian area you will find all the best nightlife places :
Begin your night crawl in the Scotties or Cuba bar after dinner, or the Picadilly live Rock bar if you love live gigs and cover bands.
After that, we recommend going to the Post Keller and the Horney Bull for some clubbing.
Piccadilly bar and Postkeller club
St Anton also has 2 of the best Apres ski Bars in the world:
The Crazy Kanguru, which attracts mainly seasoners and young British, Aussies and Swedish crowds,
And the famous Mooserwirt, which attract everyone.
Mooserwirt. best apres ski bar in the world, many think
Conclusion
Before we wrap up, here are our numbers for St Anton:
for snowboarders: 9
the Arlberg ski area has many off-piste areas and ski routes, and except of the T-bar near the snow park, you won’t meet one in your vacation
advanced skiers:10
Again, the 200 km off ski routes and many blacks runs will give you a variety of challenges, maybe better than any other ski resort!
intermediates: 8
because of the black run, you have to pass on your journey back every time, and the many steep runs will make you work hard on your vacation.
Black 52, back to town from Galzig top station, you have to pass this moguls field
, on the other hand, the ski routes are an excellent way to try some off-piste runs in a relatively safe manner
Beginners: 8.5
Because of the fact it is hard to go back to the village if you return from the Galzig area, and the fact that the runs here are steeper than most places, meaning, many of the blue runs here resemble red runs everywhere else and many of the red runs will be marked black in other ski resorts.
The Lech area has a lot of easy slopes for beginners and intermediates.
freestylers: 7
(not the best snow park. Has T bar, not a chairlift)
Free riders: 10 the Arlberg ski area compete with the most prominent French ski areas for the best off-piste ski area in Europe, and the 200 km of ski routes that will make your off-piste runs much safer can even give it the edge.
The Rendel area has great off-pistes. Of course, you can have off-piste guides for extreme off-piste and Heliski in Zurs, where the best off-pistes in the Arlberg are.
Madloch 2 seater, and Muggengrat 6 seater in Zurs.
Nightlife: 9
Apres-ski: 9
Resort Charm: 8.5 (the pedestrian area is one of the most beautiful in ski resorts anywhere).
St Anton main street is charmful and ebullient.
Our total score for St Anton is a 9.
St Anton. The best ski resort in Austria in 2021
We can declare that after the connection to the rest of the Arlberg ski area, St Anton is the best ski resort in Austria and can give a good fight to any other ski resort for the world title.
Our bonus tip for St Anton:
Be aware that the area, west of the pedestrian zone and west of the Galzig lift, is a steep mountain.
Oberdorf. the steep neighbourhood west of the pedestrian area.
If you will book a hotel, e.g., 400 meters from the lift in that direction, it is all an uphill battle, especially if you go back tired after a night of clubbing.
Also, going down with your equipment can be tricky and dangerous on an icy street. Of course, there are ski buses and night buses, but you don’t want to depend on them.
If you stay in that area, we strongly recommend leaving your gear in lockers near the Galzig Bahn.
