The St. Anton/ St. Christoph/ Stuben/ Lech/ Zürs/ Warth/ Schröcken – Ski Arlberg ski map offers 302 km of well-groomed pistes(130 easy, 122 intermediate & 50 difficult), together with 87 ski lifts to help you explore the mountain. You can see the on the status of the lifts on the official resort website. Here's a breakdown of the ski lifts:
The ski area of St. Anton is called Ski Arlberg. Since 2016 it was enlarged and now it connects villages like St Anton, Lech, ZĂĽrs, Stuben, St. Christoph and Warth. There are 305km of slopes and 87 ski lifts. The facilities are equiped with the latest technologies with modern ski lifts (some with heated seats) and cable cars.
An app that serves as your personal guide in the pocket of your ski jacket and that makes every stay in the Ski Arlberg ski resort easier: The Ski Arlberg App is not only incredibly convenient and always on hand. It also offers relevant information for your ski day on Arlberg – from the current weather and snow conditions to open lifts and
On the opposite site of the village centre, a two stage cable-car takes you to the slopes above ZĂĽrs, which is a more open but also sizeable ski area with a new gondola link towards St Anton (via Stuben). To return to Lech from ZĂĽrs you can either follow a ski route (manageable by confident intermediates) or take the bus.
The ski pass also covers the neighbouring resorts of Lech, ZĂĽrs, Stuben and St Christoph should you wish to explore further. St Anton is much better for skiers and boarders with a few weeks behind them and intermediates and the adventurous will find lots to entertain and explore.
. 1 x antiquated short 2 man chair lift for one afternoon out of 2 days is taking the piss when there is a 4 man lift parallel and closed next to it. Be warned. 300 Euros for a 6 days lift pass. Any bad weather and Lech and ZĂĽrs lifts close. And it costs you on the bus even if you wanted to go to St Anton.
Heli-skiing is restricted to the Arlberg whilst access to the flights is open to the public. A certified local guide is a pre-requisite to boarding the flight and clients are required to spend some time with the guide to allow them to assess the ability of the group – when dropped off on the peak there is very limited rescue coverage so the
If the helicopter can not fly we do a regular off piste day in St. Anton. In this case you only have to pay the price for the guiding. A typical heli skiing day. Skiing from 9.00 to 15.15 ; Depending on the take off time is some off piste skiing before or after; The skiing down after the heli flight is about 1100 vertical meters
As it is quieter after the first week of January, it can be a good time to hit some of the Austrian mega resorts like at Gastein, Zillertal (Mayrhofen, Zillertal Arena & Hochzillertal), Skicircus Saalbach, the amazing Serfaus Fiss Ladis, Ski Arlberg (St Anton, Lech, Warth Schroecken, Zurs) & Vorarlberg's snow magnet Damuels Mellau.
Guide to Lech ski resort, including practical information on hotels, restaurants and piste guide. Taken from 'Where to Ski and Snowboard 2015' Unlike St Anton, Lech is not in the Tirol but in
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