St Anton Ski area & Runs

St. Anton is known for its challenging skiing, suggested for more skilled skiers as their pistes are way steeper than those in the French Alps. St. Anton offers a variety of challenges than any other ski resort.

This largest ski area in Austria offers 305km of marked runs, and an enormous 200km of off-piste just waiting to be explored. St. Anton is not a resort we would recommend for beginners: green slopes are non-existent and even the blue ones are quite challenging.

Remember that ski runs here are steeper than anywhere you will find: when you see a Blue run it will be a red run anywhere else, or if you see a red run it will be likely a black run in other places. However, the Lech area offers a lot of easy slopes marked for beginners and intermediates.

Intermediate Skiers will find the terrain more challenging as the many steep runs will make word hard on your ski holiday. Ski routes here are a good way to try some off-piste runs in a moderately safe way. Not the best snow park for Freestylers has T-Bar, not a chair lift. Freeriders however will love it, as the ski area has excellent off-piste Ski areas in Europe.
St. Anton is part of the Arlberg area of ski resorts – a region that includes 88 ski lifts and 141 runs, 52% Blue runs, 35% red runs, and 13% Black runs, all of which are covered under one lift pass. St. Anton gets an average of 7 meters of snow each season, making it the best place in Europe for free riders.

The Arlberg ski area links several ski resorts and towns. The well-known ski resort in Arlberg are Lech, Zurs and St Anton. We recommend St Anton as the best place to stay, as it has the only pedestrian area and the best nightlife.

The best part to stay in St Anton is in the west side of the pedestrian area, which has 3 ski lifts going out to 3 different peaks about they named about:
1. The 4-seater Gampen chairlift
2. The Rendlbahn, well-known and state-of-the-art ski lifts:
3. The Galzigbahn – looks like a ferry wheel.
In the pedestrian area you will find all the best nightlife places begin your night crawl.

Off Piste Skiing in St Anton

The Arlberg ski area is one of the best off-piste ski areas in Europe. With its 200 Km of ski routes, it will make your off-piste runs much safer, can even give the edge. We recommend you hire a Guide for extreme off-piste adventures or if you are planning a Heli-ski tour.

Do not miss the famous off-piste run Valluga in St.Anton–North, and West, both worth giving a shot with a Guide if you are not faint-hearted.

Here are our ratings for St.Anton:

• For beginners: 6
• For intermediate: 8 (you have to pass the black run on your journey back every time)
• For advanced: 10
• For snowboarders: 9
• For freestylers: 7
• For free riders: 10
• For Nightlife: 9
• Après ski: 9
• Resort Charm: 8.5

St Anton Piste Map

St Anton am Arlberg Piste Map 2020

Best Après Ski in St Anton

Nightlife and Après-ski in St Anton are much more popular compared to Zurs and Lech. In St. Anton pedestrian area you will find all the best nightlife places. Start at Scotties or Bar Cuba or try the one of the famous two apres-ski bars in the world; Krazy Kangaruh – gets the attention of the younger generations from the UK, Scandinavia and Australia, and the famous Mooserwirt, which grabs everyone’s attention. Even in the offseason, these places are packed. We also recommend Postkeller and Horny Bull for clubbing.

Then again worth knowing Heustadl (good bands rather than DJs) , the Rodelhütte (piano, accordion traditional oom-pah music), taps for cheap beers, and The Fang House right beside the Nasserein Gondola. If you are looking to party, then St Anton really is the best ski resort on the planet.

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