St Anton - World Snowboard Guide

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Those who know about where to ride would have to agree that St Anton has the best terrain in Austria, making this place an absolute must. You'll really need to be of at least intermediate level to really get the most out of this place, and if you like to party Austrian style as hard as you like to ride, then put this place at the top of your shortlist.

Your Arlberg ski pass allows you to ride the linked areas of St Christoph and Stuben, and (via bus) the resorts Lech and Zürs which all offer great snowboarding terrain, with amazing amounts of powder. The whole area offers 280km of pistes, but it is the 180km of marked off-piste runs that really sets St.Anton apart from most other resorts. With steeps, deep powder, and trees on all sides of the mountain slopes, it’s hard to beat. The resort practically encourages you to venture beyond the pisted-runs, but you'll need to ease off the booze the night before a powder day, as this place gets ridden out quicker than no other. There's plenty of guiding companies which will take you beyond these marked areas, and if you've got the cash, then it is the only place in Austria where you can heli-board.

View from Valluga cable-car
Photo: Steve, WSG

It is really freeriders and mile hungry piste lovers that will get the most out of this. For freestylers, although there are plenty of incredible natural hits all over the area, the terrain park in Rendl and Lech really should be stepped up for a resort of this pedigree. Beginners won't find this resort the easiest to make their first turns. Many of the blue runs do have some much steeper sections, many of the lower runs are little more than narrow cat tracks, and unless you get a bus to Stuben or St.Christoph, the only way you can access some of the nicer beginner runs is via a black run.

Aprés ski starts high up on the mountain on the infamous bar crawl know as run-1 and culminates in the euro schlager music sweat fest, the Mooservert. By 8pm its kicking out time in most of the apres bars, and with most bars not allowing you in with your snowboard boots after this time, it's a quick change before heading back out.

Moosver apre ski bar
Photo: Steve, WSG

St.Anton village itself has a traditional feel to it, plenty of top end hotels, and the main street is cobbled with most of the bars and restaurants hanging off it. Prices are higher than the norm, and the place still attracts plenty of rich posseurs, and British public schoolers. Getting to and around couldn't be easier, with direct train services and an almost 24hr bus service connecting the nearby villages.

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New for season

09/10: Rendl gondola replaced and now a bit closer to town. New Muggengrat 6-seater chairlist with heated seats

06/07: the slow Galzigbahn chair is being replaced with a 24-person gondola

05/06 season: the slow 3-man chair from Alpe Rauz to Ulmerhütte (run 17) being replaced by 6-person chair. Some improvement in snow making facilities.

Top holiday offers

£533

St Anton, Austria
16/Dec , Gatwick

Chalet Elfie - Catered
All the Elfie’s spacious suites sleep 2-4 guests in two separate sleeping areas, comprising an Austrian twin bedroom and a separate room with fitted corner tabl

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Property	Date	From	Basis	Price
Chalet St Martin	13/Jan/13	Gatwick	Cater	£ 643
Chalet Gerlinde	20/Jan/13	Gatwick	Cater	£ 714
Chalet Elfie	10/Feb/13	Manchester	Cater	£ 763
Chalet Elfie	10/Feb/13	Gatwick	Cater	£ 714
Chalet Elfie	03/Mar/13	Gatwick	Cater	£ 663
Chalet Elfie	03/Feb/13	Gatwick	Cater	£ 663
Chalet Elfie	16/Dec	Gatwick	Cater	£ 533
Chalet Helvetia	17/Mar/13	Gatwick	Cater	£ 728
Chalet Elfie	30/Dec	Manchester	Cater	£ 973
Chalet Elfie	30/Dec	Gatwick	Cater	£ 954
Hotel Rendlhof	10/Mar	Birmingham	HB	£1,784
Hotel Montjola	03/Mar	Edinburgh	HB	£2,049
Hotel Nassereinerhof	26/Jan/13	Stansted	HB	£1,822
Hotel Nassereinerhof	02/Mar/13	Stansted	HB	£ 983
Hotel Arlberg	09/Feb/13	Birmingham	HB	£1,160

Nearby resorts

Distances are in a direct straight line, and take no account of roads. For driving instructions between resorts take a look at the travel page

Nearby resorts:

Resort Statistics

Resort Type: Alpine
Winter: Dec to April
Summer: None

Lifts

Total Lifts: 86
Cable cars: 10
Chair lifts: 39
Drag lifts: 37
Board Leashes required: No

Mountain

Total pistes/trails: 134
Total ride area: 161miles (260km)
Longest run: 10.2km

Top lift: 2811m
Vertical drop: 1507m
First lift: 1304m

Piste suitability

Green runs: 34%
Red runs: 42%
Black runs: 24%

Lift Passes

	Low Season			High Season
	EUR	GBP	Average	EUR	GBP	Average
Day Pass	43.00	35.16	12%	45.00	36.79	7%
6-Day Pass	202.00	165.16	14%	212.00	173.33	4%

	EUR	GBP	Average
Season Pass:	710.00	580.50	20%

Lift Passes:
1/2 day 33.51 euros
Beginner lifts only Day pass 22 euros
Lift times:8.30am to 4.00pm

Snowfall

Average annual snowfall: 7m
Artificial snowmaking coverage: 30%

Facilities

	EUR	GBP
Days Rental of Board & Boots:	42.00	34.34

Snowboard Schools: 4hr group lesson 57 euros
Private 4hr lesson 221 euros
Snowboard Hire: Board & Boots around 35 euros a day
Night Riding: : No

Other activities

Heliboarding: : Not available
Snowmobiles: Not available

Further information

www.stantonamarlberg.com/
Email:info@stantonamarlberg.com

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By far the best freeriders resort in Austria and backed up by a world class village. It all comes at quite a price and the British invasian is leaving it less Austrian every year.

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ON THE SLOPES: Austria's best
OFF THE SLOPES: Great but a bit up itself
MONEY WISE: Super expensive, but worth the money just for the slopes.

HALFPIPE: No
TERRAIN PARK: Yes - 1
BACKCOUNTRY/OFF-PISTE:great
TREE RUNS:Lots

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