ST ANTON

ST ANTON AT A GLANCE

Beginners

The nursery slopes in the Nasserein area are great for beginners just starting out. There aren’t all that many beginner friendly slopes further up the mountain so build your confidence down the bottom before venturing further up. 

Intermediates & Advanced

Starting in St Anton one area often forgotten is Rendl. A long bubble lift opens up a delightful mountain served by half a dozen lifts that link a mix of blue and red runs. The attraction for advanced and off-piste skiers is the Hinterer Rendl – an off-piste descent with a vertical of over 1300m back down to St Anton. On the main St Anton area – take the chairs up to Kapall exploring the reds and a couple of black runs before heading to the Zammemoos chairlft up to Galzig. From Galzig ski down to St Christoph and stop at the Hospiz Alm – perhaps the only mountain restaurant with a slide to the bathroom! 

Back up to Galzig it is worth queuing for the Valluga cable car. The views from the top over Austria are awesome. Ski down to Alp Rauz. At Rauz new bubble lifts connect both Stuben on the left and Zurs on the right. Taking the bubble lift to Zurs we recommend going right up to Trittkopf (the start of the red route 38 from the mid station is steeper than steep!). In good conditions there are some wonderful off-piste runs down from Trittkopf to Zurs. 

Back down to Zurs and ski across the link bridge, making sure you stay in the correct lane, then up to Seekopf and jump on the Muggengrat chair. The red route 144 back to Zurs is ledgendary! Otherwise take the 2 man Madlochbahn chairlift and ski the marked ski routes either down to Lech or Zug

Lech has two options – the majority of the skiing is on the Krigerhorn and Zuger Hochlicht. Red, blues and black ski routes open up wide stretched of mountain. Heading down towards Oberlech you can jump on the Auenfeldjet – a 10 man bubble that links into Warth and Schrocken. Or stay on the Peterboden run in to Oberlech. Pop into the Burg hotel for lunch (or Apres Ski!). Carrying on down to Lech – cross the road and head up the Rufikopt cable car. From the top there some glorious off piste routes back to Lech or head down Blue 180 back towards Zurs and retrace your steps back towards St Anton.