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| Resort | 1305 m |
|---|---|
| Slopes | 1305-2650 m |
| Lifts | 85 |
| Pistes | 276 km |
| Blue | 39 % |
| Red | 50 % |
| Black | 11 % |
| Snowmaking | 59 % |
| Price index | 95 |
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St Anton
The upside
- Varied terrain for experts and adventurous intermediates – and a lot of it, once you include Lech-Zürs, a bus ride away
- Heavy snowfalls, lots of snow-guns
- Car-free village centre retains solid traditional charm
- Very lively après-ski
- Improved lift system has cut queues from the base areas, but ...
The downside
- Pistes can get very crowded
- some of them dangerously so
- Slopes really don’t suit beginners or timid intermediates
- Most of the tough stuff is off-piste
- including many popular runs
- Snow quality can suffer from sun
- Resort sprawls, with long treks from some lodgings to key lifts and bars
- Centre can get rowdy at night
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Summary
St Anton is one of the world’s best resorts for competent skiers and riders, with great steep slopes on both its local mountains. And the village centre is lively and attractive too. If you want to, you can party from 3pm to 3am. We don’t, of course, because we want to be up bright and early to catch the first lift up.
But the place doesn’t suit everyone, as our list of – points makes clear. If you are thinking of trying an Austrian change from a major French resort, or of taking a step up from Kitzbühel or Söll, take full account of this list, especially if you get thrown by blues that should be red, and reds that might be black.
The resort is making major improvements to its access lifts. In 2006/07 the impressive new Galzig gondola opened. For 2009/10 there will be a new gondola to Rendl from near the village centre. What the resort needs to do next is deal with the dangerously busy piste down the Steissbachtal by constructing a new piste from Galzig to share the traffic. There is already a red ski route; they should get the diggers in, and carve out a blue piste. Now!
News
For 2009/10 An eight-seat gondola replaced the old Rendl lift. It starts nearer the centre of town, close to the Galzig lift, so you no longer need a shuttle-bus. The restaurant at the top was also redeveloped and extended. Snowmaking was increased in the same sector.
For 2008/09 the Kandahar Haus ski museum was fully revamped. And a big sports centre opened.
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