Snowsure: 4.3
- Occasionally gets enough snow for skiing
- Is often closed due to a lack of snow
- Occasionally suffers from a lack of snow
- Rarely suffers from a lack of snow
- St. Anton is snowsure even in the poorest seasons
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April 13, 2012
lucky spring skiier from
Austria
lucky spring skiier from
Austria
Currently in St Anton - first time and not disappointed. Having an extended trip and the snow conditions have become steadily better throughout my time. Madness for close of season! Yesterday was perfect spring conditions. Great snow up high, stunning blue skies, no queues, everyone smiling. Down low turning to slush but it's expected. Today more snow!! - fat heavy flakes but visibility was nuts. All I spoke to on the mountain saying it was horrible. Cleared a bit in the afternoon, though really not pleasant. But the forecast is more snow, clearing skies (a bit) and I suspect Tuesday we're in for a treat. In all - an amazing and very lucky cover of snow. Need to pick your time - early is icy, late is slushy but there's at least 3-4 hours a day with good conditions.
April 07, 2012
ski bunny from
United Kingdom
ski bunny from
United Kingdom
I visited St Anton for the 33rd time over 40 years and in recent years have had the most appalling weather I have had anywhere. I have skied most of the top resorts in Europe and had the worst weather in this resort. Like people have said in their comments, the weather is always so bad in St Anton. I have just viewed the weather again today in St Anton and see for the next week the weather is not good.
March 13, 2012
Tirolerhund from
United Kingdom
Tirolerhund from
United Kingdom
l visited St Anton for the second time last week. I'm tying very hard to like this place but somehow I just don't connect with it. Yes, the skiing is technically right up there but the southerly aspect of many of the slopes mean icy or slushy runs, compounded at the bottom by excessive use of artificial snow which inevitably means you are skiing through sticky sludge. This was particularly prevalent on the "happy valley" run (Blue One).
l found the snow at Lech, Zurs and Stuben much better albeit the skiing is not as technically demanding - Albona and Madloch were as magnificent as ever and in pristine condition. They were also massively quieter and only marginally more expensive for slope side subsistence.
My biggest problem with St Anton, though, is that the place feels relatively run down when compared to Lech and Ischgl, yet equally as expensive for in village eating and drinking and almost as expensive for lodging. Whilst the apres-ski at the Mooserwirt and the Krazy Kangeruh is legendary, it is spoilt by overcrowding and more worryingly by British lager louts running around totally trashed, half naked, covered in blood from falling over and fighting and looking for more trouble at 4.30 in the afternoon. Frankly they would be better off in Blackpool or Benidorm. Back in town the apres-ski is very English to the point you could be in any club in any town back home.
My personal view is the tourist office and mayor need to get their heads together and decide precisely where they wish to pitch their offer as the place is decidedly lower middle market at present and could do so much better. It has a feeling of Sauze D'Oulx in the early 90's before they woke up and smelt the coffee.
At present, I wouldn't have the place gift wrapped, not withstanding it's excellent skiing. Give me Ischgl or Lech everytime!
January 01, 2012
john from
United Kingdom
john from
United Kingdom
St Anton is great. We had 2 great trips last year at Christmas and mid April, Great snow, even in April, the mid week dump gave us powder and sunshine. Despite being a party with 4 child beginners ages 4-10 and two adult beginners, they skied it all with our instruction. Though my wife and and I demand more than ski instructors, particularly as skiing is not cheap with our 3 kids and we don't like hanging around, we loved the quiet slopes. The run to Stuben is amazing from Valluga, look out for the gormley,"another place " type bloke. If you're feeding the kids on a budget the bakery half way down the main st is great and gorgeous - good coffee too- avoid Esprit Alber chalet- purely amateur and disorganised (served barely edible food, same pork re heated for three days) but the Regina with Crystal was great, well organised and great food. Although not the best for beginners it is a place we look forward to going back to when all the kids are really proficient.
December 23, 2011
Rich from
United Kingdom
Rich from
United Kingdom
Love St Anton, skied there End of Feb 2011 - gutted not to be going this year as have a mates trip to Hinterglemm in Jan and off with wifey to Dolomites in Feb..... Dolomites has the food and a large ski area but St Anton has the skiing both on & off-piste that will rival Verbier & Whistler and apres-ski that knocks both into a cocked hat...Love the whole white ring - enough variety for anyone with a couple of weeks under their belt to ski and it is an advanced skier's heaven! Just go & do it.
December 05, 2011
Edward from
United Kingdom
Edward from
United Kingdom
I have skied in many different renowned places, from Meribel to Murren, to Val d'Isere to Aspen. St Anton was favourite by a long way. It offers a mixture of standard piste skiing to the challenge of areas such as the north face of the Valluga. It is linked to Rendl, Stuben, St Christophe, Lech, Zurs, Zug and offers acres and acres of space, it is hard to get bored! Also the nightlife is fantastic from the white party at the end to new years which is epic. I cannot wait to return.
April 02, 2011
Michael Tschaban
Michael Tschaban
I've never been skiing or boarding before and ended up at St Anton to learn. I was told is was not for beginners and they were probably right but I wouldn't go anywhere else to learn. The terrain and pistes were so much fun and challenging and forces you to increase your skills quickly, perfect for learning if you ask me. If you can ski here you can ski anywhere. The Apres was something else, the people were so awesome and the parties were out of this world. I've done one season and it definitely won't be my last. St Anton Rocks!!
April 01, 2011
Peter Balfour from
United Kingdom
Peter Balfour from
United Kingdom
I have been to St Anton a number of times over the past 3 years. I go there usually for weekends when there is fresh powder because it is the closest resort to where I work in N Germany that has the best potential for off piste/ski mountaineering and touring. I find it interesting that people often describe it as not a beginners resort - because st Anton lies in a steep sided valley. The runs that take you back to the town are not very easy but possible for someone with perhaps one weeks skiing under their belt. However, there are plenty of easy blues and greens at the top of the mountain, especially if you head towards and down to St Cristophe. There is also a beginners slope adjacent to the town.
For intermediate skiers, St Anton is the perfect place, there are a large number of easy blacks and reds that will offer a challenge and provide sufficient variation of terrain and scenery to keep you interested. In terms of on-piste skiing for advanced and expert skiers I think that St Anton provides little of interest. The runs are short, narrow and not particularly steep (I make the comparison of black runs with that of the Face de Belvarde in Val d'Isere).
However, it is the off-piste that makes St Anton a great place. I have yet to witness perfect conditions but I have been quite lucky to get a few bluebird days with a foot of fresh. There are some extremely good couloirs that are all lift accessed, they are steep and there is excellent variety, there are also some rather nice long off-piste descents that are either 'lift served' or that can be reached with a short hike. There is some great ski mountaineering that with crampons, ice axe and rope will give you access to fantastic scenery and some testing and narrow couloirs and although I have yet to use my skins there the touring looks great for day trips and more.
St Anton is by no means the biggest resort in the Alps but it is sufficient. The lifty system is not the best in the world but modern and reasonable fast. The nightlife and apres-ski is hard to beat.
March 27, 2011
millsy from
United Kingdom
millsy from
United Kingdom
It's not a resort for beginners! If St Anton is for beginners so is Telluride, Alagna, Aregentiere, and La Grave. It is misleading to recommend this place to the timid. Do you recommend them skiing on Rendl all week? Lech is a good place to learn with more gentle terrain but not the St Anton side of the Flexen Pass, or try Les Arcs or Alpe d'Huez. Once again, great resort though...
March 24, 2011
Will from
United Kingdom
Will from
United Kingdom
It's simply awesome. Lift queues in the morning the only problem. Even with poor snowfall before we went the pistes were incredible and there was off-piste skiing too. The thought of what St Anton must be like following a big dump of snow makes me want to wee myself.
As for it being challenging, it isn't that tough. And beginners can definitely ski here. Plenty of nice pistes up on the Rendl and down in to St Christophe.
Never been to Aspen, had wanted to go, on finding out by proxy that St Anton "ain't no Aspen", I have no interest in going to Aspen.
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